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Richard O'Brien (other)
Richard O'Brien (born 1942) is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer. Richard O'Brien may also refer to: * Richard O'Brien (American actor) (1917–1983), American film and television actor * Richard O'Brien (author) (1934-2012), American writer on the subject of toys and toy collecting * Richard O'Brien (economist) (born 1950), English economist * Sir Richard O'Brien (industrial relations expert) (1920–2009), British industrial relations expert and British Army officer * Richard O'Brien (Fox News) (1956–2017), American creative director who worked for Fox News * Richard Baptist O'Brien (1809–1885), Irish Roman Catholic priest, author and advocate of Irish home rule * Richard Barry O'Brien (1847–1918), Irish lawyer, historian, journalist and writer * Richard Henry O'Brien (1758–1824), American privateer during the American Revolution See also * Richard O'Brien Three-Decker, an apartment house listed in the United States National Register ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien
Richard Timothy Smith. known professionally as Richard O'Brien, is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, composer, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1973, which has remained in continuous production. He also co-wrote the screenplay along with director Jim Sharman for the film adaptation, ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), and appeared on-screen as Riff Raff; the film became an international success and has received a large cult following. O'Brien co-wrote the musical '' Shock Treatment'' (1981) and appeared in the film as Dr. Cosmo McKinley. O'Brien presented four series of the television game show '' The Crystal Maze'' (1990–1993) for Channel 4. He played the voice role of Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' (2007–2015), as well as its two films (2011 and 2020). His other acting credits include ''Flash Gordon'' (1980), '' Robin of Sherwood'' (1985), ''Ever After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien (American Actor)
Edward Patrick O'Brien (July 14, 1917 – March 29, 1983) was an American film and television actor. O'Brien was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He worked as a radio announcer in North Dakota before moving to Hollywood in the 1930s. He began appearing in films, and also worked as a manager at the Carthay Circle Theatre. During World War II he gave up acting to work as a stevedore in the San Francisco docks. In 1953 O'Brien appeared in the television series '' This Is the Life'', later making three appearances in ''Harbor Command''. O'Brien appeared in films such as '' High Velocity'', '' Rough Night in Jericho'', '' The Honkers'', '' Chamber of Horrors'', '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'', ''No Deposit, No Return'', '' The Pack'', '' The Thief Who Came to Dinner'', ''The Andromeda Strain'', and '' Pieces of Dreams''. On television, O'Brien had recurring roles in '' The Smith Family'' and the action and crime drama television series '' S.W.A.T''. He also guest-starred in television pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien (author)
Richard O'Brien (January 13, 1934 – 2012) was an American humor writer and expert on toy collecting known primarily for his series of books, "O'Brien's Collecting Toys". His "Collecting American-Made Toy Soldiers," published in 1996, has been extensively used by hobbyists. Early life and education O'Brien was born in New York City. He attended Erasmus High and Brooklyn College, and served a brief stint in the United States Army. Career O'Brien worked as a press agent, publicizing clients including comedians Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Joan Rivers, Victor Borge, Dick Cavett and Rodney Dangerfield. Writing gags for some of his clients led to him ghost authoring the Woody Allen comic strip, "Inside Woody Allen." From 1979 to 1981 he authored the nationally syndicated strip, "Koky," (Chicago Tribune-New York New Syndicate) illustrated by Mort Gerberg, a comic devoted to the life of a working mom. In 1979, O'Brien closed his publicity business to focus exclusively on writing. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien (economist)
Richard Rhys O'Brien (born 19 November 1950, Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a British economist, futurist, author and co-founder of Outsights, a scenario planning consultancy. Since 2009 he has also been a singer songwriter. and biographer. Early life After graduating from Oxford University (MA Hons. Philosophy, Politics and Economics) and Edinburgh University (Diploma in African Studies), O'Brien worked at Rothschild Intercontinental Bank and American Express Bank for 21 years. At American Express, he was Chief Economist and Executive Director and Editor of ''The Amex Bank Review'' where he did country risk analysis. O'Brien created the economics essay competition, ''The Amex Bank Review Awards'', in memory of EU architect Robert Marjolin. He worked with the Group of Thirty (G30) on regulation and the World Bank. O'Brien worked on several books on the global economy, including ''"Global Financial Integration: the End of Geography"''. Later career in future planning In 1998 O'Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien (industrial Relations Expert)
