Tim Curry’s Life and Career in 26 Photos

The next logical step was the silver screen. Curry reprised his signature role for the film version, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, released in 1975. At first, the movie was a box office dud. But then something strange happened. Theaters started showing it at midnight, and audiences began talking back to the screen, dressing up, and acting out scenes. Curry’s Frank-N-Furter was at the center of this new ritual. The film grew into a global cult phenomenon, and the role of the alien scientist is still the one most closely associated with him.