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Jan 27, 1924 Cottingham, England, United Kingdom Died on 20 Aug 2016 (aged 92)
British actor
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About Brian Rix
- Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, (27 January 1924 – 20 August 2016) was a British 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. After his first child was born with Down syndrome, Rix became a campaigner for disability causes, among others.
- He entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of Mencap from 1998 until his death.
