Captivating Close-Up: Tim Curry

Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April, 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Curry first became known to audiences with his breakthrough role as Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Besides The Rocky Horror Picture Show, he is known for his role as Wadsworth in the film Clue. He most recently has performed the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot. Curry is also well known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horror film Stephen King's It.

Curry was cast as the Joker in Warner Brothers' Batman: The Animated Series, and even recorded several episodes worth of dialogue. Reports differ as to why he was replaced by Mark Hamill in the role. One source says that the producers felt his interpretation was too dark and frightening and replaced him with Hamill. At the 1993 San Diego Comic-Con, Bruce Timm told a panel audience that Curry could not maintain the Joker voice for long, and would violently cough between takes.

Curry was also cast as the voice of SIR (Simulated Intelligence Robotics) at Walt Disney World's 'Alien Encounter', which ran from 1995 to 2003.

Source: Wikipedia