Lesser Known Tim Curry Movies & Roles Quiz

Answer: Serpent and Judas

Tim played the Serpent in "The Creation" and Judas in "The Easter Story", both episodes of "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible", which ran from 1985 to 1992.

The straight-to-video series about three young travelers who go back in time to watch events from the Bible as they happened centered around Archaeologists Derek and Margo and a third boy named Moki, who all got trapped in a sinking whirlpool of sand while on a dig and soon found themselves in an expansive chamber holding various, relics and artifacts. Then they came across a door at the far end with an inscription. The door ended up being a portal through time that sent the three adventurers into different stories from the Bible.

With each episode, the narrator said, "All who enter into these portals passed through time."

Answer: Oscar

The movie "Oscar", released in 1991, is about a 1930s gangster named Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone, played by Sylvester Stallone, who tries to keep a promise he made to his dying father, played by Kirk Douglas. Angelo promises give up his life of crime and "go straight", and the movie centers around that attempt.

Tim's character, Dr. Poole, is tasked with teaching Angelo how to speak properly in advance of an important meeting. Ultimately, Dr. Poole falls in love and proposes to Angelo's daughter, Lisa, played by Marisa Tomei.

Answer: The Shadow

"The Shadow" is set in New York City and Alec Baldwin plays The Shadow/Lemont Cranston. The main character battles Shiwan Khan, played by John Lone, who is building an atomic bomb with the help of Rhinehart Lane, played by Ian McKellen. Tim's character, Farley Claymore, is an enterprising, seedy, and unreliable secondary adversary to The Shadow.

Answer: False

Tim's role in this movie adaptation of the 1970s TV show wasn't as notable as the title character; he played Roger Corwin. Corwin was a rich, quirky, billionaire who was the boss of the satellite tech-communications company, Red Star Systems.

Answer: Kinsey

Starting with his iconic role as Frank N Furter in "Rocky Horror Picture Show", Tim has played a part in numerous movies that touched, to some degree, on sexuality.

"Kinsey", starring Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and Chris O'Donnell, is about Alfred Kinsey, an American biologist who wrote a book about sex and the human male in 1948, one of the first recorded publications defining the science of sexual behavior. Ironically, Tim played Thurman Rice, a prudish public health official from Indiana University who frequently argues with Kinsey about sex education.

Answer: False

Despite having a stroke in 2012, rendering his legs disabled and creating an overall difficulty to do in-person acting, Tim still had a part in the 40th anniversary remake of the iconic movie in which he made a name for himself. This time, he was the Criminologist/Narrator. Director Kenny Ortega wanted to include Curry in the supporting narrator role as a tribute Tim's foundational connection to the 1975 film.

Answer: Saturday Night Live

At this time in history, Tim was appearing in "Amadeus" on Broadway. Because the theater community in New York City was (and still is) very niche, Curry was asked to host an episode of "SNL". As host, he had an opening monologue, during which Eddie Murphy joined him. Murphy is donning janitorial coveralls while sweeping the floor of the stage in this moment.

Answer: Roseanne

Tim played an acquaintance of the Connor family who flirts with the title character, "Roseanne", and her friend Nancy (Sandra Bernhard) before involving everyone in a house-flipping scheme. Spoiler alert: he runs off with their money.

Answer: True

The plot in this spoof of "Lethal Weapon" and similarly-styled movies has Tim's character, Mr. Jigsaw, and General Mortars (William Shatner) trying to dispense a photographic storage medium, known as microfilm, which contains a recipe for creating Girl Scout-style cookies from cocaine. Mr. Jigsaw dresses in a full "Wilderness Girls" uniform complete with wig to try and sell the cookies door-to-door.

Answer: Stream 2: Sudden Death

Among Tim's final activities and appearances before his passing, he completed filming his role as Lockwood in "Stream 2", released a memoir about his life both pre- and post-stroke, entitled "Vagabond", and attended a special 50th-anniversary SCREENING event for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".