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Sir Brian Rix Biography (1924-)

Born January 27, 1924, in Cottingham, England; son of Herbert Dobson and Fanny (Nicholson) Rix; married Elspet Gray. Addresses: HOME--Three St. Mary's Grove, Barnes Common, London SW13, England.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

January 27, 1924

Cottingham, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Courtier, King Lear, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, 1942.
• LONDON STAGE DEBUT--Sebastian, Twelfth Night, St. James's Theatre, 1943.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Horace Gregory, Reluctant Heroes, Whitehall Theatre, London, 1950.
• Fred Phipps, Dry Rot, Whitehall Theatre, 1954.
• Percy Pringle, Simple Spymen, Whitehall Theatre, 1958.
• Hickory Wood, One for the Pot, Whitehall Theatre, 1961.
• Gerry Buss, Chase Me Comrade, Whitehall Theatre, 1964, later Garrick Theatre, London, 1967.
• Fred Florence, Stand by Your Bedouin, Nigel Pitt, Uproar in the House, and Jack, Let Sleeping Wives Lie, all Garrick Theatre, 1967.
• Hubert Porter, She's Done It Again, Garrick Theatre, 1969.
• Barry Ovis, Don't Just Lie There, Say Something, Garrick Theatre, 1971.
• Billy, Robinson Crusoe, New Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, 1973.
• Fogg, A Bit between the Teeth, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1974.
• Colin Hudson, Fringe Benefits, Whitehall Theatre, 1976.
• Also appeared in repertory with the Donald Wolfit Company, 1942-43, and with the White Rose Players, Harrowgate, U.K., 1943-44.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; PRODUCER
• (Also company manager) Reluctant Heroes, Whitehall Theatre, London, 1950.
• (with Colin Morris) Long March, Whitehall Theatre, 1953.
• (also director) Tell the Marines, Whitehall Theatre, 1953.
• Dry Rot, Whitehall Theatre, 1954.
• Simple Spymen, Whitehall Theatre, 1958.
• One for the Pot, Whitehall Theatre, 1961.
• Chase Me Comrade, Whitehall Theatre, 1964, later Garrick Theatre, London,1967.
• Stand by Your Bedouin, Uproar in the House, and Let Sleeping Wives Lie, all Garrick Theatre, 1967.
• She's Done It Again, Garrick Theatre, 1969.
• Don't Just Lie There, Say Something, Garrick Theatre, 1971.
• A Bit between the Teeth, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1974.
• Fringe Benefits, Whitehall Theatre, 1976.
• Beatlemania, Astoria Theatre, London, 1979.
• Lunatic Fringe, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1979.
• Also co-producer of the following productions: You, Too, Can Have a Body,1958; Instant Marriage and Diplomatic Baggage, 1964; Come Spy with Me, 1966;and Close the Coalhouse Door, 1968.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Producer and appearing as Gregory, Reluctant Heroes, U.K. cities, 1950.
• Also appeared in six Vernon Sylvaine farces, U.K. cities, 1971.
• FILM DEBUT--Horace Gregory, Reluctant Heroes, Associated British Films, 1951.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Wiggy, Up to His Neck, General Films Distributors, 1954.
• Herbert, What Every Woman Wants, Adelphi, 1954.
• Fred Phipps, Dry Rot, Independent Film Distributors/British Lion, 1956.
• Cecil Hollebone, Not Wanted on Voyage, Renown, 1957.
• Dickie Dreadnought, And the Same to You, Monarch, 1960.
• Bertie Skidmore, The Night We Got the Bird, British Lion, 1961.
• Wilfred Sapling, Nothing Barred, British Lion, 1961.
• Aircraftman Arthur Atwood and Wing Commander Blenkinsop, Make Mine a Double, Ellis, 1962.
• Barry Ovis, Don't Just Lie There, Say Something, Rank, 1973.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Producer (with D'Arcy Conyers) The Night We Got the Bird, British Lion, 1961.
• producer (with Conyers), Nothing Barred, British Lion, 1961.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Men of Affairs and Roof over My Head.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS PRODUCER SERIES
• Let's Go.
• Credits; PLAYS
• Reluctant Heroes, Thark, Doctor in the House, High Temperature, All For Mary, Women Aren't Angels, Six of Rix, and You, Too, Can Have a Body.
• Writings
• My Farce from My Elbow (autobiography), 1975.