Tim Curry, actor in Legend and Home Alone 2, dies

Tim Curry dies: the actor who was always on screen but whom you never remembered

Tim Curry's death has prompted a reaction as scattered as his own career. Some are mourning the demon from Legend, others identify him with the hotel concierge in Home Alone 2, and some simply never realised they had been watching him all their lives. The actor — who in Spain went down in history thanks to a sketch on the show El informal — leaves behind a cult legacy and, above all, a gallery of familiar faces that are not always linked to his name.

Darkness's grand entrance in Legend

One of the most repeated comments concerns his role as Darkness in Legend. "Few entrances in film history have been more spectacular," people say. And it's true: that horned, made-up figure became one of the most powerful images of 1980s fantasy cinema.

The concierge in Home Alone 2

Most people, however, remember him as the Plaza Hotel concierge whom Kevin McCallister outwits in Home Alone 2. A brief scene, but such an iconic one that it has survived in the collective memory. "He's an actor I've been watching all my life and I couldn't name a single role," one of the reactions confessed, only to go on and mention precisely that role.

El informal and the Spanish parody

In Spain, his image was forever marked by the parody on the TV show El informal, where a character called "TIM AL CURRY" caricatured his looks and his role as the classic movie villain. So much so that quite a few people learned of his death and the first thing that came to mind was that sketch, not the films. The reaction, like almost everything on the internet, has ranged from respect to the easy joke.

There is no shortage of those who admit, without shame, that losing a two-cent coin would have mattered more to them than losing the actor. The question left on the table is the opposite one: should an actor with such a singular filmography end up being remembered for a Spanish parody? In any case, rest in peace, Mr. Curry. And yes, he had an enviable head of hair, as some are quick to point out.