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<span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retrospectives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retrospectives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Retrospectives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retrospectives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portrayals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portrayals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Portrayals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Portrayals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Filmography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Filmography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Filmography</span> </div> </a> <button 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ريتشارد بريور – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريتشارد بريور" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ریچارد پریور – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ریچارد پریور" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B0" title="রিচার্ড প্রায়র – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রিচার্ড প্রায়র" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Ричард Прайър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ричард Прайър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%81" title="Ρίτσαρντ Πράιορ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρίτσαρντ Πράιορ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="ریچارد پرایر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریچارد پرایر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B2%98%EB%93%9C_%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4" title="리처드 프라이어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리처드 프라이어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6%27%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8" title="ריצ'רד פריור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ריצ'רד פריור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ريتشارد بريور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريتشارد بريور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC" title="リチャード・プライヤー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リチャード・プライヤー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Richard Pryor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American comedian and actor (1940–2005)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the stand-up comedian. For the broadcaster and humorist, see <a href="/wiki/Cactus_Pryor" title="Cactus Pryor">Cactus Pryor</a>. For the album, see <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor_(album)" title="Richard Pryor (album)">Richard Pryor (album)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn"><span class="fn">Richard Pryor</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor,_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg/220px-Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg/330px-Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg 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href="/wiki/Black_comedy" title="Black comedy">black comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Improvisational_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Improvisational comedy">improvisational comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Racial_humor" class="mw-redirect" title="Racial humor">racial humor</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject(s)</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_culture" title="African-American culture">African-American culture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/American_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="American politics">American politics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_race_and_ethnic_relations" title="Sociology of race and ethnic relations">race relations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sex</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop culture">pop culture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Self-deprecation" title="Self-deprecation">self-deprecation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">recreational drug use</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output 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Bonus </div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1967; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1969)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Deborah McGuire</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1977; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1978)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Jennifer Lee</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-line-margin3px"></div> <div class="marriage-display-ws"> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2001)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Flynn Belaine</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1986; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1987)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-line-margin3px"></div> <div class="marriage-display-ws"> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1991)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7, including <a href="/wiki/Rain_Pryor" title="Rain Pryor">Rain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relative(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ludacris" title="Ludacris">Ludacris</a> (second cousin once removed)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://richardpryor.com">richardpryor<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr.</b> (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time. Pryor won a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> and five <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received the first <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Center">Kennedy Center</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain_Prize_for_American_Humor" title="Mark Twain Prize for American Humor">Mark Twain Prize for American Humor</a> in 1998. He won the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Award">Writers Guild of America Award</a> in 1974. He was listed at number one on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>'s list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.