Richard Pryor Profile
| Full Name: | Richard Pryor - Contact Richard Pryor |
| Birth Name: | Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III |
| Famous As: | Comedian |
| Date of Birth: | December 01, 1940 |
| Place of Birth: | Peoria, Illinois |
| Height: | 5' 10 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Relationships: | Pam Grier |
| Father: | LeRoy Pryor |
| Mother: | Gertude Pryor |
| Spouse: | Patricia Price (1960-?), Shelly Bonus (1967-1969), Deborah McGuire (Sept 22, 1977-1979), Jennifer Lee (Aug 1981-Oct 1982), Flynn Belaine (Oct 1986-1987), Flynn Belaine (Apr 01, 1990-?), Jennifer Lee ( |
| Son(s): | Richard Jr (b. 1961), Stephen (b. 1984), Franklin Mason (b. 1987) |
| Daughter(s): | Renee (b. 1957), Elizabeth (b. 1967), Rain (b. 1984), Kelsey (b. 1987) |
| Claim to Fame: | As stand-up comic on The Tonight Show (1966) |
Richard Pryor News
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found 38 minutes ago
... rockers like Jimi Hendrix; comics like Mort Sahl and Richard Pryor; and Beat poets. There was the harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler;
NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Death shuts Gate on plan for new nightspot - New York Post
NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies - Sacramento Bee
Art D'Lugoff, Off-Broadway Music and Theatre Impresario, Dies at 85 - Playbill
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Jazz TimesThe Sun - Found 10 hours ago
'I'm off to meditate now, though unless enlightenment includes RICHARD PRYOR and BOBBY MOORE caressing me how can this be improved?' Russ...
Katy's my Upton girl - The Sun
Footy fan Katy Perry is a perfect match for West Ham fan Russell ... - Mirror.co.uk
Russell's perfect match - Mirror.co.uk
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Mirror.co.ukFOXNews.com - Found 20 hours ago
"Thicke of the Night" In 1980 a Canadian TV network gave Alan Thicke (a comedy writer from "The Richard Pryor Show" and "Fernwood 2-Night...
Wanda Sykes: Bringing the Funny to Saturday Night - ABC News
Wanda Sykes Has a Show (or So They Tell Her) - New York Times
Wanda Sykes Has a Show (or So They Tell Her) - New York Times
Wanda's world - USA Today
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Star-TelegramNew York Times - Found Nov. 5, 2009
... rockers like Jimi Hendrix; comics like Mort Sahl and Richard Pryor; and Beat poets. There was the harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler;
Art DLugoff, Village Gate Impresario, Dies at 85 - New York Times
Art D'Lugoff, owner of Village Gate, dies at 85 - New York Daily News
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New York Daily NewsE! Online - Found Nov. 4, 2009
... had twice turned down the honor in objection to the 1998 profanity-laced inaugural ceremony honoring Richard Pryor) were Jerry Seinfeld, Chris...
Joke's On Them: Seinfeld, Rock Honor Cosby - E! Online
Critic's Corner: Cosby deserves prize - USA Today
Joke's on Them: Seinfeld, Rock Honor Cosby - EOnline.com
The Mark Twain Prize 2009 reminds us that Bill Cosby blazed the ... - Vancouver Sun
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Vancouver SunReuters - Found Oct. 29, 2009
So everything that they had that shined, I had the opposite, that didn't shine." Q: You also befriended Richard Pryor toward the end of his life.
A Minute With: George Lopez on His New TV Talk Show - ABC News
George Lopez to host TV talk show - Reuters Canada
George Lopez to host TV talk show - Reuters
A Minute With: George Lopez on his new TV talk show - Reuters
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Reuters UKVariety - Found Oct. 27, 2009
... the Twain prize but said he declined it twice because of the profanity that dominated the first award show in 1998 for recipient Richard Pryor.
Comics and co-stars hail Bill Cosby - BBC
Bill Cosby, Noted Very Funny Fellow, Accepts Twain Prize - New York Times
Cosby honoured with humour prize - Hollywood
Bill Cosby collects comedy honour - BBC
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Fox 23 New YorkFirstShowing.net - Found Oct. 26, 2009
... back in 2006. But Condon might already have a full schedule since he's attached to direct the Richard Pryor biopic Is It Something I Said?
Bossip - Found Oct. 20, 2009
While there, he talked about losing the Richard Pryor role to Marlon Wayans .
CBS News - Found Oct. 24, 2009
... because he said he was disgusted with profanity and N-words thrown around by performers honoring Richard Pryor, who was the first recipient in...
Bill Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize - MSNBC
Bill Cosby to be honored at Kennedy Center - UPI
Bill Cosby heads to DC for Mark Twain humor prize - Boston Globe
AP interview: Cosby keeps it clean for humor prize - Miami Herald
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