Dennis Mullins (other)
Dennis Mullins could refer to: * Spike Mullins (1915–1994), full name Dennis Jeremiah Mullins, British comedian * Pat Mullins (1937–2017), full name Dennis Patrick Mullins, American businessman and chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. {{hndis, Mullins, Dennis ...
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Spike Mullins
Dennis Jeremiah (Spike) Mullins (2 October 1915 – 18 April 1994) was a comedy performer and writer. He wrote for a number of established performers, such as Max Bygraves and Harry Secombe, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd. Perhaps his most famous work is scripting Ronnie Corbett's seated monologues during ''The Two Ronnies'' TV series in the UK. He also worked, together with Barry Cryer as a writer for the groundbreaking British TV programme '' The Frost Report'', where Corbett first met his later performing partner, Ronnie Barker. Early life Mullins was born in London during World War I to working class parents. The Mullins family lived near a film studio, and the infant Spike was frequently used in silent movies. While still in his teens, he signed on as galley boy on a cargo ship, After four years, he returned home to work as a stevedore, which he did until the outbreak of World War II, At this point he joined the RAF. After his release from the RAF in 1945, he did a numb ...
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