Person
Brian Rix
Acting · 1924–1998 · Cottingham, England
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
Men of Affairs
Barry Ovis MP
Up to His Neck
Wiggy
Britain's Greatest Generation
Himself
A Roof Over My Head
1977
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood / Wing Cmdr. Blenkinsop
Dry Rot
Fred Phipps
Nothing Barred
Wilfred Sapling
What Every Woman Wants
Herbert Brown
And the Same to You
Dickie 'Dreadnought' Marchant
The Night We Got the Bird
Bertie Skidmore
Filmography
- 2015Britain's Greatest GenerationHimself
- 1977A Roof Over My Head
- 1973Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!Barry Ovis
- 1973Men of AffairsBarry Ovis MP
- 1961Nothing BarredWilfred Sapling
- 1960The Night We Got the BirdBertie Skidmore
- 1960And the Same to YouDickie 'Dreadnought' Marchant
- 1959The Night We Dropped a ClangerAircraftsman Arthur Atwood / Wing Cmdr. Blenkinsop
- 1957TharkRonald Gamble
- 1957Not Wanted on VoyageHollebone
- 1956Dry RotFred Phipps
- 1954What Every Woman WantsHerbert Brown
- 1954Up to His NeckWiggy
- 1952Reluctant HeroesHorace Gregory
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