MAYALL, Rik 1958–

PERSONAL

Full name, Richard Michael Mayall; born March 7, 1958, in Harlow, Essex, England; son of John (a drama teacher) and Gillian (a drama teacher) Mayall; married Barbara (a makeup artist), 1985; children: Rosie, Sydney, Bonnie.

Career: Actor, comedian, writer, and television series creator.

Awards, Honors: British Comedy Award nomination, best TV comedy actor, 1993, for Dancing Queen; Emmy Award, outstanding voice–over performance, 1997, for The Wind in the Willows.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

"Rest Home" Ricky, Shock Treatment, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1981.

Himself, Fundamental Frolics, 1981.

Second chess player, An American Werewolf in London (also known as American Werewolf ), Universal, 1981.

Three Sailors, Eye of the Needle, United Artists, 1981.

Kevin Turvey, Kevin Turvey Investigates, 1981.

Specialist Catering Commander, Whoops Apocalypse, 1986.

Richard Dangerous, Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger, 1986.

Micky, Eat the Rich, 1987.

Mathias Lichtenstein, Little Noises, Prism Entertainment, 1991.

Title role, Drop Dead Fred, New Line Cinema, 1991.

The Sultan, Carry On Columbus, Lauren Films, 1992.

Voice of Froglip, The Princess and the Goblin (also known as A Hercegno es a kobold ), Hemdale, 1993.

Richard Richard, Bottom Live, 1993.

Himself, Out of My Head, 1995.

Richard Richard, Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour, 1995.

Richard Richard, Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island, 1997.

Ian, Remember Me?, Manuel Salvador, 1997.

Marty Starr, Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis, 1998.

Richard Richard, Guest House Paradiso, Universal, 1999.

Merlin, Merlin: The Return, 1999.

(English version) Voice of Gerard the Gormless, Le chateau des singes (animated; also known as Kwom und der Konig der Affen and A Monkey's Tale ), Harvey Entertainment, 1999.

Robin Hood, Blackadder: Back & Forth, 1999.

Richie, Bottom 2001: An Arse Oddity (also known as Bottom Live 4 ), 2001.

Carter, Kevin of the North (also known as Chilly Dogs ), Screen Media Ventures LLC, 2001.

Domo Childs, Day of the Sirens, 2002.

Lennox Crowly, Chaos and Cadavers, 2003.

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y–Fronts, 2003.

Greg Dubois, Oh Marbella!, 2003.

Vet, Cold Dark, 2003.

Churchill: The Hollywood Years, Pathe, 2004.

Peeves the Poltergeist, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Warner Bros., 2004.

Film Work:

Executive producer, Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island, 1997.

Television Appearances; Series:

Title role, Kevin Turvey Investigates, BBC, 1981.

Kevin Turvey, A Kick Up the Eighties, BBC, 1981.

Rick, The Young Ones, BBC, 1982, 1984, MTV, 1984–1989.

Various characters, The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1983–1984, 1986, 1988–1990, 1998, 2000.

Lord Flashheart, Blackadder II (also known as Black Adder II ), BBC, 1985.

Richard Dangerous, The Dangerous Brothers Present, 1986.

Richard Dangerous, Saturday Live, 1986.

Richard Rich, Filthy Rich and Catflap, BBC, 1987.

Alan B'Stard, The New Statesman, ITV1, 1987–1992.

Narrator, Grim Tales, 1989.

Richard "Ritchie" Richard, Bottom, BBC, 1991.

Voice of Tom Thumb, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, 1993.

Alan B'Stard, A. B'Stard Exposed, BBC, 1994.

Voice of Little Sod, How to Be a Little Sod, 1995.

Himself, Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam!, BBC, 1995.

Voice of narrator, Jellabies (also known as Jellabies and Friends and Jellikins ), Fox Family Channel, 1999.

Voice, Tom and Vicky, ITV, 1999.

Voice of Kehaar, Watership Down, YTV, 1999.

Dirty Work, 2000.

Reid, The Knock, ITV, 2000.

Mrs. Ffine Carmody, Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement, 2001.

