
Richard O'Brien
Department: Acting
Biography
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. On becoming an actor, he changed his name to Richard O'Brien (his maternal grandmother's surname).
Known For

Digital Dreams
1983

Flash Gordon
1980

Dark City
1998

The Perfect Scary Movie
2005

Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002

Dungeons & Dragons
2000

Revolution
1985

Shock Treatment
1981

Jubilee
1978

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975

A Perfect Carry On
1998

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006

The Children's Party at the Palace
2006

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2021

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000

The Contraption
1978

The Mumbo Jumbo
2000

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014

Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2013

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
2009

The British Guide to Showing Off
2011

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977

Night Train
2009

A Hymn from Jim
1977

Tiny Little Voices
2025

Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008

Rocky Horror Show Live
2015

Spice World
1997

EverAfter
1998

Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010

Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2015

The Stolen
2017

Life After Flash
2017

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2014

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
2005

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995

Zee and Co.
1972

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020

Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
2012

The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025

Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007

The Odd Job
1978

Carry On Cowboy
1965

Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008

The Last Impresario
2014

Spicks and Specks
2005

Phineas and Ferb
2007

The Crystal Maze
1990

Robin of Sherwood
1984

Where Are They Now?
1999

The Detectives
1993

An Audience with...
1978

Mongrels
2010

The Ink Thief
1994

Going Live!
1987

Cluedo
1990

The Ten Commandments
2006