Richard O'Brien

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Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith, 25 March 1942) is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer, best known for writing the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show (1973), famously adapted into a film in 1975, the longest-running theatrical release in history. O'Brien was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. In 1951, the family emigrated to Tauranga, New Zealand but he moved back to England in 1964. On becoming an actor, he changed his name to Richard O'Brien (his maternal grandmother's surname). O'Brien presented the 1990–93 Channel 4 game show The C…

  • Acting
  • Born 25 March 1942 (age 84)
  • Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • 73 credits

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Most-watched Richard O'Brien films currently: Dark City (1998), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), EverAfter (1998), Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011).

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Selected TV credits: Phineas and Ferb (2007), ITV Playhouse (1967), An Audience with... (1978), Where Are They Now? (1999), Spicks and Specks (2005).

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