Tim Rice

Sir Tim Rice (born November 10, 1944, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, and educated at St Albans School and Lancing College) is a lyricist for musical theater, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber (having helped create many hit musicals for West End and Broadway theatres), and his work for The Walt Disney Company. Rice was made a Disney Legend by the company in 1998.

He is a co-author of the annual Guinness Book of British Hit Singles. He has also been a frequent guest panelist for many years on the radio panel game Just a Minute.

Lyrics by Tim Rice appear in the following musicals and movies:

• 1984
• Aida
• Aladdin
• Beauty and the Beast
• Blondel
• Chess
• Cricket
• Evita
• Heathcliff
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• King David
• The Likes of Us
• The Lion King
• Tycoon

Newspaper Articles

• On the seventh day AEJ Collins rested – The Electronic Telegraph 9/6/1999