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Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) known professionally as Rik Mayall, was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with
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 (2003). He also 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, where Mayall also played Toad). His comedic style was described as energetic "post-punk".[1]
Mayall died of a heart attack at his home in London on 9 June 2014 at the age of 56. BBC Television director Danny Cohen praised him as a "truly brilliant" comedian with a unique stage presence, whose "fireball creativity" and approach to sitcom had inspired a generation of comedy stars.[1]
Early life
The second of four children, Mayall was born on 7 March 1958 at 98 Pittmans Field,
He attended
Career
Young Ones and The Comic Strip
Edmondson and Mayall gained their reputation at
Mayall's television appearances as Kevin Turvey led to a
At the time The Comic Strip Presents... was negotiated, the BBC took an interest in The Young Ones, a sitcom written by Mayall and his then-girlfriend Lise Mayer, in the same anarchic vein as Comic Strip. Ben Elton joined the writers. The series was commissioned and first broadcast in 1982, shortly after Comic Strip. Mayall played Rick, a pompous sociology student and Cliff Richard devotee. Mayall maintained his double-act with Edmondson, who starred as violent heavy metal medical student Vyvyan. Nigel Planer (as hippie Neil) and Christopher Ryan (as "Mike the cool person") also starred, with additional material written and performed by Alexei Sayle.
The first series was successful and a second was screened in 1984. The show owed a comic debt to Spike Milligan, but Milligan disapproved of Mayall's style of performance. Milligan once wrote: "Rik Mayall is putrid – absolutely vile. He thinks nose-picking is funny and farting and all that. He is the arsehole of British comedy."[15]
In 1986, Mayall played the private detective in the video of "Peter Gunn" by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy.[16][17]
Becoming a household name
Mayall continued to work on The Comic Strip films. He returned to
In 1986, Mayall joined Nigel Planer, Edmondson and Elton to star as Richie Rich in Filthy Rich & Catflap, which was billed as a follow-up to The Young Ones. The idea of Filthy Rich & Catflap was a reaction to comments made by Jimmy Tarbuck about The Young Ones. The series' primary focus was to highlight the "has been" status of light entertainment. While Mayall received positive critical reviews, viewing figures were poor and the series was never repeated on the BBC. In later years, release on video, DVD and repeats on UK TV found a following. Mayall suggested that the series did not last because he was uncomfortable acting in an Elton project, when they had been co-writers on The Young Ones.[19]
In the same year, Mayall had a No. 1 hit in the
In 1987, Mayall played fictional
1990s
In 1991, Edmondson and Mayall co-starred in the West End production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Queen's Theatre, with Mayall playing Vladimir, Edmondson as Estragon and Christopher Ryan as Lucky.[25] Here they came up with the idea for Bottom, which they said was a cruder cousin to Waiting for Godot.[26] Bottom was commissioned by the BBC and three series were shown between 1991 and 1995. Mayall appeared in Bottom as Richard 'Richie' Richard alongside Edmondson's Eddie Elizabeth Hitler. The series featured slapstick violence taken to new extremes, and gained a strong cult following.[27]
In 1993, following the second series, Mayall and Edmondson decided to take a stage-show version of the series on a national tour, Bottom: Live. It was a commercial success, filling large venues. Four additional stage shows were embarked upon in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003, each meeting with great success. The violent nature of these shows saw both Edmondson and Mayall ending up in hospital at various points. A film version, Guest House Paradiso was released in 1999. A fourth TV series was also written but not commissioned by the BBC.
Mayall starred alongside
In 1995, Mayall featured in a production of the play
In 1998, Mayall was involved in a serious quad bike accident. The pair wrote the first draft of their feature film Guest House Paradiso while Mayall was still hospitalised. They planned to co-direct, but Edmondson took on the duties himself. Mayall returned to work doing voice-overs. His first post-accident acting job was in the 1998 Jonathan Creek Christmas special, as DI Gideon Pryke, a role he later reprised in 2013. Jonathan Creek also featured Adrian Edmondson in a recurring role, though the two did not appear in any episodes together.
2000s
In 2000, Mayall voiced around half of the characters for the PlayStation and Windows PC video game Hogs of War. Also that year, Mayall appeared in the video production of Jesus Christ Superstar as King Herod. He joked in the "making of" documentary, which was included on the DVD release, that "the real reason why millions of people want to come and see this is because I'm in it! Me and Jesus!" In 2001, Mayall acted as Lt Daniel Blaney in the episode "The White Knight Stratagem" from the series Murder Rooms: The Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes. In 2002, Mayall teamed up with Marks and Gran once more when he starred as Professor Adonis Cnut in the ITV sitcom, Believe Nothing. However, the sitcom failed to repeat the success of The New Statesman and lasted for only one series.
