Brian Rix

Personal Info

Birthday

January 27, 1924

Day of Death

1998-01-01

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Cottingham, England

Brian Rix

Biography

Brian Rix was a British actor and activist. After a stage and television career spanning more than three decades, Rix became a campaigner for disability causes. He entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in 1992 and was president of the disability charity Mencap from 1998 until his death.

Known For

What Every Woman Wants

Men of Affairs

The Night We Got the Bird

Nothing Barred

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

Dry Rot

And the Same to You

Up to His Neck

Filmography

1973
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Barry Ovis
1961
Nothing Barred
as Wilfred Sapling
1960
The Night We Got the Bird
as Bertie Skidmore
And the Same to You
as Dickie 'Dreadnought' Marchant
1959
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
as Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood / Wing Cmdr. Blenkinsop
1957
Thark
as Ronald Gamble
Not Wanted on Voyage
as Hollebone
1956
Dry Rot
as Fred Phipps
1954
What Every Woman Wants
as Herbert Brown
Up to His Neck
as Wiggy
1952
Reluctant Heroes
as Horace Gregory