Rik Mayall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rik Mayall

British comedian and actor

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1958

Place of Birth: Harlow, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Jun-2014

Profession: screenwriter, writer, comedian, stage actor, director, television actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, actor and writer.
Mayall formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s. Mayall starred in numerous cult classic sitcoms throughout his career, including The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Blackadder, Filthy Rich & Catflap, The New Statesman, Bottom and Believe Nothing.
Mayall also starred in the comedy films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for his voice-over work in The Willows in Winter.
His comedic style was described as energetic "post-punk".
He was also known as the narrator of the CGI children's show Jellabies. Mayall died suddenly 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.