<sup id="cite_ref-cc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-RS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor's body of work includes numerous <a href="/wiki/Concert_film" title="Concert film">concert films</a> and recordings. He won the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> (1982), and <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Richard Pryor: Here and Now</a></i> (1983). He is also known for <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_%26_Smokin%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'">Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin'</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/Wanted:_Live_in_Concert" title="Wanted: Live in Concert">Wanted: Live in Concert</a></i> (1978), and <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_in_Concert" title="Richard Pryor: Live in Concert">Richard Pryor: Live in Concert</a></i> (1979). Pryor served as a co-writer for the <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> satirical western comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></i> (1974). </p><p>As an actor, he starred mainly in comedies. He gained acclaim for his collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wilder" title="Gene Wilder">Gene Wilder</a>, including the films <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film)" title="Stir Crazy (film)">Stir Crazy</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil_(film)" title="See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)">See No Evil, Hear No Evil</a></i> (1989), and <i><a href="/wiki/Another_You" title="Another You">Another You</a></i> (1991). He also acted in films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night" title="Uptown Saturday Night">Uptown Saturday Night</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(film)" title="Blue Collar (film)">Blue Collar</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_III" title="Superman III">Superman III</a></i> (1983), <i><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Nights" title="Harlem Nights">Harlem Nights</a></i> (1989), and <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Highway_(film)" title="Lost Highway (film)">Lost Highway</a></i> (1997). He appeared as himself on <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> before hosting <i><a href="/wiki/The_Richard_Pryor_Show" title="The Richard Pryor Show">The Richard Pryor Show</a></i> (1977), and <i><a href="/wiki/Pryor%27s_Place" title="Pryor's Place">Pryor's Place</a></i> (1984). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pryor was born on December 1, 1940, in <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>. He grew up in a brothel run by his grandmother, Marie Carter, where his alcoholic mother, Gertrude L. (née Thomas), was a prostitute.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, LeRoy "Buck Carter" Pryor (June 7, 1915 – September 27, 1968), was a former boxer, <a href="/wiki/Hustling" title="Hustling">hustler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pimp" class="mw-redirect" title="Pimp">pimp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Gertrude abandoned him when he was 10, Pryor was raised primarily by Marie,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a tall, violent woman who would beat him for any of his eccentricities. Pryor was one of four children raised in his grandmother's brothel. He was <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">sexually abused</a> at age seven,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and expelled from school at the age of 14.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Yorker_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Yorker-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor served in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> from 1958 to 1960, but spent virtually the entire stint in an army prison. According to a 1999 profile article about Pryor in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, Pryor was incarcerated for an incident that occurred while he was stationed in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>. Angered that a white soldier was overly amused at the racially charged scenes of <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Sirk" title="Douglas Sirk">Douglas Sirk</a>'s film <i><a href="/wiki/Imitation_of_Life_(1959_film)" title="Imitation of Life (1959 film)">Imitation of Life</a></i>, Pryor and several other black soldiers beat and stabbed him, although the soldier survived.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Yorker_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Yorker-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of Henry Brown Lodge No. 22 in Peoria, where he became a <a href="/wiki/Prince_Hall_Freemason" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Hall Freemason">Prince Hall Freemason</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1963–1969:_Early_performances"><span id="1963.E2.80.931969:_Early_performances"></span>1963–1969: Early performances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1963–1969: Early performances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG/170px-Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG/255px-Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG/340px-Richard_Pryor_1969.JPG 2x" data-file-width="753" data-file-height="885" /></a><figcaption>Publicity photo of Pryor for one of his <a href="/wiki/Mister_Kelly%27s" title="Mister Kelly's">Mister Kelly's</a> appearances, 1968–1969</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1963, Pryor moved to New York City and began performing regularly in clubs alongside performers such as <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>. On one of his first nights, he opened for singer and pianist <a href="/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a> at New York's <a href="/wiki/Village_Gate" title="Village Gate">Village Gate</a>. Simone recalls Pryor's bout of <a href="/wiki/Performance_anxiety" class="mw-redirect" title="Performance