Tim Curry, One of the Most Unique Talents of His Time, Has Died at Age 80

Tim Curry Dies at Age 80

A film character actor, Tim Curry, died at age 80 due to health problems that started in 2012 when the actor suffered a massive stroke.

Tim Curry has sadly passed away. He was, arguably, best known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Curry had a very distinct persona that resonated with viewers thanks, in large part, to the peculiar and entertaining roles he took on, especially those he played in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s.

“Let’s do the time warp…again.” Looking back at Curry’s great career, Dr. Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, may be Curry’s biggest all-time claim to fame. Looking like the Frankenstein monster crossed with a drag queen, that role was, most likely, the most iconic part in Curry’s entire film career. Curry never lived it down as he became that unusual character in such a way that it became him, well, for much of his distinguished career at least, anyway.

Curry played in countless movies like Annie and It, where he took on the role of the crazed clown, Pennywise. It was the role of the butler in Clue, though, that really put him on the map with more general audiences back in 1985. People who were too young to see the legendary midnight movie, Rocky Horror Picture Show, loved Curry’s droll sense of humor and incredible pizzazz which he showcased in many of his career highlights.

When Curry played in one of the most successful comedies of all-time, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, fans of the actor certainly took note. Curry played a hotel concierge at the Plaza in the hit comedy, and the character got outsmarted by Macaulay Culkin’s young character, Kevin McCallister, with hysterical results in the adored box-office smash picture.

Truth be told, Curry was always very unique, and the actor brought his own personal touch to the memorable roles he inhabited on the silver screen. One of his earliest roles was playing the larger-than-life red devil-looking, Darkness, in the moderately successful Tom Cruise 1980’s film, Legend.

If Curry could play weirdos, psychos and ordinary people with equal proficiency and capability, which he often did, then that speaks highly of the versatility that Curry possessed in his work, especially in terms of the mainstream films that he starred in or co-starred in that offered audiences his best possible work.

Curry’s last film role was Stream 2: Sudden Death, which has yet to be released. You don’t have to look far to see that Curry was a man of many unique talents. Able to bring down the house in a destined-to-be midnight movie classic like the original It, or even the much adored The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Curry was a true force of nature to contend with in almost all his major movie roles.

Curry suffered from the stroke he had about 14 years ago, but remained a big force in classic film lovers’ hearts because of the range he possessed as an artist and as an actor, which was so evident in the parts he had been cast in. Curry never met a part that scared him and was a fearless talent through and through.

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