Following 2003's Bottom: Live tour, Bottom 5: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts, Mayall stated that he and Edmondson would return with another tour.[32]
In 2004 Mayall had a starring cameo role playing the record boss in the video short "ABBA: Our Last Video Ever".[33]
Mayall voiced Edwin in the BBC show
Mayall was cast as the
Mayall provided the voice of the
In September 2009, Mayall played a supporting role in the television programme
2010–2014
In April 2010, Motivation Records released Mayall's England Football anthem "
In September 2010, an audio book, narrated by Mayall, Cutey and the Sofaguard was released by Digital Download. The book was written by Chris Wade and released by Wisdom Twins Books. In the same month, Mayall played the voice of Roy's Dad and recorded five episodes of animation[41] In November 2010, Mayall provided narrative for five different characters for CDs accompanying children's books published by Clickety Books. The books aid speech and language development by bombarding the child with troublesome sound targets. He recorded introductions and narratives for the titles.
On 5 March 2011, Mayall appeared on
In April 2011, Mayall again revived the character of Alan B'Stard to make an appearance in a satirical television advertisement for the
On 23 August 2012, the BBC announced that Edmondson and Mayall's characters of Richie and Eddie would be returning in 2013 in
In September 2012, Mayall starred in The Last Hurrah, a six-episode, full-cast audio series that he also co-wrote with Craig Green and Dominic Vince.[46]
In November 2012, Mayall narrated several children's books on the Me Books app, such as The Getaway and Banana! by children's illustrator and author Ed Vere.
In October 2013 he appeared in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, playing the father of the protagonist, Greg Davies—despite being only ten years older.
On 7 May 2014, Mayall made one of his last recorded performances in the form of poetry and voice-overs read on English rock band Magic Eight Ball's second album, Last Of The Old Romantics (released on 10 November 2014).
Mayall's final TV appearance was in the first episode of the second series of Crackanory, which was broadcast posthumously on 24 September 2014 on Dave.
Personal life
Family
Mayall married Scottish make-up artist Barbara Robbin in 1985, and the couple had three children. The couple met in 1981 while filming A Kick Up the Eighties and embarked on a secret affair. At the time, Mayall was in a long-term relationship with Lise Mayer. Upon discovering that Robbin was pregnant, Mayall left Mayer (who was also pregnant with his child at the time) while on a shopping trip with her and Ben Elton, and eloped with Robbin to Barbados. Mayer would later suffer a miscarriage. In a 2002 newspaper article, Mayall said that Mayer had since forgiven him.[47]
Political activism
Mayall twice publicly involved himself in political campaigns. In 2002, he dressed up as
Quad bike accident
On 9 April 1998, Mayall was injured when he crashed a
During Mayall's hospitalisation, the Comic Strip special Four Men in a Car was broadcast for the first time. The film involves Mayall's character being hit by a car.[11] Mayall and Edmondson joked about the event in stage versions of Bottom, Edmondson quipping "If only I'd fixed those brakes properly", Mayall referring to "quad bike flashbacks", and Mayall referring to himself: "You must know him, that tosser who fell off the quad bike."[54] In his 2005 spoof autobiography, Mayall claims that he rose from the dead.
Death
On 9 June 2014, Mayall died at his home in
Recognition, critical opinion and legacy
- 2005, Channel 4 poll, Comedians' Comedian, Mayall was voted among the top 50 comedy performers of all time.[61]
- 2008, Mayall was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of Exeter.[62] True to form, his acceptance speech contained a swear word, and reference to his indifferent performance as a student.[63]
- 2010, Mayall was present in Blackpool in August 2010 for the ceremonial laying of the first slab in the Comedy Carpet, commemorating one of his lines from The Young Ones.[64]
- 2010, poll, "Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians", Mayall was placed 91st.[65]
- 2014, on his death, Alan B'Stard.[66]
- 2014, as a tribute to Mayall, an unofficial blue plaque appeared in Hammersmith, London, which referenced the opening title sequence of BBC sitcom series Bottom.[67][68][69] At the same time, an online petition was launched in an effort to persuade Hammersmith & Fulham Council to install a memorial bench on Hammersmith Broadway.[70] On 14 November 2014, a memorial bench for Mayall was unveiled on the same spot where the bench from Bottom used to be before its removal.
