British actor Tim Curry was spotted out with his carer in Los Angeles in a rare public appearance on Thursday.

The Rocky Horror star, 79, was pictured leaving Gelson’s supermarket in the sunny city on the west coast while being pushed in a wheelchair.

Tim, who also featured as hotel concierge Mr Hector in the much-loved Home Alone 2, wore a long sleeve red T-shirt for the outing.

Tim suffered a stroke after collapsing at his California home in 2012, leaving him partially paralysed on one side of his body and affecting his speech.

Since the stroke, which he suffered aged 66, the legendary actor has remained largely out of the public eye and has been rarely sighted.

British actor and Rocky Horror starTim Curry, 79, was spotted during a rare outing in Los Angeles on Thursday - 13 years after suffering life-changing stroke
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British actor and Rocky Horror starTim Curry, 79, was spotted during a rare outing in Los Angeles on Thursday – 13 years after suffering life-changing stroke

The Home Alone 2 star was pictured being pushed in a wheelchair by his carer
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The Home Alone 2 star was pictured being pushed in a wheelchair by his carer

Tim suffered a stroke in 2012 which left him partially paralysed on one side of body and struggling to speak, (pictured in 2005)
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Tim suffered a stroke in 2012 which left him partially paralysed on one side of body and struggling to speak, (pictured in 2005)

Tim enjoyed an illustrious acting career prior to the health scare having shot to fame through The Rocky Picture Show in 1975.

The actor is best known for his role as the brilliantly mad scientist Dr Frank N Furter in the movie.

He first starred in the original 1973 London production, and continued to play the part on Broadway before playing the same character in the 1975 film.

On the role that catapulted him to stardom, he told Los Angeles magazine that he looks at the film’s success ‘with a sort of bemused tolerance.’

He continued: ‘It’s neither a blessing nor a curse. I was lucky to get it.’

For many years he rarely discussed the movie, fearing he would be typecast.

Tim recalled the opening night during his Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Picture Show as ‘very exciting’ but found its critics to be far too harsh.

The actor is best known for his role as the brilliantly mad scientist Dr Frank N Furter in The Rocky Picture Show
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The actor is best known for his role as the brilliantly mad scientist Dr Frank N Furter in The Rocky Picture Show

He went on join the cast of 1990's Home Alone 2 playing the stuffy and suspicious Mr Hector
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He went on join the cast of 1990’s Home Alone 2 playing the stuffy and suspicious Mr Hector

‘I had to go on the Today Show the next day and they read the reviews – which were appalling,’ he explained. ‘That brought me down. It was very cruel.’

The reviews described his performance as ‘a mixture of Joan Crawford and Burt Lancaster’ and ‘Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Marc Bolan all in one.’

He went on join the cast of 1990’s Home Alone 2 playing the stuffy and suspicious Mr Hector.

Although he did not play a starring role, his character was one of the most iconic to come out of the sequel to the popular Christmas film.

Tim was honored with The Actors Fund Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 at the Tony Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles.