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Richard O'Brien

Acting Born Mar 25, 1942 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith, 25 March 1942) is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer, best known for writing the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show (1973), famously adapted into a film in 1975, the longest-running theatrical release in history.

O'Brien was born 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).

O'Brien presented the 1990–93 Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze, and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb (2008–2015; 2025–present) and its two films (2011 and 2020). His other acting credits include Flash Gordon (1980), Spice World (1997), EverAfter (1998), Dark City (1998), Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), and Jackboots on Whitehall (2010).

O'Brien is transgender and identifies himself as third gender and uses he/him pronouns.

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Known for

Phineas and Ferb

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)

Full filmography

  • Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Dave Head
  • An Audience with... (1978) as Self
  • Spicks and Specks (2005)
  • Robin of Sherwood (1984) as Gulnar
  • Where Are They Now? (1999) as Self
  • Going Live! (1987) as Self
  • Dark City (1998) as Mr. Hand
  • The Detectives (1993) as Dr. Phibes
  • EverAfter (1998) as Pierre Le Pieu
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as Riff Raff
  • Cluedo (1990) as Himself
  • Flash Gordon (1980) as Fico
  • Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) as Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice)
  • Dungeons & Dragons (2000) as Xilus
  • Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020) as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
  • The Ten Commandments (2006) as Anander
  • Mongrels (2010) as Zombie Dog (voice)
  • The Crystal Maze (1990) as Himself - Host
  • Urban Gothic (2000) as Thin Man
  • Spice World (1997) as Damien
  • Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013) as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
  • The Ink Thief (1994) as The Ink Thief
  • Night Train (2009) as Mrs. Froy