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Richard Pryor

Highest Rated:: 100% Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (2000)
Lowest Rated:: 11% Another You (1991)

Birthday:: Dec 1, 1940
Birthplace:: Peoria, Illinois, USA
Bio:: African-American comedian Richard Pryor grew up bombarded by mixed messages. Pryor's grandmother owned a string of brothels, his mother prostituted herself, and his father was a pimp. Still, they raised Richard to be honest, polite, and religious. Living in one of the worst slums in Peoria, IL,…

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Highest Rated Movies

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
100%
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
91%
The Muppet Movie
90%
Blazing Saddles
89%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 11% - 100%

Number of Movies: 54

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2009		Make 'Em Laugh	Actor	--
2005		Richard Pryor:Stand Up	Actor	--
2003		Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!	Actor	--
2002		Under the Covers	Actor	--
2000	100%	Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip	Actor	--
1997		Sam Kinison - Why Did We Laugh?	Actor	--
1997	59%	Lost Highway	Arnie	--
1997		Century of Black Cinema	Actor	--
1996	17%	Mad Dog Time	Actor	--
1993		But...Seriously	Actor	--
1991		The Three Muscatels	Actor	--
1991	11%	Another You	Eddie Dash	--
1989	21%	Harlem Nights	Sugar Ray	--
1989	18%	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Wally Karew	--
1988		Moving	Arlo Pear	--
1986	55%	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling	Jo Jo Dancer Screenwriter Director	--
1986		Lily Tomlin	Actor	--
1986		Critical Condition	Eddie/Kevin	--
1985	38%	Brewster's Millions	Montgomery Brewster	--
1983	83%	Richard Pryor - Here and Now	Screenwriter Director Actor	--
1983	24%	Superman III	Gus Gorman	--
1982	11%	The Toy	Jack Brown	--
1982		Some Kind of Hero	Eddie Keller	--
1981		Bustin' Loose	Joe Braxton Director	--
1981		Richard Pryor - Live and Smokin'	Actor	--
1980		Wholly Moses!	Pharaoh	--
1980	67%	Stir Crazy	Harry Monroe	--
1980		In God We Tru$t (In God We Trust) (Gimme That Prime Time Religion)	God	--
1979	91%	Richard Pryor: Live in Concert	Actor	--
1979	90%	The Muppet Movie	Balloon Man	--
1978	88%	Blue Collar	Zeke Brown	--
1978	29%	The Wiz	The Wiz (Herman Smith)	--
1978	58%	California Suite	Dr. Chauncy Gump	--
1977	20%	Which Way Is Up?	Leroy Jones	--
1976	83%	Silver Streak	Grover Muldoon	--
1976	87%	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings	Charlie Snow	--
1976	86%	Car Wash	Daddy Rich	--
1975		Adios Amigo	Actor	--
1974	71%	Uptown Saturday Night	Sharp Eye Washington	--
1974	89%	Blazing Saddles	Screenwriter	--
1973	86%	Wattstax	Actor	--
1973		Some Call It Loving	Jeff	--
1973		Hit!	Mike Willmer	--
1973		The Mack	Slim	--
1972	75%	Lady Sings the Blues	Piano Man	--
1971		Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'	Actor	--
1970		The Phynx	Himself	--
1970		Dynamite Chicken	Himself	--
1969		Black Brigade	Jonathan Crunk	--
1969		Dynamite Chicken	Actor	--
1968	22%	The Green Berets	Collier	--
1968	63%	Wild in the Streets	Stanley X	--
1967		The Busy Body	Actor	--
		Lily Tomlin	Actor	--

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Quotes from Richard Pryor's Characters

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1. Sheriff Chauncey: Hello, Car 36, what the hell happened to you guys?
2. Grover Muldoon: [into the radio] Hey Chauncey, this is Grover T. Muldoon. You wanna know what happened? We just whooped your ass. We whooped your ass. Ha ha ha!
From Silver Streak. Submitted by Francis L (2 days ago)