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Richard O'Brien

1942 - Today

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Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand 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. He also co-wrote the screenplay along with director Jim Sharman for the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and appeared on-screen as Riff Raff. The film became an international success and has received a large cult following. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard O'Brien is the 4,570th most popular actor (down from 4,114th in 2019), the 3,796th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,242nd in 2019) and the 536th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard O'Brien ranks 4,570 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Bowen, Charles Fleischer, Donal Logue, Antony Starr, Vladimir Ivashov, and Colette Marchand. After him are Chi McBride, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Earl Holliman, Manfred Krug, Burghart Klaußner, and Robert Preston.

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Among people born in 1942, Richard O'Brien ranks 449. Before him are Werner Teske, Ingrid Becker, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Paul Butterfield, Terry Melcher, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. After him are Driss Bamous, Vladimir Yermoshin, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Terenci Moix, Dan Graham, and Country Joe McDonald.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard O'Brien ranks 3,797 out of 8,785. Before him are Ashley Williams (1984), Willie Waddell (1921), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Andrew Davis (1944), and Marie Spartali Stillman (1844). After him are Trevor Bolder (1950), Jack Sheppard (1702), Roger Ascham (1515), C. V. Boys (1855), Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472), and Jim Bellamy (1881).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard O'Brien ranks 536. Before him are Ronald Lacey (1935), Davy Jones (1945), Rupert Graves (1963), Anton Lesser (1952), Suze Randall (1946), and Richard Madden (1986). After him are Steve Marriott (1947), Paloma Faith (1981), Theo James (1984), Jeremy Wade (1956), Robert Stephens (1931), and Kenneth Cranham (1944).

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