Professor Adonis Cnut, Believe Nothing, ITV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Biff, "Autumn Cannibalism," Whoops Apocalypse, ITV, 1982.

Dominic De'Ath, In the Red, BBC, 1998.

Himself/"Lord Flashheart," Laughter in the House: The Story of the British Sitcom, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Title role, Kevin Turvey: The Man behind the Green Door, BBC, 1982.

Weekend in Wallop, ITV, 1984.

Jake's Journey, CBS, 1988.

Wyatt Earp, Horse Opera, 1993.

Neil, Rik Mayall Presents Dancing Queen (also known as Dancing Queen ), Granada Television, 1993.

Greg, Rik Mayall Presents Briefest Encounter (also known as Briefest Encounter ), 1993.

Title role, Rik Mayall Presents Micky Love (also known as Micky Love ), Granada Television, 1993.

Lewis Fox, Rik Mayall Presents The Big One (also known as The Big One ), 1995.

Raymond, Rik Mayall Presents Dirty Old Town (also known as Dirty Old Town ), 1995.

Toby, Rik Mayall Presents Clair de Lune (also known as Clare de lune ), 1995.

Voice of Toad, The Wind in the Willows, 1995.

Voice of Toad, The Willows in Winter (animated), 1996.

Reverend Dampier, The Canterville Ghost, 1997.

Lieutenant Daniel Blaney, Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights, BBC, 1981.

Rick, Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live ), BBC, 1986.

(Archive footage) The sultan, What's a Carry On? (documentary), 1998.

King Herod, Jesus Christ Superstar (also known as Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar ), PBS, 2000.

(Archive footage) Alan B'Stard, The 100 Greatest TV Characters, Channel 4, 2001.

Blackadder: Back & Forth, PBS, 2001.

Himself, 40 Years of University Challenge, BBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mad Gerald, "The Black Seal," The Black Adder (also known as Blackadder ), BBC, 1983.

The Lenny Henry Show, BBC, 1984.

Priest, "Madeline," Happy Families, BBC, 1985.

Lord Flashheart, "Bells," Blackadder II (also known as Black Adder II ), BBC, 1986.

French and Saunders, BBC, 1987.

Squadron Commander Lord Flashheart, "Plan D: Private Plane," Blackadder Goes Forth, BBC, 1989.

Late Night with David Letterman, 1991.

Himself, The Full Wax, BBC, 1992.

Reader, "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jackanory, BBC, 1995.

Rattner, "The Organisation," Look at the State We're In!, 1995.

Patrick Massey, "Humpty Dumpty: Parts 1, 2&3," The Bill, ITV1, 1997.

DI Gideon Pryke, "Black Canary," Jonathan Creek, BBC, 1998.

Also appeared as reader, "George's Marvelous Medicine," Jackanory, BBC.

Television Work; Series:

Creator, The Young Ones, BBC, 1982.

Creator, The Dangerous Brothers Present, 1986.

Creator, Bottom, BBC, 1991.

Stage Appearances:

Cell Mates, London, 1996.

Made stage debut in The Good Woman of Setzuan.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice, Hogs of War, Infogames Entertainment, 2000.

Music Videos:

Appeared in The Art of Noise's "Peter Gunn."

Album Tracks:

"Look What I Did to My Id," Shock Treatment, 1981.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Kevin Turvey Investigates, 1981.

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger, 1986.

Bottom Live, 1993.

Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour, 1995.

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island, 1997.

Guest House Paradiso, 1999.

Bottom 2001: An Arse Oddity (also known as Bottom Live 4 ), 2001.

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y–Fronts, 2003.

Television Movies:

Kevin Turvey: The Man behind the Green Door, BBC, 1982.

Television Specials:

Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live ), BBC, 1986.

Television Episodes:

(With Adrian Edmondson) "Dirty Movie," The Comic Strip Presents, 1984.

(With Peter Richardson and Pete Richens) "A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques," The Comic Strip Presents, 1984.

(With Edmondson and Rowland Rivron) "Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door," The Comic Strip Presents, 1988.

Bottom, BBC, 1991.

Also wrote The Young Ones, BBC and MTV; Saturday Live; and (additional material) Filthy Rich and Catflap, BBC.