MCM: Tim Curry

40 thoughts on “MCM: Tim Curry”

1. Oh Sarah. Having seen Rocky at least 100x, I can tell you it’s a contemporary film with homages to ’50s sci-fi. When Brad & Janet are in the car before they reach the castle, Nixon is on the radio giving his resignation speech, so that’s 1974, when the film was made. But I let it slide bec. the character of Dr. Frank N. Furter counts for cross-dressing & drag, & that’s always of Frock Flicks concern, even if it’s not historical ;)

2. I’m 1000000% with you on this- dirty, sexy, stocking-clad Tim is always a winner. Grrrrowl! AND several times with Susan Sarandon. I just slid off my seat…

3. It’s all about his voice and that laugh…

4. My first encounter was with his voice in Fern Gully as Hexxus (the baddie). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/

5. Rooster was the first time I really remember noticing Tim Curry. Mmmm yes.

   1. Someday I will do a detailed TBT on Annie! It may have been pivotal to my childhood ;)

6. I’m going to have to check out Will Shakespeare. . . . ;)

   The first thing I ever remember seeing Tim Curry in was The Three Musketeers, but my favorite Tim Curry role will always be Ray, a non-historical role in Pass the Ammo, as a crooked televangelist.

   1. I’m trying to watch “Will Shakespeare” right now. Emphasis on “trying”. It’s one of those 1970s BBC stage-to-screen adaptations with approximately a £30 budget. And the actors are ROUGH.

      That said, it also has a young Ian McShane as a very poncy Marlow so I’m not saying don’t watch it. I’m just saying it’s no “Elizabeth R”. ;)

      1. Haha Thanks for the warning!

         I hadn’t realized McShane was in it, but I just googled pictures of him, and I am sold! I’m actually in the middle of a Deadwood rewatch and was needing some more McShane when it ends.

         I’ll still watch Will Shakespeare but now with the right frame of mind.

7. Return to Cranford! He was fabulous as the magician Signor Brunoni and managed to win a lady’s heart!

   1. That was such a charming little appearance! I have the DVD and in one of the interview featurettes he mentions that he loved the first Cranford SO MUCH that he desperately wanted to be part of any kind of sequel. I think I found that at least as charming as his actual performance!

      1. Yes I agree ‘re the interview. And I just loved how he and Imelda Staunton played off each other.

8. My first exposure to Tim was on PBS, in a 1975 BBC production of “Three Men and a Boat.” #obscurecubed

   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073803/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

   1. I tried finding good photos online from it, because it is set in the 20s or 30s, but there was nothing. It also stars one of my other faves, Michael Palin!

      1. Found a few stills, mostly of them in those stripey jacket (I forget what they’re called) and the British sporting caps, using this as search parameters: “Three Men in a Boat tim curry michael palin”. No idea if they’re good shots or not.

   2. Oh I love Three Men in a Boat! And it is set in 1889. And it is wonderful. . you can see it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9xvrbfyKGQ

9. I was completely tickled by him in Kinsey. The lines they wrote for him were so stupid, if anyone else had delivered them they would have been painful, but he was hilarious.

10. One of very regrets I have in life, not seeing Rocky Horror Picture Show in the theater.

    1. Very Few regrets.

       Typing too fast.

       1. Don’t despair, there are often theater revivals. Look for midnight showings. The Alamo Drafthouse chain often has special showings — it started in Texas and has now expanded to both coasts and other cities in between including Omaha and Kalamazoo, so it’s not just big cities. College towns probably have showings as well, sometimes around Halloween.

11. You can’t have him. He’s mine. All the yummy versions.

12. There is an excellent Fresh air interview with him from 2005 ish. He talks about character development, and he is dreamy.

13. My favourite Tim Curry fun.

    In 5 words: ‘Let’s do the Timewarp again..’

14. I first fell for Mr. Curry in a little film called “The Worst Witch” where he plays the Grand Wizard. I had my first impure thoughts of him in Rocky Horror, and my crush was solidified in Roseanne when he played Roger. When I found out he voiced Sir Gawain in the Prince Valeant cartoon…sigh I’ll be in my bunk.

15. I know it’s not historical, but… I have to say I loved him in the 1980s TV movie version of The Worst Witch. He even sings in that one!

16. I’m a touch surprised you didn’t mention Pennywise.

17. Tim Curry. Love him.

    But I didn’t see Rocky Horror Picture show until just a few years ago. I was much confused that I found him at his most handsome and sexy all dressed up in a corset, stocking, heels and full makeup. LOL

    1. I first saw Curry in Rocky Horror, too. I kept thinking he was wearing a Merry Widow and stockings under the cardinal’s robes in the Disney 3 Musketeers. though.

18. I didn’t know he played all those roles. I’m just familiar with mostly his voice work in cartoons and a few of his American films, like “Muppet Treasure Island,” and some others. My fave song in that was “Professional Pirate,” hehe. I had to find and watch “Annie” on my own because my parents had no interest in it, but I did in my pre-teen years. Never saw “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” though my dad had a few things to say about that, xD. I did read about the movie on Wikipedia out of curiosity. (I do that often as a defense mechanism against bad movies). Curry also played a small part in “Secret of Moonacre.” He was the head of a wild, dark, crime family that had been in a feud with another family living across the valley.

19. I’m lucky- my sweetie looks enough like him, they could be cousins. Really. (Sarah could plow through my FB photos to confirm if necessary. There’s one in particular…)

20. And don’t forget “The Hunt for Red October”…because Tim Curry…and maybe Sean Connery…

    1. mmmmmm Sean Connery!

    2. DEFINITELY Tim Curry in “The Hunt for Red October.” I love that film far more than I should… That said, it’s not pre-1970, so it doesn’t fall under our auspices. :P

21. Although I love Rocky Horror (Strange, I only like that & Hairspray when it comes to musicals), my fave of his is the fabtastic Clue. Not one thing about that movie is wrong, bad or misplaced…. The rest of the cast is epic but he is…. perfect.

    1. YES.

22. Some years ago, my friends and I had a “Tim Curry is a Russian” party showing 3 (very non-historical) movies where Tim Curry is a Russian or sports a very Russian-like accent: The Hunt For Red October, Congo, and McHale’s Navy. Serious Curry-worshipping.

23. There was a meme going around last year about how you could tell a lot about a person by their favourite Tim Curry movie. I probably watched all three versions of Clue a hundred times (before DVDs, when each ending was at the end of the movie, we had all three taped back to back on VHS, so like 6 hours of Clue). Legend is a terrible movie, but I loved it as a kid, and I LOVED him in it! Hexxus in Fern Gully was at least 10x scarier because of A++ voice work by Mr Curry.

    I had the good fortune to see him at a distance while he was in my city filming a movie. It was an absolutely craptacular movie, so the star sightings were the best part.

24. Oh, Tim! He’s like a dirtier and British version of Jeff Goldblum. If you ever get a chance to hear “The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere” (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/sue-limb/wordsmiths-at-gorsemere.htm), a parody of Wordsworth and his circle, don’t miss it; Curry plays Lord Biro, and he is fabulous.

25. TBH my first exposure to Tim Curry was Barbie and the Nutcracker.

26. The Shadow – it’s set in the 30’s with some fabulous gowns and much tongue in cheek witty humor. He plays a weak suitor to our heroine who mostly loses his mind when the rejection finally sinks in – with the help of evil Ghengis Khan re-incarnation. And Jonathan Winters has a cameo – I’ve always loved him.

Comments are closed.