Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time: receiving praise from notable comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Newhart, and Bill Cosby. His body of work includes the concert movies and recordings starting in the 70s and spanning three decades. He also starred in numerous films as an actor, in both comedic and dramatic roles. He collaborated on many projects with actor Gene Wilder and actor/comedian/writer Paul Mooney. Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973), and five Grammy Awards (1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, and 1982). In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. The first ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was presented to him in 1998. Pryor is listed at Number 1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.

Known For: Acting

Born: Peoria, Illinois, USA, 1940-12-01

Died: 2005-12-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	The Busy Body	Whittaker	71
2	1968	Wild in the Streets	Stanley X	60
3	1969	Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales		0
4	1969	The Young Lawyers	Otis Tucker	0
5	1970	The Phynx	Richard Pryor	35
6	1971	Dynamite Chicken	Self	54
7	1971	Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin'	Self	64
8	1971	You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat	Wino	85
9	1972	Lady Sings the Blues	Piano Man	69
10	1973	Wattstax	Self	68
11	1973	The Mack	Slim	65
12	1973	Hit!	Mike Willmer	58
13	1973	Lily		0
14	1973	Some Call It Loving	Jeff	49
15	1973	Juke and Opal	Juke	0
16	1974	Uptown Saturday Night	Sharp Eye Washington	61
17	1974	Flip Wilson... Of Course	Self	0
18	1975	The Lion Roars Again	Self	0
19	1975	Carter's Army	Pvt. Jonathan Crunk	40
20	1975	Adiós Amigo	Sam Spade	30
21	1976	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings	Charlie Snow	61
22	1976	Car Wash	Daddy Rich	60
23	1976	Silver Streak	Grover Muldoon	67
24	1977	The Richard Pryor Special?	Self / Various	70
25	1977	Greased Lightning	Wendell Scott	63
26	1977	The Richard Pryor show Volume 2	Self	0
27	1977	The Richard Pryor Show Volume I		60
28	1977	Which Way Is Up?	Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Rev. Lenox Thomas	61
29	1978	Blue Collar	Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown	74
30	1978	The Wiz	The Wiz	60
31	1978	California Suite	Dr. Chauncey Gump	58
32	1979	Richard Pryor: Live in Concert	Self	74
33	1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
34	1979	The Muppet Movie	Balloon Vendor	72
35	1980	Wholly Moses	Pharaoh	47
36	1980	In God We Tru$t	G.O.D.	62
37	1980	Stir Crazy	Harry Monroe	65
38	1981	Bustin' Loose	Joe Braxton	61
39	1982	Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip	Self	73
40	1982	Some Kind of Hero	Cpl. Eddie Keller / Ted Segal	56
41	1982	The Toy	Jack Brown	59
42	1983	Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever	Self	85
43	1983	Superman III	August 'Gus' Gorman	55
44	1983	Richard Pryor: Here and Now	Self	66
45	1985	Brewster's Millions	Montgomery Brewster	66
46	1985	The Making of 'Superman III'	Self	67
47	1986	TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines	Self	0
48	1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling	Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego	65
49	1987	Critical Condition	Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery	55
50	1988	Moving	Arlo Pear	56
51	1989	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Wallace 'Wally' Karue	67
52	1989	Harlem Nights	Sugar Ray	61
53	1990	Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration	Self	88
54	1991	Another You	Eddie Dash	54
55	1991	The Three Muscatels	Narrator / Wino / Bartender	0
56	1994	But... Seriously	Self (archive footage)	100
57	1996	Mad Dog Time	Jimmy the Gravedigger	53
58	1997	Lost Highway	Arnie	75
59	1997	Afro Promo	Self (archive footage)	0
60	1997	Blacks and Jews	Self	60
61	1999	Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?	Self	60
62	2000	Me, Myself & Irene	Stand-Up Comedian on TV (archive footage) (uncredited)	66
63	2001	A Huey P. Newton Story	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	51
64	2003	Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!	Self (archive footage)	80
65	2006	The N Word	Self (archive footage)	66
66	2007	Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s	Self (archive footage)	0
67	2008	Black and White Trypps Number Four		58
68	2013	Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic	Self (archive footage)	71
69	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
70	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
71	2014	Richard Pryor: Icon	Self (archive footage)	62
72	2019	I Am Richard Pryor	Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)	69
73	2020	The Last Days of Richard Pryor	Himself	100
74	2021	Live at Mister Kelly's	Self (archive footage)	0
75	2022	The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up	Self (archive footage)	63
76	2023	Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight		0
77	2024	Remembering Gene Wilder	Self (archive footage)	72
78	2024	Zeitgeist: Requiem	Self (archive footage)	0
79	2024	Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	62

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1958	Kraft Music Hall	Self	47
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
4	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
5	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
6	1970	The Flip Wilson Show	Self	48
7	1970	The Young Lawyers		50
8	1972	The Midnight Special	Host	78
9	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
10	1977	The Richard Pryor Show	Host	64
11	1984	Pryor's Place	Richard Pryor	50
12	1992	Martin		76
13	1994	Chicago Hope		72
14	1999	The Norm Show		70
15	2006	Legends	G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
16	2020	The Comedy Store	Self (archive footage)	77
17	2021	Superstar	Self (archive footage)	57
18	2022	Dark Side of Comedy	Self (Archive Footage)	82
19	2024	Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy	Self (archive footage)	0

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