Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor 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 of all time. 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.
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
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2013
Bitter Jester
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2003
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet
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2003
A Huey P. Newton Story
actor
2001
Me, Myself & Irene
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2000
Lost Highway
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1997
Mad Dog Time
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1996
Another You
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1991
The Three Muscatels
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1991
Harlem Nights
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1990
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
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1989
Moving
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1988
Critical Condition
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1987
Brewster's Millions
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1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
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1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
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1986
Live & Smokin'
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1985
Live & Smokin'
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1985
Superman III
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1984
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
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1983
The Toy
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1983
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
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1982
Some Kind of Hero
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1982
Blue Collar
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1981
Stir Crazy
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1981
Wholly Moses!
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1981
Bustin' Loose
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1981
In God We Tru$t
actor
1980
California Suite
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1980
The Muppet Movie
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1980
Which Way Is Up?
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1979
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
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1979
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
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1979
The Wiz
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1978
Car Wash
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1978
Silver Streak
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1977
Greased Lightning
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1977
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
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1976
Adiós Amigo
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1976
Lady Sings the Blues
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1975
Blazing Saddles
writer
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
actor
1974
Hit!
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1973
Wattstax
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1973
The Mack
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1973
You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
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1971
Dynamite Chicken
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1971
The Phynx
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1970
The Busy Body
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1967
