Richard O'Brien rose to fame playing Riff Raff in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He also wrote the screenplay to the movie, its sequel (Shock Treatment), as well as the accompanying video game.
Notable Roles
- Cosmo McKinley in Shock Treatment (1981)
- Gulnar in Robin of Sherwood (1986)
- Mr. Hand in Dark City (1998)
- Vladimere Hellsubus in Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
- Dad in Phineas and Ferb (2007-2008)
Quotes
"When you do something like "Rocky", which is undefinable somehow, it always becomes difficult to lose that. Not that I have any interest in saying goodbye to Rocky. I absolutely adore being involved and a part of something that is really a phenomenon."IMDb: Richard O'Brien Biography
Richard O'Brien Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
March 25,1942: Born
1972: Four Dimensions of Greta
1980: Flash Gordon
1981: Shock Treatment
1990-1995: The Crystal Maze
1997: Spice World
1998: Dark City
1998: Ever After
2000: Dungeons & Dragons
2006: The Ten Commandments
2008: Jackboots on Whitehall
References
Fast Facts
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Birth name
Richard Timothy Smith
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Fact:
Debut movie: Carry on Cowboy (1966)
