Performer file
Rik Mayall
Yes — Rik Mayall played David Roper in The Creeper (Series 12, 2010).
In Midsomer Murders
David Roper is part of the wealthy social circle unsettled by a burglar known as the Creeper. Mayall's performance brings abrasive comic energy to a case already full of status anxiety and family friction.
Performer biography
Rik Mayall was a defining figure in British alternative comedy. He co-created and starred in The Young Ones and Bottom, and played memorable roles in The New Statesman, Blackadder and Drop Dead Fred.
Mayall helped shape Britain's alternative-comedy movement through The Young Ones and his partnership with Adrian Edmondson. Bottom, The New Statesman and Blackadder each used his extravagant comic energy in a different way. The Creeper gave that unmistakable persona a place in a village mystery shortly before his death in 2014.
Career background ↗Rik Mayall’s Midsomer roles
Rik Mayall plays David Roper in The Creeper. The existing role description places Roper among a wealthy social circle unsettled by the burglar whose name gives the episode its title. This is a guest role within that case, with the actor-to-character credit linked below. It is the useful point of reference when searching for Mayall’s Midsomer appearance, rather than a general recollection of his much better-known comedy work in other programmes.
The Casebook’s existing description notes an abrasive comic energy within a story concerned with family friction and status. For your own comparison, watch the way the character is introduced and the conversations around him before opening the solution. A familiar comic performer can be part of a dramatic ensemble without the character becoming a version of an earlier television role. The career background and the Midsomer case answer different questions: one follows the performer’s wider work, while the other keeps David Roper with The Creeper’s cast, premise and filming places.
The cases in context
The Creeper
Rik Mayall as David Roper · Series 12, Episode 6 (2010).
A celebrated cat burglar raids Midsomer while a writer planning to expose the Chettham family is smothered on their estate.
DCI Tom Barnaby investigates with DS Ben Jones. Filming places for The Creeper →
Published episode credits
1 sourced episode as David Roper.
David Roper
in The Creeper
Published cast evidence ↗