View image in fullscreenAs Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975Photograph: Cinetext/20th Century Fox/AllstarShareView image in fullscreenDuring the filming of the television mini-series Will Shakespeare at the ATV studios in Elstree, 1976. Curry played the playwright as a young manPhotograph: Central Press/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenWith Pamela Stephenson in the musical The Pirates Of Penzance, 1982Photograph: James Gray/ANL/REX ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenGeorge C Scott as Fagin, Richard Charles as Oliver Twist, Tim Curry as Bill Sikes and Cherie Lunghi