Richard Pryor was born on December 1, 1940 Peoria, Illinois.
On December 10, 2005 Richard Pryor passed away in Encino,
California from a heart attack. Pryor was diagnosed with Multiple
Sclerosis in 1986.
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III was Richard Pryor's
birth name, he also went by the nickname Ritchie.
Richard Pryor's father, was Buck Carter also known as LeRoy
Pryor he was a boxer and WWII vet.
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made four films together starting
in 1976 with SILVER STREAK , then in 1980 STIR CRAZY, the
next movie was 9 years later in 1989 SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO
EVIL, the last movie they made together was in 1991 ANOTHER
YOU.
Shelley R. Bonus and Richard Pryor's daughter is Rain Pryor
she had followed in her fathers footstep by becoming an actress
Rain Pryor was in the hit TV series HEAD OF THE CLASS from
1988 - 1991 playing Theola June 'T.J.' Jones , she was also
in HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS in 2000 playing a shopper.
The last movie that Richard Pryor made was LOST HIGHWAY in
1997 playing the role of Arnie.
Richard Pryor was married seven times, twice to Jennifer
Lee an actress seen in SOMETHING CAME OVER THEM, and Flynn
Belaine also an actress seen in THE THREE MUSCATELS. Pryor's
other wives include: Deborah McGuire seen in SUPERVIXENS,
Shelley R. Bonus seen in MOMENT BY MOMENT and Patricia Price
who was his first wife.
In 2004 Richard Pryor was chosen as #1 in Comedy Central's
100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
Playing the role of Whittaker in THE BUSY BODY was Richard
Pryor debut role in 1967.
Because of Richard Pryor's stand up routine and his background,
Mel Brooks had to do a role change for the movie BLAZING SADDLES.
Originally Pryor was going to play Bart, for financial reasons
the role was given to Cleavon Little and Richard Pryor was
moved from the acting floor to the writing floor becoming
a co-writer of the script.
A writter of several series Richard Pryor has put the pen
to paper for series including THE RICHARD PRYOR SHOW, STANFORD
AND SON and THE FLIP WILSON SHOW.
For the hit movie BUSTIN LOOSE we found Richard Pryor trying
it all not only did he play the role of Joe Braxton, Pryor
was also the story writer and the producer.
Richard Pryor's other notable credits include...