anxiety">performance anxiety</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He shook like he had <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a>, he was so nervous. I couldn't bear to watch him shiver, so I put my arms around him there in the dark and rocked him like a baby until he calmed down. The next night was the same, and the next, and I rocked him each time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Inspired by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a>, Pryor began as a <a href="/wiki/Middlebrow" title="Middlebrow">middlebrow</a> comic, with material less controversial than what was to come. He began appearing regularly on television <a href="/wiki/Variety_shows" class="mw-redirect" title="Variety shows">variety shows</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">The Ed Sullivan Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show" title="The Merv Griffin Show">The Merv Griffin Show</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson</a></i>. His popularity led to success as a comic in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>. The first five tracks on the 2005 compilation CD <i><a href="/wiki/Evolution/Revolution:_The_Early_Years_(1966%E2%80%931974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)">Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)</a></i>, recorded in 1966 and 1967, capture Pryor in this period. In 1966, Pryor was a guest star on an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a></i>. </p><p>In September 1967, Pryor had what he described in his autobiography <i><a href="/wiki/Pryor_Convictions" title="Pryor Convictions">Pryor Convictions</a></i> (1995) as an "<a href="/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling)" title="Epiphany (feeling)">epiphany</a>". He walked onto the stage at the <a href="/wiki/Aladdin_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Aladdin Hotel">Aladdin Hotel</a> in Las Vegas (with <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a> in the audience), looked at the sold-out crowd, exclaimed over the microphone, "What the fuck am I doing here!?", and walked off the stage. Afterward, Pryor began working profanity into his act, including the word <i><a href="/wiki/Nigger" title="Nigger">nigger</a></i>. His first comedy recording, the 1968 debut <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor_(album)" title="Richard Pryor (album)">Richard Pryor</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Dove/Reprise</a> label, captures this particular period, tracking the evolution of Pryor's routine. His parents died—his mother in 1967 and his father in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, Pryor moved to <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>, where he immersed himself in the <a href="/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">counterculture</a> and met people like <a href="/wiki/Huey_P._Newton" title="Huey P. Newton">Huey P. Newton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ishmael_Reed" title="Ishmael Reed">Ishmael Reed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970–1979:_Breakthrough_and_acclaim"><span id="1970.E2.80.931979:_Breakthrough_and_acclaim"></span>1970–1979: Breakthrough and acclaim</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970–1979: Breakthrough and acclaim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg/220px-Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg/330px-Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg/440px-Alan_Alda_Lily_Tomlin_Richard_Pryor_1973.jpg 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Pryor performed in the <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> specials. He is seen here with Tomlin and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a> in Tomlin's 1973 special.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1970s, Pryor wrote for television shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Sanford_and_Son" title="Sanford and Son">Sanford and Son</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flip_Wilson_Show" title="The Flip Wilson Show">The Flip Wilson Show</a></i>, and a 1973 <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> special, for which he shared an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, Pryor tried to break into mainstream television. He appeared in several films, including <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Sings_the_Blues_(film)" title="Lady Sings the Blues (film)">Lady Sings the Blues</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mack" title="The Mack">The Mack</a></i> (1973), <i><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night" title="Uptown Saturday Night">Uptown Saturday Night</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Car_Wash_(film)" title="Car Wash (film)">Car Wash</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bingo_Long_Traveling_All-Stars_%26_Motor_Kings" title="The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings">The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Which_Way_Is_Up%3F" title="Which Way Is Up?">Which Way Is Up?</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/Greased_Lightning_(1977_film)" title="Greased Lightning (1977 film)">Greased Lightning</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(film)" title="Blue Collar (film)">Blue Collar</a></i> (1978), and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie" title="The Muppet Movie">The Muppet Movie</a></i> (1979). </p><p>Pryor signed with the comedy-oriented independent record label <a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> in 1970,<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard1971-01-09_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard1971-01-09-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1971 recorded his second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Craps_(After_Hours)" title="Craps (After Hours)">Craps (After Hours)</a></i>. Two years later Pryor, still relatively unknown, appeared in the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Wattstax" title="Wattstax">Wattstax</a></i> (1972), wherein he riffed on the tragic-comic absurdities of <a href="/wiki/Race_relations" title="Race relations">race