Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien

Born: March 25, 1942
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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).

Movies for Richard O'Brien...

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
Title: Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
Character: Self
Released: May 24, 2021
Type: Movie
Underground filmmaker Manny Velazquez dives into the immortal history and legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its lesser known sequel Shock Treatment with a collection of interviews, convention footage and more.
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Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Title: Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: August 28, 2020
Type: Movie
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 planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
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The Stolen
Title: The Stolen
Character: Mr. Russell
Released: October 29, 2017
Type: Movie
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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Life After Flash
Title: Life After Flash
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 2017
Type: Movie
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 against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
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Rocky Horror Show Live
Title: Rocky Horror Show Live
Character: Narrator
Released: November 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
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Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
Title: Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
Character: Lawrence (voice)
Released: June 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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 brothers; who build huge playground equipment for the finale of summer. She is quickly foiled, but when she goes to return a DVD to Vanessa and finds Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s Do-Over-Inator, she finds an opportunity to redo the day, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers.
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Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Title: Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Doofenshmirtz's latest "-inator" accidentally turns the citizens of Danville into contagious mindless repulsive pharmacists that look like him who run rampant all over town. Agent P and the kids must work together to save Danville and avoid becoming mindless repulsive pharmacists themselves.
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Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Title: Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Character: Lawrence Fletcher / Additional Voices (voice)
Released: July 26, 2014
Type: Movie
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: Mission Marvel
Title: Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
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: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Title: Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: February 26, 2013
Type: Movie
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 feathered, scaly or slimy, these fearless agents roll over for nobody when it comes to crushing evil in the Tri-State Area and beyond.
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Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
Title: Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
Released: October 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra performing live at Koko, London from October 2012.
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The British Guide to Showing Off
Title: The British Guide to Showing Off
Released: November 11, 2011
Type: Movie
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 history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event
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Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Title: Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Character: Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice)
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: Movie
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 help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a secret agent.
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Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
Title: Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: August 2, 2010
Type: Movie
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, longest, funnest summer day of all time". But not everyone believes they can actually achieve what they have set out to do, especially Buford. Candace tags along because Jeremy is on a trip to Paris, and she fears that there he may meet other girls. Also, Isabella finds her affections for Phineas sorely tested when his steadfast focus on achieving his goal puts pressure on her. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes a father trip to Tokyo, Japan with Vanessa, but sets out with Perry and Major Monogram to find her when she joins Phineas, Ferb and the others.
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Title: Mongrels
Character: Zombie Dog (voice)
Released: June 22, 2010
Type: TV
Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second series of Mongrels began airing on 7 November 2011. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox; Destiny, an Afghan hound; Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat; Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon; and Vince, Nelson's friend, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox. The show is aimed at an adult audience, features "neutering, incontinence, cannibalism and catnip overdoses" and humour styles such as slapstick and farce. For example, the first episode begins with a scene in which Marion, portrayed as desperately trying to revive his deceased owner, learns she has actually been dead for four months, whereupon he casually gives his cat friends permission to eat her. Mongrels has attracted accusations of plagiarism, with claims that Mongrels stole ideas from a similar Channel 4 show called Pets.
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Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
Title: Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: December 7, 2009
Type: Movie
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 brings to the world. Doofenshmirtz uses a device called the "Naughty-inator" to put the city of Danville on Santa's naughty list.
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Night Train
Title: Night Train
Character: Mrs. Froy
Released: April 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Two Passengers (Sobieski and Zahn) and the conductor (Glover), discovered that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...
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Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Title: Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Character: Himself - Host
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Recorded at London's Royal Court Theatre before an audience of faithful fans, various cast members from different productions of The Rocky Horror Show come together in a one-off concert extravaganza paying tribute to the phenomenon.
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Title: Phineas and Ferb
Character: Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
Released: August 17, 2007
Type: TV
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
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The Children's Party at the Palace
Title: The Children's Party at the Palace
Character: The Childcatcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Released: June 25, 2006
Type: Movie
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 from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?
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Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Title: Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Character: Himself
Released: June 20, 2006
Type: Movie
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
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Title: The Ten Commandments
Character: Anander
Released: April 10, 2006
Type: TV
One biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses, the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them, and to live in history like no other... The Ten Commandments dramatizes the biblical story of Moses.
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The Perfect Scary Movie
Title: The Perfect Scary Movie
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre.
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Title: Spicks and Specks
Released: January 31, 2005
Type: TV
