Richard Pryor

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film actor film producer human screenwriter stand-up comedian television actor voice actor

Richard Pryor was a groundbreaking American stand-up comedian and actor known for his incisive, taboo-challenging humor and profound influence on modern comedy.

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Richard Pryor discography 2
Harry Monroe – Richard Pryor 1
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. 1

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instanceOf film actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award

Writers Guild of America Award ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Rain Pryor ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Pryor

Mason Pryor ⓘ
Rain Pryor ⓘ
Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Pryor Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-12-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-12-10 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
The New York Times obituary ⓘ
diagnosis multiple sclerosis ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Pryor ⓘ
fieldOfWork film acting ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ
fullName Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr.
genre black comedy ⓘ
blue comedy ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ
political comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Richard Pryor ⓘ
imdbId nm0001590 ⓘ
influenced Chris Rock ⓘ
Dave Chappelle ⓘ
Eddie Murphy ⓘ
George Lopez ⓘ
Kevin Hart ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ
influencedBy Bill Cosby ⓘ
Lenny Bruce ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Kappa Alpha Psi ⓘ
movement counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneered confessional, taboo-challenging style in American stand-up comedy ⓘ
widely regarded as one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time ⓘ
notableEvent suffered severe burns in a freebasing cocaine incident in 1980 ⓘ
notableWork ...Is It Something I Said? ⓘ
Bicentennial Nigger ⓘ
Blue Collar ⓘ
Brewster's Millions ⓘ
Car Wash ⓘ
Harlem Nights ⓘ
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling ⓘ
Richard Pryor: Here and Now ⓘ
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert ⓘ
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert ⓘ
surface form: Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

See No Evil, Hear No Evil ⓘ
Silver Streak ⓘ
Stir Crazy ⓘ
Superman III ⓘ
That Nigger's Crazy ⓘ
The Toy ⓘ
Wanted: Live in Concert ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
religion agnosticism ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Peoria, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Deborah McGuire ⓘ
Flynn Belaine ⓘ
Jennifer Lee ⓘ
Patricia Price ⓘ
Shelley Bonus ⓘ

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...Is It Something I Said? → artist → Richard Pryor ⓘ
That Nigger's Crazy → artist → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Blue Collar → castMember → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → characterPlayedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Stir Crazy → characterPortrayedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry Monroe – Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor → child → Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Pryor Jr.
Bicentennial Nigger → creator → Richard Pryor ⓘ
That Nigger's Crazy → creator → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Mason Pryor → father → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Richard Pryor → fullName → Richard Pryor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr.
Car Wash → hasCastMember → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Lenny Bruce → influenced → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Redd Foxx → influenced → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Bill Burr → influencedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Chris Rock → influencedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Dave Chappelle → influencedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Eddie Murphy → influencedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Louis C.K. → influencedBy → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → leadActor → Richard Pryor ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Pryor → name → Richard Pryor ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor
Deborah McGuire → notableRelative → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Mason Pryor → notableRelative → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Best Comedy Album → notableWinner → Richard Pryor ⓘ
That Nigger's Crazy → notableWorkOf → Richard Pryor ⓘ
...Is It Something I Said? → partOf → Richard Pryor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Pryor discography
That Nigger's Crazy → partOf → Richard Pryor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Pryor discography
...Is It Something I Said? → performer → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Bicentennial Nigger → performer → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Richard Pryor: Here and Now → performer → Richard Pryor ⓘ
That Nigger's Crazy → performer → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Wanted: Live in Concert → performer → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Deborah McGuire → spouse → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Flynn Belaine → spouse → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Jennifer Lee → spouse → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Shelley Bonus → spouse → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Silver Streak → starredActor → Richard Pryor ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → starring → Richard Pryor ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Harlem Nights → starring → Richard Pryor ⓘ