It’s widely known that The Rocky Horror Picture Show was Tim Curry’s first feature film, but it’s often wrongly claimed to be his first ever acting role. In actuality, Tim had been acting professionally for 8 years before RHPS premiered in August 1975 and he had appeared in 19 professional stage productions and as a featured artist in 7 television shows before he began filming RHPS in October 1974. Although Tim’s professional debut and his subsequent Equity card were secured due to his role in t

It’s widely known that The Rocky Horror Picture Show was Tim Curry’s first feature film, but it’s often wrongly claimed to be his first ever acting role. In actuality, Tim had been acting professionally for 8 years before RHPS premiered in August 1975 and he had appeared in 19 professional stage productions and as a featured artist in 7 television shows before he began filming RHPS in October 1974. Although Tim’s professional debut and his subsequent Equity card were secured due to his role in t

Behind the scenes footage of Tim Curry performing Hexxus' signature song 'Toxic Love' during a recording session for 'FernGully: The Last Rainforest' (1992) | Tim Curry News

In 1984 Tim Curry starred as singing impressionist Larry Gormley in the British TV Drama 'Blue Money' by Stewart Parker. Parker was originally inspired to write the script when he saw a real life news story about an Irish taxi driver who absconded with a rich passenger's holdall full of money. A friend of Parker showed the draft to Tim who immediately declared an interest in playing the lead. When they met to discuss the project over dinner, Parker discovered Tim had an array of marvellous impre