Richard Pryor

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Richard Pryor

Born 1940-12-01 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. 83 films

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) 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 o…

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Filmography

83 films
Wattstax poster

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after…

Wattstax

★ 6.7 1973

The Phynx poster

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania…

The Phynx

★ 3.6 1970

The Busy Body poster

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit…

The Busy Body

★ 7.2 1967