Tim Curry, the character actor known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has died at 80 in Los Angeles. His longtime manager said he died Wednesday at home, and no cause was disclosed. Curry had suffered a stroke in 2012 and used a wheelchair afterward. He was also a three-time Tony nominee and received an Emmy nomination in 1994.
Tim Curry attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Alec Baldwin in New York on Feb. 28, 2011. AP-Yonhap
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died. He was 80.
Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him in a wheelchair, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz. No cause was disclosed.
Known for his arch humor, a putty-like face and gift with voices, Curry earned three Tony nominations — for “Spamalot,” “My Favorite Year” and “Amadeus” — and an Emmy nod in 1994.
