Tim Curry: 13 years after the stroke still in a wheelchair

13 years after his stroke: Tim Curry (79) gives an update to his health. The actor visited a gala for the 50th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the weekend in Los Angeles. In 1975 Curry played in the cult film Dr. Frank N. Furter. A role that he had already embodied on stage in the musical template.

Tim Curry came to the stage of the Academy Museum in a wheelchair. The mostly costumed visitors welcomed him with a standing ovation. “I still can’t walk, so I sit in this stupid wheelchair and that limits me a lot,” he said. He won’t be “singing and dancing” in the near future, the musical professional joked. Then he got a little more serious. “I still have serious problems with my left leg,” he reported.

Curry also told of the day in 2012 when he had suffered the stroke. At that time he had just received a massage. The masseur noticed that something was wrong with his customer. He insisted on calling an ambulance. “It’s silly,” said Tim Curry at the time, according to his own statement. He didn’t notice that he had a health problem.

Tim Curry celebrated his film debut in 1975 with “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” after he was only on stage at home. As a result, the Brit remained in front of the camera to eccentric to monstrous figures, for example as a horror clown PennyWise in the TV adaptation of Stephen Kings “Es”.

Since his stroke, Tim Curry has hardly been seen on the screen or the screen. The TV film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again” was an exception in 2016. In the remake of the cult film, he does not play Frank N. Furter, but the small role of the criminologist, who also acts as a narrator.