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Richard Hell

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A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
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Smithereens (1982)
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Singer and bass guitarist in the Neon Boys and Television with schoolfriend Tom Verlaine, NYC mid-to late 1970's. Credited by many with inventing the "look" of punk rock - ripped clothes, spiky hair etc, he claims influenced by a portrait of French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Expelled from Television for musical incompetence/independent thought (delete to taste) he briefly joined the Heartbreakers with ex New York Doll Johnny Thunders before forming his own band, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, with Robert Quine, Ivan Julian (guitars), Marc Bell (aka Marky Ramone, drums).
BornOctober 2, 1949
BornOctober 2, 1949
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Susan Berman and Richard Hell in Smithereens (1982)
Richard Hell in Blank Generation (1980)
Richard Hell in Blank Generation (1980)

Known for:

Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995)
Tank Girl
5.3
  • Soundtrack("Blank Generation")
  • 1995
Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Pump Up the Volume
7.2
  • Soundtrack("Love Comes in Spurts")
  • 1990
Brendan Fraser in Airheads (1994)
Airheads
6.2
  • Soundtrack("Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance)")
  • 1994
Madonna and Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan
6.1
  • Bruce Meeker
  • 1985

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Actor

  • Blind Light (1998)
    Blind Light
    • Max
    • 1998
  • What About Me (1993)
    What About Me
    • Paul
    • 1993
  • Sadness at Leaving
    • Carl Halman
    • Short
    • 1992
  • No Picnic (1986)
    No Picnic
    • Irate Tenant
    • 1986
  • Madonna and Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
    Desperately Seeking Susan
    • Bruce Meeker
    • 1985
  • Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain (1983)
    Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain
    • The Rawhide Kid
    • 1983
  • Susan Berman and Richard Hell in Smithereens (1982)
    Smithereens
    • Eric
    • 1982
  • Blank Generation (1980)
    Blank Generation
    • Billy
    • 1980
  • Final Reward (1978)
    Final Reward
    • 1978

Writer

  • Blank Generation (1980)
    Blank Generation
    • screenplay
    • 1980

Soundtrack

  • Gillian Anderson, Patricia Allison, Aimee Lou Wood, George Robinson, Asa Butterfield, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Ncuti Gatwa, Tanya Reynolds, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, and Chinenye Ezeudu in Sex Education (2019)
    Sex Education
    • writer: "Betrayal Takes Two" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
    Happy!
    • writer: "Blank Generation" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Alex Wolff, Asa Butterfield, and Maude Apatow in The House of Tomorrow (2017)
    The House of Tomorrow
    • performer: "Blank Generation"
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • 2017
  • Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Rupert Grint, and Ashley Greene in CBGB (2013)
    CBGB
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • 2013
  • True Crime: New York City (2005)
    True Crime: New York City
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • Video Game
    • 2005
  • Punk: Attitude (2005)
    Punk: Attitude
    • performer: "Blank Generation"
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • writer: "Chinese Rocks"
    • 2005
  • Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995)
    Tank Girl
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • 1995
  • Brendan Fraser in Airheads (1994)
    Airheads
    • writer: "Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance)"
    • 1994
  • Christian Slater in Pump Up the Volume (1990)
    Pump Up the Volume
    • performer: "Love Comes in Spurts"
    • writer: "Love Comes in Spurts"
    • 1990
  • Susan Berman and Richard Hell in Smithereens (1982)
    Smithereens
    • writer: "Another World", "The Kid with the Replaceable Head"
    • 1982
  • Fear No Evil (1981)
    Fear No Evil
    • performer: "Blank Generation"
    • writer: "Blank Generation"
    • 1981
  • Blank Generation (1980)
    Blank Generation
    • writer: "Blank Generation", "Love Comes in Spurts", "Liars Beware", "New Pleasure"
    • 1980
  • Punking Out (1978)
    Punking Out
    • writer: "Blank Generation", "Love Comes in Spurts"
    • Short
    • 1978
  • The Punk Rock Movie (1978)
    The Punk Rock Movie
    • writer: "Chinese Rocks"
    • 1978

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  • Height
    • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
  • Born
    • October 2, 1949
    • Lexington, Kentucky, USA
  • Spouses
      Sheelagh Bevan2002 - present
  • Other works
    Novel "Go Now" (1996)
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Interviews
    • 16 Articles
    • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Legendary punk rocker; bands: Television, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell & the Voidoids
  • Quotes
    Rock & roll is trying to convince girls to pay money to be near you.

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