# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rik-mayall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:56:55.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rik-mayall"
name: "Rik Mayall"
slug: "rik-mayall"
description: "Richard Michael Mayall was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s."
tagline: "English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)"
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birthDate: "1958-03-07"
deathDate: "2014-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump