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Richard O'Brien

1942 - Today

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Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith; 25 March 1942) is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show The Rocky Horror Show in 1973, which has since remained in continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay along with director Jim Sharman for the film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and appeared on-screen as Riff Raff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard O'Brien has received more than 4,335,755 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Richard O'Brien is the 4,116th most popular actor (down from 3,282nd in 2019), the 3,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,786th in 2019) and the 480th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard O'Brien ranks 4,116 out of 13,578. Before him are Raaj Kumar, Wolf Kahler, Ulrich Tukur, Jetta Goudal, Tom Lister Jr., and Diana Dors. After him are Chuck Connors, Go Hyun-jung, Scott Patterson, Barry Newman, George Eads, and Michael Paré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Richard O'Brien ranks 422. Before him are Lupe Ontiveros, Tomasz Stańko, Roger McGuinn, Terenci Moix, Sergey Shakurov, and C. J. Cherryh. After him are Chris Hani, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Roshan Seth, Gustavo Peña, Yevhen Stankovych, and Gray Davis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard O'Brien ranks 3,243 out of 8,785. Before him are Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Benbow (1653), Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), and Diana Dors (1931). After him are Alan Bennett (1934), Martin McGuinness (1950), Jonathan Wild (1683), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Davy Jones (1945), and Lady Byron (1792).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard O'Brien ranks 480. Before him are Nicholas Hoult (1989), Rita Tushingham (1942), Sam Claflin (1986), Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944), Mark Gatiss (1966), and Diana Dors (1931). After him are Davy Jones (1945), Leonard Whiting (1950), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Warren Clarke (1947), Jane March (1973), and Donald Moffat (1930).

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