Rik Mayall

Also known as Richard Michael Mayall

English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)

Person · Open Library

Works: 15

Top works

The Twelve Huntsmen
Grimm Tales
Bottom Live
20th Centry Coyote
Bottom the Scripts

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1933-11-29
Active to: 2024-07-22

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Discography

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Listeners: 2,506
Total plays: 14,241

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100
· 2000 · cited 7,136x
Molecular mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition
· 2014 · cited 6,826x
Smad-dependent and Smad-independent pathways in TGF-β family signalling
· 2003 · cited 4,598x
Relationship between wind speed and gas exchange over the ocean
· 1992 · cited 3,948x
The Oceanic Sink for Anthropogenic CO <sub>2</sub>
· 2004 · cited 3,352x

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Quotes

“On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin [Turvey] works so well.”
“I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.”
“I once walked to school in my underpants and a soggy shoe because my shoe flew off into the river when I tried kicking a ball. My brother retrieved it, but then demanded my trousers, because his were soaked.”
“Luckily, I was spared bullying, although one kid at school, Dobson, always used to tease me about my surname. He’d say: “Look, it’s Fe-Mayall!” One time he wouldn’t stop and I thought “I’m going to have to hit him”. So I belted him and he lost his two front teeth, broke his nose and ended up in hospital. I was never picked on again after that!”
“[Ade Edmondson]’s a good and loyal friend. I adore him. It’s like a marriage. We chose each other in ’75 and we’ve been together ever since.”
“I can be gloriously stupid, but if it helps to divert peoples attentions from the grimness of life, I’m happy.”

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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

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
name in kana: リック・メイヨール
Commons category: Rik Mayall
start of work period: 1978-00-00
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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".