Richard O'Brien

Richard OBrien 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 longestrunning theatrical release in history OBrien 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 OBrien his maternal grandmothers surname OBrien presented the 199093 Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb 20082015 2025present 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 Elviras Haunted Hills 2001 and Jackboots on Whitehall 2010 OBrien is transgender and identifies himself as third gender and uses hehim pronouns