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Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor TV Listings
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SUNDe
Sat, May 10, 10:00 PM
Lost Highway
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FLIXe
Mon, May 12, 3:30 AM
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
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BET
Wed, May 14, 4:00 PM
Malcolm & Eddie
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Sat, May 17, 8:00 AM
Silver Streak
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Lost Highway
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Richard Pryor Biography
Birth Name:
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III
Birth Place:
Peoria, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
12/01/1940, Sagittarius
Date of Death:
12/10/2005
Profession:
Comedian; actor; writer
Richard Pryor Fast Facts:
Raised by his grandmother who ran a brothel.
Launched entertainment career as a singer and piano player.
Wrote for TV series such as
The Flip Wilson Show
and
Sanford and Son.
Contributed to the screenplay for the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic
Blazing Saddles
.
Worked with fellow comedic actor Gene Wilder on four buddy films: 1976's
Silver Streak
, 1980's
Stir Crazy
, 1989's
See No Evil
,
Hear No Evil
and 1991's
Another You
.
Suffered a heart attack in 1978. Two years later, he accidentally set himself on fire while freebasing. The incident left over 50 percent of his body with third degree burns.
In 1986 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Honored in 1996 by the NAACP with a Lifetime Achievement Image Award and a Hall of Fame Award.
Was the first person to receive the Mark Twain Humor Prize for American Humor in 1998.
Was honored by PETA for saving Botswana baby elephants.
Richard Pryor Relationships:
Elizabeth Ann Pryor - Daughter
Flynn BeLaine - Ex-wife
Franklin Matthew Mason Pryor - Son
Gertrude Thomas Pryor - Mother
Jennifer Lee - Wife
Kelsey Pryor - Daughter
LeRoy Pryor, Jr. - Father
Marie Carter - Grandmother
Patricia Price - Ex-wife
Rain Pryor - Daughter
Renee Pryor - Daughter
Richard Pryor, Jr. - Son
Shelly Bonus - Ex-wife
Stephen Michael Pryor - Son
Ann Pryor - Daughter
Deborah McGuire - Ex-wife
Richard Pryor Awards:
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Nominee
1974 Grammy: Best Comedy Recording - Winner
1975 Grammy: Best Comedy Recording - Winner
1976 Grammy: Best Comedy Recording - Winner
1981 Grammy: Best Comedy Recording - Winner
1982 Grammy: Best Comedy Recording - Winner
1974 Emmy: Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music - Winner
1973 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety - Nominee
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