Biography
Richard O'Brien, born 1942 in Cheltenham (UK), is an actor, author, and composer — and most importantly: the creator of The Rocky Horror Show. The musical premiered in London in 1973 with hits like The Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite became one of the most successful cult stage productions of all time and was made into the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show — today the commercially longest-running film in cinema history (it has run continuously in midnight screenings for over 50 years). O'Brien himself played the role of Riff Raff in the film. Later he hosted the British game show The Crystal Maze (1990-1993) and remained present as a cult performance personality.
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