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Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 14, 1940 (84)
Birthplace Lucknow, India
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 P ... resley. 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

Filmography

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Busker

Heathcliff

Heathcliff

1999

as Heathcliff

Take Me High

Take Me High

1973

as Tim Matthews

A Matter of Diamonds

A Matter of Diamonds

1968

as Riley Walker

Two A Penny

Two A Penny

1967

as Jamie Hopkins

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1966

as Cliff

Thunderbirds Are GO

Thunderbirds Are GO

1966

as Cliff Richard Jr. (voice)

Wonderful Life

Wonderful Life

1964

as Johnnie

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

1963

as Don

The Young Ones

The Young Ones

1961

as Nicholas 'Nicky' Black

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

as Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert

Serious Charge

Serious Charge

1959

as Curley Thompson

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Zona+

as Próprio

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Cilla

as Self

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 30, 1968

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 7

First Aired: May 04, 1982

Top of the Pops

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

The Kenny Everett Video Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jul 03, 1978

Blair: The Inside Story

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 16, 2007

Disco

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 13, 1971

Flitterabend

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 01, 1988

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

The One Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 14, 2006

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Musik aus Studio B

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 22, 1961

Starparade

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 14, 1968

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Die ultimative Chartshow

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 21, 2003

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 31, 2004

Die Drehscheibe

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 1964

Top Gear

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 2002

Europarty

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 04, 1967

The Terry and Gaby Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 2003

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 08, 2002

The Paul O'Grady Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2004

Solid Gold

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1980

Oh Boy!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1958

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 1986

CelebAir

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 2008

The Frank Skinner Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1995

Movie Connections

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 2007

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2007

Seaside Special

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1975

The Queen at 80

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2006

The Story of Light Entertainment

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 2006

The Liberace Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 16, 1952

OK! TV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 2011

Jukebox Heroes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 17, 2001

The Kenny Everett Television Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 1982

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

The Cannon & Ball Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 28, 1979

The Dame Edna Experience

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1987

Hallo, wie geht's

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1991

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1992

Einer wird gewinnen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1964

Die Mike Krüger Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1991

Top of the Pops

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

Going Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Musikladen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 13, 1972

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1980

Musik liegt in der Luft

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1991

Goldener Löwe

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1984

Der goldene Schuß

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 26, 1964

Système 2

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1975

Classic Albums

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1997

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Eurovision Song Contest

as Self - United Kingdom Entry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 24, 1956

DAS!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1991

Starnacht am Wörthersee

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 25, 2000

Plattenküche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 23, 1976

Astro-Show

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 1981

Soeben eingetroffen

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1965

Brisant

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1994

Simon Schama’s Story of Us

as Self - Interviewed Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 2025

Loose Women

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1999

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 6 11 3
2024 7 12 22 4
2024 8 10 22 4
2024 9 8 14 4
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2024 12 5 8 3
2025 1 7 17 2
2025 2 4 7 1
2025 3 3 5 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
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Trending Rank


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