Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, he dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song. In the early 1960s, he had a prosperous screen career with films including The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Wonderful Life and his own television show at the BBC. Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music. In a career spanning nearly 65 years, Richard has amassed several gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums, and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. Richard has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist (behind Presley). He holds the record, with Presley, as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles, and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas No. 1 singles, two of which were as a solo artist; "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day". Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, the late 1970s and early 1980s, with some releases certified gold and platinum. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality at home in the UK as well as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries. When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal. In 2019, he relocated to New York. Cliff Richard was born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940 at King George's Hospital (now KGMU Hospital), Victoria Street, in Lucknow, which was then part of British India. His parents were Rodger Oscar Webb, a manager for a catering contractor that serviced the Indian Railways, and the former Dorothy Marie Dazely. His parents also spent some years in Howrah, West Bengal. After the violence of Direct Action Day, they decided to relocate to England permanently. Richard is primarily of English heritage, but he had one great-grandmother who was of half Welsh and half Spanish descent, born of a Spanish great-great-grandmother named Emiline Joseph Rebeiro. ... Source: Article "Cliff Richard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Lucknow, India, 1940-10-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Serious Charge	Curley Thompson	64
2	1959	Expresso Bongo	Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert	54
3	1961	The Young Ones	Nicholas 'Nicky' Black	60
4	1963	Summer Holiday	Don	59
5	1964	Wonderful Life	Johnnie	43
6	1964	Rhythm 'n' Greens	King Canute (uncredited)	0
7	1966	Finders Keepers	Cliff	57
8	1966	Thunderbirds Are GO	Cliff Richard Jr. (voice)	63
9	1967	Two A Penny	Jamie Hopkins	15
10	1968	A Matter of Diamonds	Riley Walker	0
11	1970	His Land	Self	0
12	1973	Take Me High	Tim Matthews	46
13	1980	Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights	Self	70
14	1980	Blue Suede Shoes	Self (archive footage)	50
15	1985	Live Aid	Self	79
16	1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Self	57
17	1990	Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park	Self	0
18	1992	Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore	Self	0
19	1992	Farewell, FAB 208		0
20	1999	Heathcliff	Heathcliff	75
21	1999	An Audience with Cliff Richard	Self	0
22	2001	An Audience with Des O'Connor		0
23	2002	Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace	Self - Performer 'Living Doll'	63
24	2003	Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert	Self	55
25	2004	The Downing Street Patient	Self (archive footage)	0
26	2004	Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live	Self - Guest Appearance	0
27	2004	Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits	Self	0
28	2004	Live Aid	Self	92
29	2004	Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air	Self	0
30	2005	Tour d'Eurovision	Self	0
31	2006	Doctor Who: Origins	Self (archive footage)	0
32	2006	It Started with Swap Shop	Self (voice)	0
33	2009	Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event	Self	0
34	2009	Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion	Self	75
35	2009	Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion	Self - vocals	97
36	2010	Året var 1961	Self (archive footage)	0
37	2010	The Best British Rock Concert of All Time, Live at Knebworth	Self	73
38	2010	Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass	Self	90
39	2011	Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue	Self	0
40	2011	Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5	Self	0
41	2011	The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song	Self	60
42	2012	Run For Your Wife	Busker	44
43	2012	The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012	Self - Performer	82
44	2012	Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10	Self	65
45	2013	Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6		0
46	2013	Rock 'n' Roll Britannia	Self	0
47	2013	Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House	Self	80
48	2015	... Sings Dylan II	Self (archive footage)	0
49	2015	Our Cilla	Self	65
50	2019	Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets	Self	72
51	2020	The BRITs at 40	Self	0
52	2020	Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC	Self (archive footage)	70
53	2021	Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall	Self	80
54	2022	The Accused: National Treasures on Trial	Self	0
55	2022	If These Walls Could Sing	Self	66
56	2022	Cliff at Christmas	Self	0
57	2023	Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1952	The Liberace Show	Self	0
3	1956	Eurovision Song Contest	Self - United Kingdom Entry	72
4	1958	Oh Boy!	Self	0
5	1961	Musik aus Studio B	Self	0
6	1964	Top of the Pops	Self	66
7	1964	Top of the Pops		66
8	1964	Einer wird gewinnen	Self	70
9	1964	Die Drehscheibe	Self	60
10	1964	Der goldene Schuß	Self	60
11	1965	Soeben eingetroffen	self	0
12	1967	Europarty	Self	0
13	1968	Cilla	Self	100
14	1968	Starparade	Self	0
15	1971	Disco	Self	0
16	1972	Musikladen	Self	0
17	1975	Système 2	Self	0
18	1975	Seaside Special	Self	20
19	1976	Plattenküche	Self	35
20	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
21	1978	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix	Sig selv	0
22	1978	The Kenny Everett Video Show	Self	77
23	1979	The Cannon & Ball Show	Self	0
24	1980	Verstehen Sie Spaß?	Self	38
25	1980	Solid Gold	Self	60
26	1981	Astro-Show	self	60
27	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
28	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
29	1982	Wogan	Self	45
30	1984	Goldener Löwe	Self	0
31	1986	Omnibus Presents Comic Relief	Self	40
32	1986	Obs 86 - Show	Sig selv	0
33	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
34	1987	The Dame Edna Experience	Self	50
35	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
36	1988	Flitterabend	Self - Singer	0
37	1991	Hallo, wie geht's	Self	0
38	1991	DAS!	Self	42
39	1991	Musik liegt in der Luft	Self - Singer	0
40	1991	Die Mike Krüger Show	Self	0
41	1992	Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	50
42	1994	Brisant	Self	55
43	1994	Zona+	Próprio	0
44	1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self	75
45	1997	Classic Albums	Self	77
46	1999	Loose Women	Self	32
47	2000	Starnacht am Wörthersee	Self	0
48	2001	Jukebox Heroes	Self	0
49	2002	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Self	60
50	2002	Top Gear	Self	75
51	2003	Die ultimative Chartshow	Self	50
52	2003	The Terry and Gaby Show	Self	50
53	2004	Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel	Self	40
54	2004	The Paul O'Grady Show	Self	46
55	2006	The Queen at 80	Self	0
56	2006	The Story of Light Entertainment	Self	50
57	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
58	2006	The One Show	Self	45
59	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
60	2007	Blair: The Inside Story	Self	0
61	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
62	2007	Movie Connections	Self	0
63	2008	CelebAir	Self	0
64	2011	OK! TV	Self	40
65	2025	Simon Schama's Story of Us	Self - Interviewed Guest	0

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