Richard Pryor
Birthplace: Peoria
Born: 1940-12-01
Died: 2005-12-10
Occupations recorded in source
actor; autobiographer; comedian; film actor; film director; journalist; screenwriter; television actor; television producer
Biography from Wikipedia
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians ever. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974.
Pryor's body of work includes numerous concert films and recordings. He won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for That Nigger's Crazy (1974), ...Is It Something I Said? (1975), Bicentennial Nigger (1976), Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982), and Richard Pryor: Here and Now (1983). He is also known for Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' (1971), Wanted: Live in Concert (1978), and Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979). Pryor served as a co-writer for the Mel Brooks satirical western comedy film Blazing Saddles (1974).
As an actor, he starred mainly in comedies. He gained acclaim for his collaborations with Gene Wilder, including the films Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and Another You (1991). He also acted in films such as Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Blue Collar (1978), The Wiz (1978), California Suite (1978), Superman III (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Lost Highway (1997). He appeared as himself on Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live before hosting The Richard Pryor Show (1977), and Pryor's Place (1984).
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
- Bitter Jester (2003)
- Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet (2003)
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
- Lost Highway (1997) — Arnie
- Mad Dog Time (1996) — Jimmy the Grave Digger
- A Century of Cinema (1994)
- Another You (1991) — Eddie Dash
- The Three Muscatels (1991)
- Harlem Nights (1989) — Sugar Ray
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) — Wallace 'Wally' Karue
- Moving (1988) — Arlo Pear
- Critical Condition (1987) — Kevin Lenahan / Dr. Eddie Slattery
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) — Jo Jo Dancer
- Brewster's Millions (1985) — Montgomery Brewster
- Live & Smokin' (1985)
- Superman III (1983) — Gus Gorman
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
- Some Kind of Hero (1982) — Eddie Keller
- The Toy (1982) — Jack Brown
- Bustin' Loose (1981) — Joe Braxton
- In God We Trust (1980) — Gott
- Stir Crazy (1980) — Harry Monroe
- Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
- Blue Collar (1978) — Zeke
- Greased Lightning (1977) — Wendell Scott
- Which Way Is Up? (1977) — Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Reverend Lenox Thomas
- Adiós Amigo (1976) — Sam Spade
- Silver Streak (1976) — Grover Muldoon
- The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) — Charlie Snow / "Carlos Nevada" / "Chief Takahoma"
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974) — Sharp Eye Washington
- Wattstax (1974) — Himself
- Hit! (1973) — Mike Willmer
- The Mack (1973) — Slim
- Lady Sings the Blues (1972) — Piano Man
- Dynamite Chicken (1971)
- You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
- Carter's Army (1970)
- The Phynx (1970)
Directing
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Billy Dee Williams · 4 films
- Gene Wilder · 4 films
- Michael Schultz · 3 films
- Sidney Poitier · 3 films
- Arthur Hiller · 2 films
- Burt Reynolds · 2 films
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