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person_profile-Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard Age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Cliff Richard

Date of Birth:

Oct 14, 1940

Country of birth:

India

Biography of

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.

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Cliff Richard

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Filmography of

Cliff Richard

Found 44 Movies in total

... 2023

Cliff at Christmas

Self ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

... 2022

... 2021

Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2019

Our Cilla

Self ( Actor )

... 2015

... Sings Dylan II

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

... 2013

... 2012

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

Self - Performer ( Actor )

... 2012

Run For Your Wife

Busker ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

... 2010

... 2010

... 2009

... 2009

... 2009

It Started with Swap Shop

Self (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Doctor Who: Origins

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2004

Live Aid

Self ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live

Self - Guest Appearance ( Actor )

... 2004

The Downing Street Patient

Self (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2003

... 2002

... 2001

Heathcliff

Heathcliff ( Actor )

Writer

... 1999

... 1992

... 1990

Live Aid

Self ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1980

Take Me High

Tim Matthews ( Actor )

... 1973

His Land

Self ( Actor )

... 1970

Two A Penny

Jamie Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1967

Thunderbirds Are GO

Cliff Richard Jr. (voice) ( Actor )

... 1966

Finders Keepers

Cliff ( Actor )

Music

... 1966

Wonderful Life

Johnnie ( Actor )

... 1964

Summer Holiday

Don ( Actor )

... 1963

The Young Ones

Nicholas 'Nicky' Black ( Actor )

... 1961

Expresso Bongo

Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert ( Actor )

... 1959

Serious Charge

Curley Thompson ( Actor )

... 1959