# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-rix
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:32:23.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-rix"
name: "Brian Rix"
slug: "brian-rix"
description: "Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix was an English actor-manager, who produced a record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage, including Dry Rot, Simple Spymen and One for the Pot. His one-night TV shows made him the joint highest paid star on the BBC. He often worked with his wife Elspet Gray and sister Sheila Mercier, who became the matriarch in Emmerdale Farm."
tagline: "British actor (1924-2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1924-01-27"
deathDate: "2016-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.420093333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729727/"
    handle:    "nm0729727"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3820588"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "برايان ريكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "برايان ريكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix%2C_Baron_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix, Baron Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rix"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336883"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1723698"
    title: "Brian Rix"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump