Richard Hell: Richard Hell. Actor: Desperately Seeking Susan. 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...
Known For: Desperately Seeking Susan (Bruce Meeker), Tank Girl (Soundtrack("Blank Generation")), Pump Up the Volume (Soundtrack("Love Comes in Spurts")), Airheads (Soundtrack("Baby Huey (Do You Wanna Dance)"))