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Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealander actor, writer, musician, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show in 1973, which has since remained in continuous production.
Actor: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Born in Cheltenham, England, Richard Smith's family moved to Tauranga, New Zealand, in 1951 when his father, an accountant, decided to become a sheep farmer.
- March 25, 1942
Actor: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Born in Cheltenham, England, Richard Smith's family moved to Tauranga, New Zealand, in 1951 when his father, an accountant, decided to become a sheep farmer.
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Jun 19, 2023 · Richard O'Brien reflects on The Rocky Horror Show's 50th anniversary. The 81-year-old creator of the horror-comedy tells us how he came up with the musical that has left us wanting to do the...
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Jun 27, 2018 · Stuntman, actor, musical theatre legend… Richard O’Brien is perhaps the very definition of a Renaissance man. Take on The Crystal Maze at the LIVE Experience in London and Manchester.
Richard O'Brien is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer. O'Brien was born Richard Timothy Smith in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. In 1951, the family emigrated to Tauranga, New Zealand but he moved back to England in 1964.
Actor, writer & composer Richard O’Brien, who opens this week as the Childcatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, explains why children love him even though he’s a fraud & how he never tires of Rocky Horror.
