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Rik Mayall

1958 - 2014

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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 Ade 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... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rik Mayall has received more than 7,707,357 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Rik Mayall is the 6,321st most popular actor (up from 6,894th in 2019), the 4,661st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,908th in 2019) and the 717th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rik Mayalls by language

Over the past year Rik Mayall has had the most page views in the with 1,131,586 views, followed by Dutch (26,553), and Spanish (22,860). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (336.12%), Japanese (121.39%), and Italian (64.20%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rik Mayall ranks 6,321 out of 13,578. Before him are Mia Sara, Alistair Petrie, Bill Erwin, Sabine Moussier, Steve Railsback, and Christy Chung. After him are Dev Patel, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Larry the Cable Guy, Elena Yakovleva, Fritz Weaver, and Nicholas Lea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Rik Mayall ranks 385. Before him are Anita Skorgan, Atsuji Miyahara, Pascale Ogier, Robert Kagan, Alan Jackson, and Masaaki Kato. After him are Sabri Boukadoum, Aleksandr Baluev, Korado Korlević, Michael Flynn, Dmitry Kozak, and Habib Koité. Among people deceased in 2014, Rik Mayall ranks 434. Before him are Giorgio Faletti, Aulis Rytkönen, Malik Bendjelloul, Nanda, Ibrahim Touré, and Tivadar Monostori. After him are Lynsey de Paul, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Holger Hansson, Mark Strand, Thomas Berger, and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rik Mayall ranks 4,661 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Pennant (1726), Justin Fashanu (1961), John Wain (1925), Micky Moody (1950), Alice Greene (1879), and Pete Doherty (1979). After him are Dev Patel (1990), David Garnett (1892), Lynsey de Paul (1948), Major Ritchie (1870), John Roebuck (1718), and David Hampshire (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Rik Mayall ranks 717. Before him are Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Eleanor Bron (1938), David Hewlett (1968), Trevor Goddard (1962), Moira Shearer (1926), and Alistair Petrie (1970). After him are Dev Patel (1990), Charles Kent (1852), Michael Jayston (1935), Gina McKee (1964), William Russell (1924), and Phyllis Logan (1956).

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Television and Movie Roles

An American Werewolf in London
Second Chess Player
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.
Aug 21o 19817.392 / 10
Drop Dead Fred
Drop Dead Fred
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.
Apr 19o 19915.874 / 10
Guest House Paradiso
Richie
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!
Dec 3o 19996.2 / 10