Richard O'Brien
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1088 |
| Birthday | 1942-03-25 |
| Place of Birth | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Richard Timothy Smith, |
1983
Digital Dreams
7/1
An amalgam of documentary and cinema verité, this movie outlines the life, loves and music of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman. After leaving...
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Digital Dreams
1980
Flash Gordon
6.236/1083
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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Flash Gordon
1998
Dark City
7.336/3171
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic...
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Dark City
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
7.667/3
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
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The Perfect Scary Movie
2002
Elvira's Haunted Hills
5.513/153
The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who tak...
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Elvira's Haunted Hills
2000
Dungeons & Dragons
4.364/681
The Empire of Izmer is a divided land: elite magicians called “mages” rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina vows to bring equa...
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Dungeons & Dragons
1985
Revolution
5.383/124
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Ser...
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Revolution
1981
Shock Treatment
5.8/103
Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and instituti...
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Shock Treatment
1978
Jubilee
5.93/79
Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
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Jubilee
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7.4/3116
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Fr...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1998
A Perfect Carry On
9.5/2
A retrospective of the Carry On films on the 40th anniversary of the first, Carry on Sergeant (1958).
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A Perfect Carry On
2006
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
6.309/89
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
1.7/3
To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters f...
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The Children's Party at the Palace
2011
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
7.105/597
Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the...
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Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
1989
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
5.667/15
A Dickensian mock-Gothic tale of resourceful children, evil governesses, forged wills, cruel orphanages, and goodness triumphant set against an isolat...
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
2021
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
10/2
Underground filmmaker Manny Velazquez dives into the immortal history and legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its lesser known sequel Shock Tr...
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Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2000
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
5.5/2
VH-1 celebrates Rocky Horror's 25th Anniversary with a Celebrity Karaoke special at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
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Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
1978
The Contraption
7.5/8
A man toils at building an elaborate contraption. But to what end?
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The Contraption
2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
7/1
A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet which takes him on a mysterious journey to the island of Sinmouth. The eccen...
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The Mumbo Jumbo
1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
3.75/4
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
7.9/7
Doofenshmirtz's latest "-inator" accidentally turns the citizens of Danville into contagious mindless repulsive pharmacists that look like him who run...
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Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2013
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
8.4/10
Perry the Platypus - a.k.a. Agent P - and his fellow operatives team up to thwart Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his dastardly "Inators." Be they furry or feat...
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Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2009
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
7.3/24
Phineas and Ferb turn the city of Danville into a giant thank you card for Santa Claus because they feel nobody ever thanks him for all the joy he bri...
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Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
2011
The British Guide to Showing Off
6.6/8
Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a histo...
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The British Guide to Showing Off
1999
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10/1
Identifying the legacy and status of the iconic 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
0/0
A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
2009
Night Train
5.6/179
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person,...
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Night Train
1977
A Hymn from Jim
0/0
When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.
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A Hymn from Jim
2025
Tiny Little Voices
10/1
Anna hasn't left her apartment since the pandemic. She's delighted in there, especially because she goes on great adventures with her imaginary friend...
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Tiny Little Voices
2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
6.2/6
Recorded at London's Royal Court Theatre before an audience of faithful fans, various cast members from different productions of The Rocky Horror Show...
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Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2015
Rocky Horror Show Live
7/27
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. F...
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Rocky Horror Show Live
1997
Spice World
4.9/503
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their...
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Spice World
1998
EverAfter
7.43/1555
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, i...
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EverAfter
2010
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
7.821/42
It's the summer solstice, so Phineas, Ferb, and their friends decide to travel around the world in one day in an effort to create the "biggest, longes...
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Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2015
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
8/35
On the inevitable 104th day of summer vacation, the season — and the series — is quickly coming to an end, and it’s Candace’s last chance to bust her...
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Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2017
The Stolen
5.5/76
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
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The Stolen
2017
Life After Flash
5.7/22
A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up ag...
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Life After Flash
2013
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
6.579/190
Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.
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Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
7.158/219
Phineas and Ferb become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when they must return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance.
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Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2005
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
7.8/8
In a land far away and full of ancient marvels, the battles of the young prince Ali, fighting for the succession of his land and the freedom of his pe...
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
1995
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
9.667/3
This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously availab...
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The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1972
Zee and Co.
5.655/29
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistres...
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Zee and Co.
2020
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
7.248/400
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off pla...
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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2012
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
0/0
Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra performing live at Koko, London from October 2012.
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Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
0/0
A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment".
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The Rocky Horror Treatment
2014
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
8/1
When L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. moves the Earth further from the sun, Phineas and Ferb must find a way to save summer and prevent a new ice age.
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Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
8.313/8
A wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the biggest cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political...
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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2007
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
8/1
How the squalid streets of '70s New York gave birth to music that would go on to conquer the world - punk, disco and hip hop.
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Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
1978
The Odd Job
5.9/15
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and...
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The Odd Job
1965
Carry On Cowboy
6.287/89
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mist...
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Carry On Cowboy
2008
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
0/0
Beginning with an introduction to the creation of the story, this featurette delves into all facets of the production of 1998's Dark City, and eventua...
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Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2014
The Last Impresario
5.5/4
Michael White might just be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. A notorious London theatre and film impresario, he produced over 300 shows a...
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