Richard O'Brien
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Acting · Born 1942-03-25 · age 84 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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 Crystal Maze, and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb (2008–2015; 2025–present) and its two films (2011 and 2020). His other acting credits include Flash Gordon (1980), Spice World (1997), EverAfter (1998), Dark City (1998), Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), and Jackboots on Whitehall (2010). O'Brien is transgender and identifies himself as third gender and uses he/him pronouns.
Titles
Dark City
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
EverAfter
Flash Gordon
Phineas and Ferb
Dungeons & Dragons
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Spice World
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Night Train
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Revolution
Shock Treatment
Robin of Sherwood
Carry On Cowboy
Jubilee
The Stolen
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
The Return of Captain Invincible
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
Jackboots on Whitehall
Zee and Co.
Rocky Horror Show Live
Mongrels
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
The Detectives
The Ten Commandments
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Odd Job
Spicks and Specks
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
The Contraption
The British Guide to Showing Off
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Urban Gothic
The Crystal Maze
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Fangs
The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
ITV Playhouse
The Children's Party at the Palace
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Tiny Little Voices
The Ink Thief
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
Digital Dreams
The Mumbo Jumbo
Premiere
A Hymn from Jim
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
The Rocky Horror Show Live 2021