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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rik_MayallRik Mayall - Wikipedia

    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 Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s.

  2. Jun 10, 2014 · Tragic Rik Mayall is pictured walking near his house, just a day before he collapsed and died at the age of 56.. The Young Ones, Bottom and Blackadder star was found dead by wife Barbara Robbin at ...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0562201Rik Mayall - IMDb

    Rik Mayall. Actor: The Young Ones. Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in Matching Tye, a village just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers. His acting debut was at the age of seven when he appeared in one of his father's stage plays. He met his comedy partner and best friend Adrian "Ade" Edmondson...

  4. Jun 9, 2014 · British comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He played obnoxious, poetry-writing anarchist Rick in The Young Ones with his friend Adrian Edmondson. The pair later starred in the sitcom ...

  5. Jun 10, 2014 · The comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56, his agent confirmed.. Born in Essex and raised in Worcester, Mayall starred alongside Adrian Edmondson in The Young Ones and went on to ...

  6. Rik Mayall. Actor: The Young Ones. Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in Matching Tye, a village just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers. His acting debut was at the age of seven when he appeared in one of his father's stage plays. He met his comedy partner and best friend Adrian "Ade" Edmondson...

  7. Jun 10, 2014 · Rik Mayall in The Young Ones (1982-84) One of the linchpins of British television comedy in the 1980s and 90s, Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56. Born in Harlow, Essex in 1958, he became perhaps most famous as the anarchic student Rick in the irreverent BBC sitcom The Young Ones (1982-84), one of his several collaborations with Adrian Edmondson.

  8. Jun 9, 2014 · Comedian and actor Rik Mayall has died aged 56. He was best known for the TV shows The Young Ones and Bottom, both of which he starred in alongside long-time collaborator Adrian Edmondson.

  9. Jun 9, 2014 · Rik Mayall, an actor, comedian and writer whose work on “The Young Ones” and other television series helped define alternative comedy in Britain in the 1980s, died on Monday at his home in London.

  10. www.bafta.org › heritage › in-memory-ofRik Mayall | BAFTA

    One of Britain’s greatest comic actors, Rik Mayall formed long-standing double act with Adrian Edmondson after meeting and Manchester University in the 1970s.