Name
Paul Mooney
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1941-08-04
Deathday
2021-05-19 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Biography
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor, playing singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story and Junebug in Bamboozled, and his appearances on Chappelle's Show.
Known For
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When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an ac...
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As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better l...
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Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches th...
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A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to...
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After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has t...
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Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother ...
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Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard ...
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A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission...
- 1983 Richard Pryor: Here and Now as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009 Good Hair as Self
- 1978 The Buddy Holly Story as Sam
- 2019 I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
- 2002 Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America as Self
- 2010 Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World as Himself
- 2007 Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra as Self
- 2009 Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
- 2012 Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy as As himself
- 1977 Which Way Is Up? as Inspector Caine
- 2001 The Old Settler as Man at Counter
- 1998 High Freakquency
- 1994 Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady as Self
- 1988 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- 2006 Homie Spumoni as George
- 2009 Sombra azul as Janitor
- 1972 FTA as Self
- 1987 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
- 1989 Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
- 1975 Carter's Army as Soldier
- 2016 Meet the Blacks as Klansman
- 2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
- 2014 Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America as Himself
- 2000 Bamboozled as Junebug
- 1994 The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder as Self
- 1987 Hollywood Shuffle as President of NAACP
- 1981 Bustin' Loose as Marvin
- 2010 All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
- 1984 Black Hollywood as Self
- 1993 Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day Massacre as Self
- 1974 Good Times ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Richard Pryor Show ( 5 episodes ) as Floyd
- 1998 Hollywood Squares ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2012 DTLA ( 1 episode ) as Silas
- 2003 Chappelle's Show ( 4 episodes )
- 1996 Full Frontal Comedy ( 2 episodes ) as self
- 1992 The Larry Sanders Show ( 1 episode ) as Clyde
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
