Richard Pryor's biography
Richard Pryor is 65 years old television actor born on on Sunday 1st of December 1940. He is often nicknamed as RichieDickieDickRich. According to year of birth 1940 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 1st of December means he is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.He was married 3 times.
He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor, comedian, screenwriter, journalist, autobiographer, television producer. He is recently known as film director.
Richard Pryor's family
Richard Pryor's ex spouses
Jennifer Lee Pryor
Richard Pryor and Jennifer Lee Pryor have been together since 1981 for a year. She is known as actor.
Flynn Belaine
Richard Pryor and Flynn Belaine have been together since 1986 for a year. She is known as actor.
Deborah McGuire
Richard Pryor and Deborah Mcguire have been together since 1977 for a year. She is known as actor. His ex spouse was born on Thursday 31st of July 1952 in Los Angeles.
He has 1 daughter.
Richard Pryor's daughter: Rain Pryor
Richard Pryor's daughter's name is Rain Pryor. She is known as actor. His daughter was born on Wednesday 16th of July 1969 in Los Angeles.
Richard Pryor's schools
We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Peoria High School.
Richard Pryor's career
His main focus is to be television actor. You could see him also in Bicentennial Nigger, Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip, That Nigger's Crazy and many more.
How did Richard Pryor die
He died on on Saturday 10th of December 2005 when he was 65 years old at Encino. Richard Pryors death was caused by heart attack. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Richard Pryor's Awards
- He received award for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for work Bicentennial Nigger in 1976
- He received award for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for work Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip in 1982
- He received award for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for work That Nigger's Crazy in 1974
Richard Pryor's Nominations
- He was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for work Superman III in 1984
What Richard Pryor has done for a first time
- In 1998, he won the first Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
- He was the first black person to host Saturday Night Live (1975).
Richard Pryor's quotes
- You can have a film and have 200 white people working on it, and nobody finds anything wrong with that. But if you insist on having a black crew, all of a sudden there's something wrong.
- [on his job as a boxing gym sparring partner]: I always had to fight the guys who looked like they just killed their parents.
- I live in racist America and I'm uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can't do much better than that.
- I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst. In other words, I had a life.
- It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
- Everyone carries around his own monsters.
- [on the free-basing incident which set him on fire] When you are running down the street.... and you are on fire, people will get out of your way.
- I met the President. We in trouble.
- [on experiencing racism] I was just on the Today (1952) show and they were telling me how wonderful I was and I walk out into the reality of America and I can't get a cab.
- The great comics all have a hole in their chest where their heart should be. Somebody yanked their heart out when they were just kids, and they've been spending their whole lives trying to fill that hole. Or kill the pain. I know that I did.
- Black people got to look at themselves honestly, the same as white people did. And the stuff I talked about helped them do that. They loved it. Probably some sort of relief to both races that they could finally be honest about their shit.
- [observation, 1967] I never thought about not making it. But the 'it' had nothing to do with show business. The 'it' I'm trying to make is me.
- [on what attracted him to Superman III (1983)]: It was really the $4 million.
Richard Pryor's body shape
Lets describe how Richard Pryor looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.