Tim Curry’s 5 Best Screen Roles Span Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 27
Tim Curry’s 5 Best Screen Roles Span Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 27
Summary
Five performances lead the latest Tim Curry screen ranking: Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lord of Darkness in Legend, Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in It and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island.
1975’s Rocky Horror tops the list, with Curry’s Frank-N-Furter framed as the defining role — a sexually confident, glam-rock alien mad scientist whose performance became inseparable from the cult film.
1985 entries Legend and Clue showcase his range, from the physically imposing Lord of Darkness in Ridley Scott’s fantasy to the sly, fast-talking butler Wadsworth in the board-game-inspired murder comedy.
1990’s It and 1996’s Muppet Treasure Island round out the selection, highlighting Curry’s flair for theatrical villains through Pennywise and his calibrated comic turn as Long John Silver.