- 2014, a 20-foot-high (6.1 m) mural of Mayall was created by street artist Gnasher, on the Playhouse at Mayall's birthplace in Harlow, Essex.[71]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Eye of the Needle | Sailor on train | |
An American Werewolf in London | 2nd Chess Player | ||
Couples and Robbers | Morris David Boyd | Directed by Clare Peploe, nominated for an Oscar. | |
Shock Treatment | "Rest Home" Ricky | ||
The Orchard End Murder | Policeman | Uncredited | |
1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Specialist Catering Commander | |
1987 | Eat the Rich | Micky | Feature film from The Comic Strip Presents... |
1988 | Managing Problem People. Behavioral skills for leaders | Big Mouth Billie | |
1991 | Little Noises | Mathias | |
Drop Dead Fred | Drop Dead Fred | ||
The Princess and the Goblin | Prince Froglip | Voice, dubbed voice for the 1992 English-language version | |
1992 | Carry On Columbus | The Sultan | |
1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler | Brigand | Voice |
1994 | Asterix Conquers America | Cacofonix
|
Voice, English version, uncredited |
1995 | The Snow Queen | The Robber King | Voice |
The Wind in the Willows | Mr. Toad | Voice, TV movie | |
1996 | The Willows in Winter | Voice, TV movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | |
1997 | Remember Me? | Ian | |
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis | Marty Starr | ||
1999 | A Monkey's Tale | Gerard the Gormless | Voice, dubbed voice for the 2000 English-language version |
Guest House Paradiso | Richard Twat | ||
2000 | Blackadder: Back & Forth | Robin Hood | Short, commissioned especially for showing in the Millennium Dome |
Jesus Christ Superstar | King Herod | ||
Great Performances | King Herod | Episode: "Jesus Christ Superstar" | |
Merlin: The Return | Merlin | ||
2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Peeves | Cut from final edit of movie |
Kevin of the North (a.k.a. Chilly Dogs) | Carter | ||
2002 | Day of the Sirens | Domo Childs | |
2003 | Chaos and Cadavers | Lennox Crowly | |
Sindy: The Fairy Princess | Wizard Azbar | Voice | |
Oh Marbella! | Greg Dubois | ||
Cold Dark | Vet | ||
2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Baxter | |
2004: ABBA: Our Last Video Ever | record company mogul | ||
2005 | Valiant | Cufflingk | Voice |
2007 | Snow White: The Sequel | The Seven Dwarves | Voice, English dub |
2010 | Just for the Record | Andy Wiseman | |
2012 | Eldorado | Chef Mario | |
Errors of the Human Body | Samuel Mead | ||
2014 | One by One | Ernest | |
2015 | De ontsnapping ("The Escape") | Landlord | Final film role (Mayall died shortly after filming had finished) |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Wolcott | PC Fell | 1 series |
A Kick Up the Eighties | Kevin Turvey | 1 series | |
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door | |||
1982 | Whoops Apocalypse | Biff | Episode: "Autumn Cannibalism" |
1982–1984 | The Young Ones | Rick | 2 series, also co-writer with Ben Elton and Lise Mayer |
1982 | Northern Lights | Scottish Television play with Judy Parfitt and Annette Crosbie. First broadcast in May 1982[72] | |
1983 | The Black Adder | Mad Gerald
|
Episode: "The Black Seal" Note: Character of "Mad Gerald" is credited as playing himself |
1983–2012 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Various roles | Several episodes and specials (appears in 19 of the 41 episodes) |
1985 | Happy Families | Priest | Episode: "Madeleine" |
1986–1995 | Jackanory | Narrator | Voice, Episodes: George's Marvellous Medicine & Jack and the Beanstalk (Christmas Special) |
1986 | Saturday Live
|
Richard Dangerous | Sketches featuring The Dangerous Brothers |
Blackadder II | Lord Flashheart
|
Episode: "Bells" | |
Peter Gunn
|
Private eye | Music video | |
1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | Gertrude "Richie" Rich | 1 series |
Hardwicke House | Lenny | Episode 5, "The Old Boys". Guest appearance. | |
1987–1994 | The New Statesman | Alan Beresford B'Stard | 4 series |
1989 | Blackadder Goes Forth | Squadron Leader The Lord Flashheart | Episode: "Private Plane" |
1989–1991 | Grim Tales | The Storyteller | 2 series |
1991–1995 | Bottom | Richard "Richie" Richard | 3 series, also co-creator with Ade Edmondson
|
1993–1995 | Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love Briefest Encounter Dancing Queen The Big One Dirty Old Town Clair De Lune |
Various roles | Two series of three episodes |
1995 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Tom Thumb | Voice, Episode: "The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse" |
How to Be a Little Sod | Little Sod | Voice | |
1997 | The Bill | Patrick Massie | Humpty Dumpty – Parts Two and Three |
The Forgotten Toys | Voice | ||
The Canterville Ghost | Reverend Dampier | TV movie | |
1998 | In the Red | Dominic De'Ath | |
Jonathan Creek | Detective Inspector Gideon Pryke | Episode: "Black Canary" (Christmas Special) | |
Tom and Vicky | Bert/ Squidgy | 26 Episodes [73] | |
