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Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred, with Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles.
He also starred in the comedy films Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). Mayall won a Primetime Emmy Award for his voiceover performance as Mr. Toad in TVC London's 1996 animated movie The Willows in Winter (a sequel to TVC's 1995 production of The Wind in the Willows, in which Mayall also played Toad
LONDON (AP) - Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian ...
Carlos Davis (born James Carlos Davis; October 11, 1948 – September 24, 2020 [1]) was an American screenwriter, film producer, playwright, and best selling novelist. [2] He was best known for writing the 1991 cult comedy Drop Dead Fred, starring Rik Mayall and Phoebe Cates, [3] and writing with the novelist James LePore the national best selling novel, No Dawn For Men.
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He remained in the United States after graduation and became a screenwriter and movie producer, including the 1991 Rik Mayall film, Drop Dead Fred. [1] In 2003 film director Russell Mulcahy made a biographical film about Tony, called Swimming Upstream, based on his autobiography. [2]
Rik Mayall, Drop Dead Fred, Guest House Paradiso; Michael Palin (born 1943), Monty Python films; Monty Python; Dudley Moore (1935–2002), Arthur, 10; Bill Nighy (born 1949) Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz; Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984) Peter Sellers (1925–1980), Dr. Strangelove, Inspector Clouseau films