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Contents 1 Early Life 2 Sexual orientation 3 Pirate King 4 Ummm, Main picture? 5 The lead picture is terrifying and must be changed 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Rocky Horror Picture Show Cover.jpg 7 Hmm, i wonder 8 "Create a role" 9 The Cruxshadows

[edit] Early Life

Was a total libelous mess. I re-added the original.

[edit] Sexual orientation

This article is listed in the Category:Gay, lesbian or bisexual people. I know curry played a bisexual in the RHPS, but that doesn't mean that he himself is bisexual. Of course he could be. Is there any documentation on this? — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:40, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

There's no documentation. He's always been quiet about his sexuality. — Malchick 16:09, Jul 18, 2005

As a general rule, don't assume someone is gay just because they're British. It's easy to jump to conclusions when it comes to the British, but most of them are, despite their appearance and personality, are quite heterosexual. --69.234.208.76 20:05, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for insulting two groups at once, asshole --Kelt65 16:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Yep, all Brits dress in drag and talk like upper-class twats. All sixty million of us have exactly the same personality, too. Clever, aren't you? AlmightyClam (talk) 12:09, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I too heard a rumor that he was. Well nonetheless he is a genius as an actor and a beautiful singer.

I was watching Vh1 the other day and on Pop Up Video it had a tribute to Rocky Horror Picture Show. During them playing "Sweet Transvestite" this came up "Tim Curry is happy talking about his interests to the press, they are cooking and gardening

What's the one thing he doesn't talk about to the press

His Sexuality"

Then a couple of hours later they aired this show where they suspect celebrities to be gay and one reporter stated that when he asked Tim, Tim asked for the tape recorder to be turned off, when the reported did Tim yelled at the top of his lungs "MY SEXUALITY IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!"

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I think it's nice that you guys here respect that he wants to keep his sexuality private, but just for the record of this discussion page, he's not straight. BKmetic 02:08, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I see; can you prove it? --KnowledgeLord 20:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pirate King

I saw him in Penzance in '79 (or maybe early '80). It was a very campy production. Do we have anything citable about the production? Probably worth getting a sentence or two from a review if someone has access to one. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

He's an ACTOR. It's called acting.

[edit] Ummm, Main picture?

I think someone has added the Clown from "It" instead of Tim Curry...

no thats what tim actually looks like, all the times you see him not looking like a clown he's wearing a ton of make up. in the film IT he said he wanted to perform in his skin, naked. thats what he naturally looks like.

Please. Thankfully someone re-submited a real pic and the real bio is back. In case the prior idiot or someone else decides to keep adding false and possibly libelous info, I'll keep an eye on this page.~CB

Looks like the picture is back...I can't say I know how to change the picture back though. Vter4life 19:45, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Didn´t the guy play Emperor Theodosius in some movie about Attila the Hun? Because I seem to recall he did.

[edit] The lead picture is terrifying and must be changed

I'm sorry to whoever posted that picture, but it's downright terrible. I'm only a casual fan of the guy, having seen a couple of movies of his and enjoyed him mildly, but come on. That picture verges on slander, it's so god awful. Is there no better public domain picture of the man? I think (hope) wikipedia can do better.

Honestly. SlapAyoda 17:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Rocky Horror Picture Show Cover.jpg

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[edit] Hmm, i wonder

Is it me or does Tim Curry and Jeremy Beadle look a little bit like each other? Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 11:14, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Create a role"

The terminology "create a role" is always strictly applied to the actor who first performs the role publicly, and never to the author of a script or libretto (unless by coincidence they also first perform it). As a result, I have corrected what I regard as the erroneous description of Richard O'Brien as having "created" the role of Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show. Properly, O'Brien would be said to have "written" the role while Curry himself would be said to have "created" the role. Zigamorph (talk) 15:24, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Richard O'Brien created the character, not the role. TINYMark (Talk) 15:44, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Cruxshadows

Is this the same Tim Curry who was a former member of the Cruxshadows? If so, I can't understand why it is not mentioned in his musical carreer. Different guy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by KMFDM10000 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)