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“Curry had lived with various ailments following a 2012 stroke.”
“In some ways, I think that horror movies have gotten a little too far from the mind.”
““I finally sorted through that,” he told the Times in 2015 of his ambivalence toward Rocky Horror .”
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“Its cult success made it one of the longest-running theatrical releases in history.”
“Account Welcome Manage Account Manage Print Account Sign Out Log In Obituary Tim Curry, ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘Clue,’ and ‘It’ Star, Dead at 80 The actor, who starred in films and TV, including portraying Stephen King's murderous clown Pennywise, died Tuesday night By Kory Grow Kory Grow Contact Kory Grow on X Mastodon’s New Album, ‘Marrow Deep,’ May Be Their ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ Busy Philipps Reveals She Underwent Two Surgeries to a Brain Tumor This Year Trump Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff for Dolly Parton View all posts by Kory Grow August 26, 2026 Tim Curry, 1974.”
“He’d later get Tony nominations for his roles in My Favorite Year (1993) and Spamalot (2005).”
““They’re the kind of questions any artist in the 20th century would be asking himself,” he told the Times .”
“Nevertheless, he’d continue to play oddballs and underdogs — such as the butler Wadsworth in Clue and the Lord of Darkness in Legend (both in 1985) – before scaring the bejesus out of mainstream TV viewers as Pennywise.”
“films, but he said such roles were “irresistible to play since they’re much more fun.” He was able to find solace in voice work, lending his pipes to dozens of animated series and movies, from FernGully to the live-action cartoon Dinosaurs (1992 to 1994).”
““I’m fascinated by movie villains,” he said in an interview around the time of his role as Pennywise.”
“He generally retreated from public view, making a rare appearance as the criminologist in Fox’s TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2016.”
“His deep baritone and British accent helped him find work as a voice actor in cartoons like FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (early 2010s).”
““When I was playing Mozart, I really read very little about him, because I thought what was really important was to play not only Peter Shaffer’s Mozart but also the Mozart who’s seen through the eyes of his enemy Salieri,” Curry told the Times in 1990.”
“In 1990, he made his unforgettable turn as the demon clown in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It .”
“As much as he had a manly feel about him, it was seeing him dressed as Frank-N-Furter in heels.”
“No cause of death has been disclosed.”