
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.
141 acting credits
Acting · 141

The Graham Norton Show
2007

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Top of the Pops
1964

Top Gear
2002

DAS!
1991

The One Show
2006

Eurovision Song Contest
1956

Champs-Elysées
1982

Wogan
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Loose Women
1999

ITV Playhouse
1967

An Audience with...
1978

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Die Drehscheibe
1964

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002

Going Live!
1987

Classic Albums
1997
Die ultimative Chartshow
2003

Brisant
1994

Solid Gold
1980
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004

Disco
1971
Système 2
1975

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980

Musikladen
1972
Einer wird gewinnen
1964

The BRIT Awards
1977

The Frank Skinner Show
1995

OK! TV
2011
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
1978
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
Musik aus Studio B
1961
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991
Flitterabend
1988
Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde
1969

Cilla
1968

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
Der goldene Schuß
1964

Starparade
1968

The Dame Edna Experience
1987

The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
Europarty
1967

Seaside Special
1975
Starnacht am Wörthersee
2000

Movie Connections
2007
Goldener Löwe
1984

The Story of Light Entertainment
2006

Live Aid
1985
Die Mike Krüger Show
1991

Zona+
1994

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

The Story of Musicals
2012
The Liberace Show
1952

Plattenküche
1976
CelebAir
2008

If These Walls Could Sing
2022

The BRITs at 40
2020

The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987

Summer Holiday
1963

Simon Schama's Story of Us
2025

Obs 86 - Show
1986

Finders Keepers
1966

Blair: The Inside Story
2007

Live Aid
2004

Thunderbirds Are GO
1966
The Queen at 80
2006
Hallo, wie geht's
1991

Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
2021

Doctor Who: Origins
2006
Soeben eingetroffen
1965

Wonderful Life
1964

Run For Your Wife
2012

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012

Jukebox Heroes
2001

Queen: Champions of the World
1995

Wonderful to Be Young!
1961
Astro-Show
1981

Expresso Bongo
1959

Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980

The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010

Two a Penny
1967

Serious Charge
1959

It Started with Swap Shop
2006

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
Oh Boy!
1958

Take Me High
1973

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
2006
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
1991

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
2004
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
2011

Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth Park
1990

... Sings Dylan II
2015
The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song
2011
Tour d'Eurovision
2005

An Audience with Des O'Connor
2001

Heathcliff
1999

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998

Året var 1961
2011

Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
2019

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992

Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 5
2011

Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
2012

Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion
2009

Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023
2023
Blue Suede Shoes
1980
A Matter of Diamonds
1968

The Downing Street Patient
2004
The Case
1972

The Accused: National Treasures on Trial
2022
Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
2013

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
2026

Cliff Richard From a Distance: The Event
2009

Hank Marvin: Hank Plays Live
2004

Our Cilla
2015

Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion
2009

Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour - Live From the Royal Albert Hall
2021
The Shadows At Sixty
2020
An Audience with Cliff Richard
1999

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013

His Land
1970

Farewell, FAB 208
1992

Rhythm 'n' Greens
1964

Cliff Richard 60th Anniversary Concert
2018

Cliff Richard: The Countdown Concert
2003

Cliff at Christmas
2022

Eurovision Songfestival Hits
2003

Cliff Richard: Bold As Brass
2010

Sir Cliff Richard at the BBC
2020

Alma Cogan: Her Fabulous Story
2006

Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004

Cliff Richard Still Reelin' and A-Rockin' - Live at Sydney Opera House
2013

Congratulations: 50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest (1956 - 1980)
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Cliff Richard: The Hitlist Live
1994

Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?
1973

Cliff Richard: 75th Birthday Concert
2015