Adam Hills, one of Australia's favourite comedians and winner of Edinburgh's Best of the Fest award, is joined by two team captains, comedian and actor Alan Brough and radio breakfast announcer Myf Warhurst, as well as brave personalities who enjoy having long forgotten embarrassing stories laughed about on national television. Two teams go head to head as they sing, shout and delve deep into the recesses of their collective minds to help earn their team an extremely inglorious victory.
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
Title: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
Character: Prince Kasim
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Elvira's Haunted Hills
Title: Elvira's Haunted Hills
Character: Lord Vladimere Hellsubus
Released: October 31, 2002
Type: Movie
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 takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Title: Dungeons & Dragons
Character: Xilus
Released: December 8, 2000
Type: Movie
The Empire of Izmer is a divided land: elite magicians called “mages” rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil mage Profion plots to depose her.
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The Mumbo Jumbo
Title: The Mumbo Jumbo
Character: Archie
Released: October 24, 2000
Type: Movie
A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet which takes him on a mysterious journey to the island of Sinmouth. The eccentric locals believe he is the lost legend of "Mumbo Jumbo" - an entity who will restore their fortunes and rescue the beautiful Princess Vanilla. On his journey, the Mumbo Jumbo discovers Sinmouth's dark secret and saves the inhabitants from their greatest enemy and his villainous slave.
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Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title: Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Where Are They Now?
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1999
Type: TV
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
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EverAfter
Title: EverAfter
Character: Pierre Le Pieu
Released: July 31, 1998
Type: Movie
Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.
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Dark City
Title: Dark City
Character: Mr. Hand
Released: February 27, 1998
Type: Movie
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 powers who seek the souls of humans.
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Spice World
Title: Spice World
Character: Damien
Released: December 18, 1997
Type: Movie
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Title: The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1995
Type: Movie
This short documentary, produced in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, features interviews (most previously available elsewhere) with all the usual suspects involved in the making of the cult film.
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Title: The Ink Thief
Character: The Ink Thief
Released: July 20, 1994
Type: TV
The Ink Thief steals the power of children's imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and pulling two young children into his world inhabited by Oobs and other creatures of imagination. The Ink Thief was a 1994 British children's TV show, shown on the ITV channel during their CITV segment. It starred Richard O'Brien and Toyah Wilcox. The series was produced by Animus Entertainment for Tyne Tees Television.
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Title: The Detectives
Character: Dr. Phibes
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: TV
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
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Title: Cluedo
Character: Himself
Released: July 25, 1990
Type: TV
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.
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Title: The Crystal Maze
Character: Himself - Host
Released: February 15, 1990
Type: TV
The Crystal Maze was a British game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 15 February 1990 and 10 August 1995. The series is set in "The Crystal Maze", which features four different "zones" set in various periods of time and space. A team of six contestants take part in a series of challenges in order to win "time crystals". Each crystal gives the team five seconds of time inside "The Crystal Dome", the centrepiece of the maze where the contestants take part in their final challenge.
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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Title: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Character: James
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall...
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Title: Going Live!
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher. The show was broadcast during the autumn to spring seasons, with other shows such as the 8:15 from Manchester and Parallel 9 taking over during the summer months. It was preceded by Saturday Superstore, and succeeded by Live & Kicking. In 1988, when the second series started, Greene was hurt in a helicopter crash with her then boyfriend, Mike Smith. Guest presenters stood in for her including T'Pau's Carol Decker. Similarly, in 1992-93 during the final series, Schofield was starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and was unable to present the show. A third presenter took his place. Originally, Neighbours actor Kristian Schmid took the role but soon left after problems with his work permit. Various other celebrities to stand in included Shane Richie and Robbie Williams during his Take That days.
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Revolution
Title: Revolution
Character: Lord Hampton
Released: December 25, 1985
Type: Movie
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 Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
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Title: Robin of Sherwood
Character: Gulnar
Released: April 28, 1984
Type: TV
Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and on PBS. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th century fiction, and pagan myth. The series is also notable for its haunting title music by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award.
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Digital Dreams
Title: Digital Dreams
Character: Partridge, the Surly Servant
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An amalgam of documentary and cinema verité, this movie outlines the life, loves and music of Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman. After leaving the Stones in 1981, Wyman tried to establish his own separate musical identity, conveyed here through a stream of hallucinatory images and animated sequences.
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Shock Treatment
Title: Shock Treatment
Character: Cosmo McKinley
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: Movie
Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
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The Rocky Horror Treatment
Title: The Rocky Horror Treatment
Character: Himself
Released: February 4, 1981
Type: Movie
A 1981 documentary looking at the Cult following of the Rocky Horror show and introducing the sequel "Shock Treatment".
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Title: An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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Flash Gordon
Title: Flash Gordon
Character: Fico
Released: September 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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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Jubilee
Title: Jubilee
Character: John Dee
Released: February 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Title: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Dave Head
Released: June 28, 1977
Type: Movie
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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The Contraption
Title: The Contraption
Character: The Man
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A man toils at building an elaborate contraption. But to what end?
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Character: Riff Raff
Released: August 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'. Harriet then spawns in and says hello and the credits roll!
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Zee and Co.
Title: Zee and Co.
Character: Party Guest
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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 mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.
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Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Title: Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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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A Perfect Carry On
Title: A Perfect Carry On
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A retrospective of the Carry On films on the 40th anniversary of the first, Carry on Sergeant (1958).