relations</a> in <a href="/wiki/Watts,_Los_Angeles" title="Watts, Los Angeles">Watts</a> and the United States. Not long afterward, Pryor sought a deal with a larger label, and he signed with <a href="/wiki/Stax_Records" title="Stax Records">Stax Records</a> in 1973. When his third breakthrough album <i><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a></i> (1974) was released, Laff, which claimed ownership of Pryor's recording rights, almost succeeded in getting an <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> to prevent the album from being sold. Negotiations led to Pryor's release from his Laff contract. In return for this concession, Laff was enabled to release previously unissued material, recorded between 1968 and 1973, at will. <i>That Nigger's Crazy</i> was a commercial and critical success; it was eventually certified gold by the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album">Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1975_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 Grammy Awards">1975 Grammy Awards</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg/170px-Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg/255px-Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg/340px-Richard_Pryor_at_SJSU_1974.jpg 2x" data-file-width="829" data-file-height="726" /></a><figcaption>Pryor performing in 1974</figcaption></figure> <p>During the legal battle, Stax briefly closed its doors. At this time, Pryor returned to <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a>/<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>, which re-released <i>That Nigger's Crazy</i>, immediately after <i><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a></i>, his first album with his new label. Like <i>That Nigger's Crazy</i>, the album was a critical success; it was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA and won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording at the 1976 Grammy Awards. </p><p>Pryor's 1976 release <i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a></i> continued his streak of success. It became his third consecutive gold album, and he collected his third consecutive Grammy for Best Comedy Recording for the album in 1977. With every successful album Pryor recorded for Warner (or later, his concert films and his 1980 <a href="/wiki/Freebasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Freebasing">freebasing</a> accident), Laff published an album of older material to capitalize on Pryor's growing fame—a practice they continued until 1983. The covers of Laff albums tied in thematically with Pryor films, such as <i>Are You Serious?</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> (1976), <i>The Wizard of Comedy</i> for his appearance in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> (1978), and <i>Insane</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film)" title="Stir Crazy (film)">Stir Crazy</a></i> (1980).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor co-wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></i> (1974), directed by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Gene_Wilder" title="Gene Wilder">Gene Wilder</a>. Pryor was to play the lead role of Bart, but Mel Brooks didn't want to share credit with the quickly-rising comic. Brooks has always maintained Warner Brothers' executives vetoed Pryor's casting, but no studio executive has ever corroborated this claim. It was only after Pryor's passing (in 2005), Brooks' began insisting the comic was "uninsurable" because of a "drug arrest;"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but to-date, no studio executive (employed at Warner Brothers during this era), has ever gone <a href="/wiki/On-the-record" class="mw-redirect" title="On-the-record">on the record</a> to corroborate Brooks' assertions—either the director's vigorously advocating or the studio's absolute rejection (for hiring Pryor to act in <i>Blazing Saddles</i>). According to director <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schultz" title="Michael Schultz">Michael Shultz</a>, "Richard wrote it and Mel Brooks chased him out," Shultz said at the time (during the film's theatrical exhibition). "Mel Brooks was trying to get total credit for the picture. . . . To be outmaneuvered and ripped off at that early stage in his career is something that's a little hard for him to get over. I'd feel the same way." Moreover, Brooks assured Pryor the role of Sheriff Bart was his, but after Pryor departed the director's writer's suite, he never heard from Brooks again. In early-1972, Pryor was reportedly dumbfounded when he had to first learn from <a href="/wiki/Cleavon_Little" title="Cleavon Little">Cleavon Little</a> that Mel Brooks wasn't going to use him on-screen.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg/240px-Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg/360px-Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg/480px-Richard_Pryor_and_Lou_Gossett_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2944" data-file-height="1972" /></a><figcaption>Pryor with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gossett_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Lou Gossett Jr.">Lou Gossett Jr.</a> in 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1975, Pryor was a guest host on the <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_1)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 1)">first season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> (<i>SNL</i>), making him the first black host. Pryor's longtime girlfriend, actress and talk-show host Kathrine McKee (sister of <a href="/wiki/Lonette_McKee" title="Lonette McKee">Lonette McKee</a>), made a brief guest appearance with Pryor on <i>SNL</i>. One of the highlights of the night was the controversial <a href="/wiki/Word_Association_(Saturday_Night_Live)" title="Word Association (Saturday Night Live)">"word association" skit</a> with <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would later do his own variety show, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Richard_Pryor_Show" title="The Richard Pryor Show">The Richard Pryor Show</a></i>, which premiered on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> in 