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Cliff Richard

Known for: Acting

Born 14/10/1940

Place of birth Lucknow, India

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.

Filmography

Series ★ 5,8

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

1961

Series ★ 4,7

DAS!

Self

1991

Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

Series ★ 6,6

Top of the Pops

Self

1964

Series ★ 6,6

Top of the Pops

1964

Series ★ 4,3

The One Show

Self - Guest

2006

Series ★ 4,3

The One Show

Self

2006

Series ★ 5,7

Sacrée soirée

Self

1987

Series ★ 6,8

Champs-Elysées

Self

1982

Series ★ 7,6

Top Gear

Self

2002

Series ★ 5,6

Wogan

Self

1982

Series ★ 3,4

Loose Women

Self

1999

Series ★ 7,3

Die Drehscheibe

Self

1964

Series ★ 5,6

Wetten, dass..?

Self

1981

Series ★ 5,6

The South Bank Show

1978

Series ★ 7,4

Eurovision Song Contest

Self - United Kingdom Entry

1956

Series ★ 7,0

ITV Playhouse

Riley Walker

1967

Series ★ 6,8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

Series ★ 4,5

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Self

2007

Series ★ 5,3

An Audience with...

Self

1978

Series ★ 5,1

The Paul O'Grady Show

Self

2004

Series ★ 6,1

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Self

2002

Series ★ 7,1

TFI Friday

1996

Series ★ 6,2

Brisant

Self

1994

Series ★ 7,0

The Terry and Gaby Show

Self

2003

Series ★ 7,0

Parkinson

Self - Guest

2004

Series ★ 6,3

Die ultimative Chartshow

Self

2003

Series ★ 4,7

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Self

1980

Series ★ 8,0

Going Live!

Self

1987

Series ★ 7,7

Classic Albums

Self

1997

Series ★ 7,0

Solid Gold

Self

1980

Series

Système 2

Self

1975

Series ★ 7,0

Musik aus Studio B

Self

1961

Series ★ 7,5

The Frank Skinner Show

Self

1995

Series ★ 4,0

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Self

2004

Series ★ 7,0

Einer wird gewinnen

Self

1964

Series

Disco

Self

1971

Series ★ 8,0

Musikladen

Self

1972

Series

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Self

1978

Series ★ 10,0

The BRIT Awards

Self

1977

Series ★ 5,7

OK! TV

Self

2011

Series

Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde

Self

1969

Series

Musik liegt in der Luft

Self - Singer

1991

Series ★ 8,0

Cilla

Self

1968

Series ★ 6,2

The F Word

2005

Series ★ 7,0

Flitterabend

Self - Singer

1988

Series ★ 2,0

Seaside Special

Self

1975

Series ★ 7,9

The Kenny Everett Video Show

Self

1978

Series ★ 8,0

Der goldene Schuß

Self

1964

Series ★ 10,0

Starparade

Self

1968

Series ★ 6,5

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Self

1992

Series ★ 5,5

The Dame Edna Experience

Self

1987

Series

Die Mike Krüger Show

Self

1991

Series

The Cannon & Ball Show

Self

1979

Series

Starnacht am Wörthersee

Self

2000

Series ★ 4,0

Plattenküche

Self

1976

Series

Goldener Löwe

Self

1984

Series

Europarty

Self

1967

Series ★ 7,0

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up

Self - Guest

2021

Series ★ 5,0

The Story of Light Entertainment

Self

2006

Series

The Story of Musicals

Self

2012

Series ★ 10,0

Everyman

1977

Series

Movie Connections

Self

2007

Series ★ 4,0

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Self

1986

Series

Obs 86 - Show

Sig selv

1986

Series ★ 7,0

Oh Boy!

Self

1958

Series

Jukebox Heroes

Self

2001

Series ★ 8,0

The Liberace Show

Self

1952

Film ★ 6,5

If These Walls Could Sing

Self

2022

Series ★ 8,0

Zona+

Próprio

1994

Series

Blair: The Inside Story

Self

2007

Film ★ 7,9

Live Aid

Self

1985

Series

Soeben eingetroffen

self

1965

Series

CelebAir

Self

2008

Series ★ 7,0

Simon Schama's Story of Us

Self - Interviewed Guest

2025

Film ★ 6,4

Thunderbirds Are GO

Cliff Richard Jr. (voice)

1966

Series

Hallo, wie geht's

Self

1991

Film ★ 6,8

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Self

1987