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Rik Mayall
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English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)
Film & TV
Harlow, Essex, England
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s.
Known for
- Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard — Self (archive footage)2026
- Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen — Self (archive footage)2026
- Bottom: Exposed — Himself (Archive footage)2024
- Completely Bad News — Colin Grigson2019
- How The Young Ones Changed Comedy — (Archive Footage)2018
- Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book — Self2016
- The Escape — Eddie2015
- One by One — Ernest2015
- Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule — Self2014
- Don't Fear Death2013
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Key facts
- Born
- Richard Michael Mayall , ( 1958-03-07 ) 7 March 1958, Harlow , Essex , England
- Died
- 9 June 2014 (2014-06-09) (aged 56), Barnes , London, England
- Resting place
- Pasture Farm, East Allington , Devon
- Education
- King's School, Worcester
- Alma mater
- University of Manchester
- Spouse
- Barbara Robbin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 )
- Years active
- 1978–2014
- Medium
- Film , stand-up , television
- Genres
- Alternative comedy , dark comedy , character comedy , physical comedy , surreal humour
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Harlow
- Place of death
- Barnes
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Manchester
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- video game industry
- Official website
- www.orangeneko.com/Rik
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of death
- 2014-06-09
- date of birth
- 1958-03-07
- medical condition
- epilepsy
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in kana
- リック・メイヨール
- Commons category
- Rik Mayall
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- P12749
- Ingrid Caven
- place of burial
- East Allington
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Michael Mayall (/ˈmeɪɔːl/; 7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.
Mayall starred in numerous successful comedy series throughout his career, including The Young Ones (1982–1984), The Comic Strip Presents... (1983–2012), Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987), The New Statesman (1987–1994), Bottom (1991–1995), and Believe Nothing (2002). He starred in the comedy films Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). Mayall won a Primetime Emmy Award for his voiceover performance as Mr. Toad in TVC London's 1996 animated movie The Willows in Winter (a sequel to TVC's 1995 production of The Wind in the Willows, in which Mayall also played Toad). His comedic style, defined by the over-the-top, grotesque and deeply unsympathethic characters he portrayed, was described as energetic "post-punk".
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