Count Jim Moriarty
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Count Jim Moriarty is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. He was voiced by Spike Milligan.
Moriarty is an impoverished member of the French aristocracy who has turned to crime to support his lifestyle. Despite having carried out many high-paying cons and robberies during the series, he and his criminal counterpart Hercules Grytpype-Thynne always appear to be permanently destitute. With his thick faux-French accent, he is often found scavenging in dustbins looking for food and uttering meaningless foreign-sounding curses like "Sapristi nabolis!", "Sapristi Nyuckles!"
Moriarty is oftenn know to travel closely by Grytpype-Thynne, such as in the same suit or by fish crate because of the devaluation of the Franc but Thynne isn't quite sure.
Over the years, Moriarty changed from a rather debonair French mastermind to a cringing sidekick to Grytpype-Thynne who is often disparaging of his manic behaviour, referring to him as a "Steaming French Nit". He is often introduced with nickname such as "Thighs", "Dingleberry", etc.
There is some suggestion that the character is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes villain, Professor Moriarty. In The Hound of the Baskervilles according to Spike Milligan, a preface by Milligan explains that Sherlock did in fact kill Professor Moriarty, but he 'later became a character in The Goon Show.'
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| The Goons |
| Michael Bentine • Spike Milligan • Harry Secombe • Peter Sellers |
| Other Contributors |
| Ray Ellington • Max Geldray • Wallace Greenslade • Larry Stephens • Wally Stott • Eric Sykes • Andrew Timothy |
| Radio & TV Series |
| The Goon Show • The Telegoons |
| Films |
| Let's Go Crazy • Penny Points to Paradise • Down Among the Z Men • The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn • The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film |
| Characters |
| Cast members and their Characters • Major Bloodnok • Bluebottle • Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister • Eccles • Hercules Grytpype-Thynne • Count Jim Moriarty • Neddie Seagoon |
| General information |
| Episodes and archiving • Running Jokes |