1998–2003 | Jellikins | Narrator | Voice |
1999 | Watership Down | Kehaar | Voice, Series 1 and 2 |
2001 | Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement[74] | Mrs. Ffine Carmody | One series, all 13 episodes |
2001 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
|
Lt. Daniel Blaney | The White Knight Stratagem |
2002 | Believe Nothing | Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut | 1 series |
2004 | Violent Nation | Presenter | All 3 episodes (Discovery Channel) |
2004–2005 | Shoebox Zoo | Edwin the Eagle | Voice, 2 series |
2005 | All About George | George Kinsey | 1 series[75] |
2005–2006 | King Arthur's Disasters | King Arthur | Voice |
2006 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Lord Reginald | Voice, Episode: "Chimps Ahoy" |
2009 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Alec Nicholson | Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" |
Midsomer Murders | David Roper | Episode: "The Creeper" | |
2011–2013 | Who Let The Dogs Out? | Narrator | Voice, Series 1–3 |
2013 | Jonathan Creek | Detective Inspector Gideon Pryke | Episode: "The Clue Of The Savant's Thumb" (Easter Special) |
Man Down | Richard Davies (Dad) | Season 1 only, plus 2013 Christmas Special | |
Damo & Ivor
|
Alistair | ||
2014 | Crackanory | Story Teller | |
Muriel & Floyd | Fritz | Voice, Episode: "Hell in the Pump" |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | The Comedy of Errors | Dromio of Syracuse | Performed at the Oxford Playhouse in Oxford |
1985 | The Government Inspector | Ivan Khlestakov | Performed at the National Theatre in London |
1988 | The Common Pursuit | Nick Finchling | Performed at the Phoenix Theatre in London
|
1991 | Waiting for Godot | Vladimir | Performed at the Queen's Theatre in London |
1993 | Bottom Live | Richard "Richie" Richard | Recorded at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton |
1995 | Cell Mates | Blake | Performed at the Albery Theatre in the West End |
Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour | Richard "Richie" Richard | Recorded at the New Theatre in Oxford | |
1997 | Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island | Richard "Richie" Richard | Recorded at the Hippodrome in Bristol |
2000 | A Family Affair | Henry | Performed at the Theatre Royal, Brighton |
2001 | Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity | Richard "Richie" Richard | Recorded at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham |
2003 | Present Laughter | Gary Essendine | Performed at the Theatre Royal, Bath |
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour | Richard "Richie" Richard | Recorded at the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend-on-Sea | |
2006–2007 | The New Statesman | Alan B'Stard | Performed at Trafalgar Studios in London
|
2007 (25/5-30/6) | The New Statesman | Alan B'Stard | Performed at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, London |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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1996 | Bud Tucker in Double Trouble | Dick Tate |
2000 | Hogs of War | Sergeant I.P Grimly/Narrator; Nobby; Ginger; Den; Basil; Percy; Smith; Bastille; Le Cont; Sanglier; Porc; Yehudi; Duski; Mule; Shogun; Feng Shui; Raw Fish; Herman; Herr Kut; Herr Dry; Herr Raid |
He was originally going to be the voice of Newton in 2014's LittleBigPlanet 3, however his passing forced Sumo Digital to replace him with a new actor, being Hugh Laurie.
Books
- Bigger than Hitler – Better than Christ (2005) (semi-autobiographical), ISBN 978-0007207282
Audiobooks
Year | Title | Author(s) | Notes |
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1992 | Grim Tales | Brothers Grimm | |
More Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales | |||
1994 | Krindlekrax | Philip Ridley | |
1999 | The Sound of Trumpets | John Mortimer | |
2000 | The Dr. Seuss Collection | Dr. Seuss | Consists of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
|
2006 | Decline and Fall | Evelyn Waugh | |
2007 | High Society | Ben Elton | |
2008 | The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow | Kaye Umansky | |
2009 | I Tell You It's Burt Reynolds | Galton and Simpson | Radio comedy for BBC Radio 2 as part of Galton and Simpson's Half Hour |
2010 | Cutey and the Sofaguard | Chris Wade | |
2012 | The Last Hurrah | Craig Green, Dominic Vince and Rik Mayall | Audio comedy series, also co-wrote scripts |
Awards and nominations
- 1993 – British Comedy Awardfor Best TV Comedy Actor – won
- 1997 – Primetime Emmy Awardfor Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – won
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External links
- Rik Mayall at IMDb
- Rik Mayall discography at Discogs
- Rik Mayall at the BFI's Screenonline
- "Interview with Rik Mayall on Theatre.com". Archived from the original on 15 January 2008.
- Rik Mayall Interviews and Articles Archive at wordpress.com
- Keepnews, Peter (9 June 2014). "Rik Mayall, British alternative comic, dies at 56". The New York Times.