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Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, Kt, CBE, DL (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.

Life in the Farce Lane Hardcover. A sequel to his first volume of autobiography, "Farce from my Elbow", this book tells how Brian Rix moves out of the theatre and the stage when he becomes Secretary-General of MENCAP and also covers his return to the stage. Brian Rix. 12 offers from £1. 9. My Farce from My Elbow Hardcover.

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Life in the Farce Lane. by Brian Rix. ISBN 9780233989365 (978-0-233-98936-5) Hardcover, Andre Deutsch, 1995. Find signed collectible books: 'Life in the Farce Lane'. My farce from my elbow: An autobiography. ISBN 9780436415005 (978-0-436-41500-5) Hardcover, Secker & Warburg, 1975. Coauthors & Alternates.

Brian Rix was one of Britain's most successful actor-managers, once described as the master of farce, and also . It culminated in him becoming president of the charity Mencap and using his seat in the Lords to press for reforms in the law to provide better care and treatment.

Brian Rix was one of Britain's most successful actor-managers, once described as the master of farce, and also one of the country's leading charity campaigners. For more than three decades his farces, acted out by some of the great names in British comedy, played to packed theatres and attracted millions of TV viewers. Brian Norman Roger Rix was born on 27 Jan 1924 into a wealthy family in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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