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Richard O'Brien

real name Richard Timothy Smith

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Richard O'Brien is credited on 540 releases across 129 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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540

Credits

129

Albums

7

Decades active

202

In collections

Biography

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English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer, born 25 March 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK but raised in NZ. Since 2011 he is also a citizen of New Zealand.
O'Brien is known for writing the musical The Rocky Horror Show, as well as co-writing the screenplay to the film adaptation.

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Credited work

540 releases · 129 albums · active 1963–2026

  • Performance · 1,121
  • Other credits · 267
  • Production · 3

Studios: Olympic Studios · A&M Studios · Vector TV, Manchester · CTS Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Damian
  • Meat Loaf
  • """The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" Original Cast"
  • Rumble On The Beach
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original Cast
  • Tim Curry
  • The New Rocky Horror Show

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