Sir Richard O'Brien, (15 February 1920 – 11 December 2009) was a British engineer, industrial relations expert, civil servant, and decorated British Army officer. He was Chairman of the Manpower Services Commission from 1976 to 1982, Chairman of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas that published the controversial ''Faith in the City'' report in 1985, and Chairman of the Policy Studies Institute from 1984 to 1990. Early life O'Brien was born on 15 February 1920 in Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ..., Derbyshire, England. He was the only child of Charles O'Brien (1886–1952), a doctor, and his wife, Marjorie Maude (1892–1977). His father was an Irish immigrant who served in the British Army during World War I and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien (Fox News)
Richard "Rich" O'Brien (August 1956 – August 5, 2017) was an American television creative director known for his work at Fox News, where he worked from 1996 until his job was eliminated in May 2017. At Fox, he eventually became a senior vice president and creative director. Biography O'Brien was born in Connecticut. Before joining Fox, he worked as a creative director at CNBC, and later helped create America's Talking, which later became MSNBC. A 2001 ''New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. ...'' article described O'Brien as one of "the two sides of FNC's brain," with the other being John Moody. References 1956 births Date of birth missing 2017 deaths Fox News people Creative directors CNBC people Road incident deaths in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baptist O'Brien
Richard Baptist O'Brien (1809–1885) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, author and advocate of Irish home rule. Biography Born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary O'Brien became a Home Ruler nationalist and an anti-liberal ultramontanist fashioned after Pope Pius IX. At the age of two when his father died his mother sold the family grocery business and they moved to Limerick. He was educated locally at St. Marys in Limerick, and at Knockbeg college, Carlow. He studied for the priesthood in Maynooth College graduating with distinction, he was ordained then in 1839. In 1849 he founded the Catholic Young Men's Society in order to help Catholics advance their area of religious interests. O'Brien was president of Saint Mary's College, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from 1840–45. He taught for a time in All Hallows College, Dublin, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Barry O'Brien
Richard Barry O'Brien (7 March 1847 – 17 March 1918) was a lawyer, historian, Irish journalist and prolific writer on Irish subjects. He was born at Kilrush, County Clare. He studied law at the Catholic University, Dublin, after which he went to London. He was a founder-member there of the Irish Literary Society and also joined the London Gaelic League. He became political secretary to Patrick McMahon, a role which introduced him to senior British and Irish politicians. He was loyal to, but not uncritical of, Charles Stuart Parnell, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party at Westminster. Parnell wished to make him an MP, but he declined, as he preferred to remain focused on writing. He wrote a much-discussed biography of Parnell in 1898. O'Brien was a political insider and a committed Home Ruler and the biography throws light on the activities of Home Rule MPs and their links to the Fenian Movement. He supported involvement in the First World War, where three of his sons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Henry O'Brien
Richard Henry O'Brien (c. 1758 – February 17, 1824) was an American privateer during the American Revolution. He was a captive of Barbary Pirates for ten years and then the U.S. Consul-General to the Barbary state of Algiers. Biography Richard Henry O'Brien was born in the year of 1758 at an unknown location. Or born about 1751 according to his obituary Obituaries from the Family Visitor, 6 April 1822 to 3 April 1824, edited by Patricia P Clark citation in "Virginia Vital Records" Indexed by Judith McGhan, published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, 1984, page 171 At some point in time O'Brien had been made captain of a Philadelphia merchant ship, the ''Dauphin''. It was on this such ship that on July 30, 1785, about 150 miles west of Lisbon, Portugal, the ''Dauphin'' was boarded by an Algerian vessel armed with eighteen cannons. The raiding party of the Algerian vessel reportedly had daggers gripped between their teeth as they seized the ''Dauphin''. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard O'Brien Three-Decker
The Richard O'Brien Three-Decker is a historic triple-decker in Worcester, Massachusetts. The house was built c. 1890, and was noted for its well-preserved Queen Anne styling when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. A number of these details have been lost or obscured (see photo). Description and history The Richard O'Brien Three-Decker is located southeast of downtown Worcester, on the east side of Suffolk Street in a mixed residential-industrial area. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a hip roof and exterior clad in modern siding. Its front facade is asymmetrical, with a three-story rounded window bay on the left, and the main entrance on the right. The entrance is sheltered by a porch with bracketed turned posts and a plain 20th-century balustrade. The entrance is a pair of paneled doors, each with frosted windows framed by a bracketed cornice. The exterior of the house was originally more elaborate: the main roof eave was bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
