Vagabond by Tim Curry

Vagabond: A Memoir by Tim Curry — the long-awaited autobiography of one of the great character actors of stage and screen.

There are few performers with a résumé like Tim Curry’s. From Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show to Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in It, Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island, and King Arthur in Spamalot, he made villains, eccentrics, and scene-stealers unforgettable.

In Vagabond, Curry looks back on a life in motion: a Royal Navy childhood, boarding school, university, and the moment he first hit the stage. He takes readers behind the scenes of landmark productions, the shift between live theatre and film, the voice work that sustained him later, and the catastrophic stroke in 2012 that nearly ended his life and forced a new chapter.

This is not a Hollywood tell-all. Curry keeps his private life private. What he offers instead is a witty, candid tour of the work — how the roles were made, what the sets were like, and how a “vagabond” actor kept moving from one world to the next.

Published around the 50th anniversary of Rocky Horror and the 40th of Clue, Vagabond is a celebration of a singular career and a testament to staying in the game.