1977. The show was cancelled after only four episodes probably because television audiences did not respond well to his show's controversial subject matter, and Pryor was unwilling to alter his material for network censors. He later said, "They offered me ten episodes, but I said all I wanted to in four." During the short-lived series, <a href="/wiki/Black_president_in_popular_culture_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black president in popular culture (United States)">he portrayed the first black</a> President of the United States, spoofed the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Mos_Eisley" title="Mos Eisley">Mos Eisley</a> cantina, examined <a href="/wiki/Gun_violence" title="Gun violence">gun violence</a> in a non-comedy skit, lampooned racism on the sinking <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">Titanic</a></i> and used costumes and visual distortion to appear nude.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1979, at the height of his success, Pryor visited <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. Upon returning to the United States from Africa, Pryor swore he would never use the word "<a href="/wiki/Nigger" title="Nigger">nigger</a>" in his stand-up comedy routine again.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1989:_Established_career"><span id="1980.E2.80.931989:_Established_career"></span>1980–1989: Established career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980–1989: Established career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1980, Pryor became the first black actor to earn a million dollars for a single film when he was hired to star in <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film)" title="Stir Crazy (film)">Stir Crazy</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 9, 1980, while on a <a href="/wiki/Free_base#Freebasing" title="Free base">freebasing</a> binge during the making of the film,<sup id="cite_ref-nytdayafter_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytdayafter-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor doused himself in rum and set himself on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor incorporated a description of the incident into his comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> (1982). He joked that the event was caused by dunking a cookie into a glass of low-fat and <a href="/wiki/Pasteurized" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasteurized">pasteurized</a> milk, causing an explosion. At the end of the bit, he poked fun at people who told jokes about it by waving a lit match and saying, "What's that? Richard Pryor running down the street." </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_(1986)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="695" /></a><figcaption>Pryor in 1986</figcaption></figure> <p>Before the freebasing incident, Pryor was about to start filming Mel Brooks' <i><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_World,_Part_I" title="History of the World, Part I">History of the World, Part I</a></i> (1981), but was replaced at the last minute by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Hines" title="Gregory Hines">Gregory Hines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, Pryor was scheduled for an appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i> at that time, which forced the producers to cast their British writer, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Langham" title="Chris Langham">Chris Langham</a>, as the guest star for that episode instead.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his "final performance", Pryor did not stay away from stand-up comedy for long. Within a year, he filmed and released a new concert film and accompanying album, <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Richard Pryor: Here and Now</a></i> (1983), which he directed himself. He wrote and directed a fictionalized account of his life, <i><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_Dancer,_Your_Life_Is_Calling" title="Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling">Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling</a></i>, which was inspired by the 1980 freebasing incident.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1983 Pryor signed a five-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a> for $40 million and he started his own production company, Indigo Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCobit_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCobit-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Softer, more formulaic films followed, including <i><a href="/wiki/Superman_III" title="Superman III">Superman III</a></i> (1983), which earned Pryor $4 million, <i><a href="/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film)" title="Brewster's Millions (1985 film)">Brewster's Millions</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Moving_(1988_film)" title="Moving (1988 film)">Moving</a></i> (1988), and <i><a href="/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil_(film)" title="See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)">See No Evil, Hear No Evil</a></i> (1989). The only film project from this period that recalled his rough roots was Pryor's semiautobiographic debut as a writer-director, <i>Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling</i>, which was not a major success. Pryor was also originally considered for the role of Billy Ray Valentine on <i><a href="/wiki/Trading_Places" title="Trading Places">Trading Places</a></i> (1983), before <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> won the part.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite his reputation for constantly using profanity on and off camera, Pryor briefly hosted a children's show on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/Pryor%27s_Place" title="Pryor's Place">Pryor's Place</a></i> (1984). Like <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> (where Pryor appeared in a few oft-repeated segments), <i>Pryor's Place</i> featured a cast of puppets (animated by <a href="/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft" title="Sid and Marty Krofft">Sid and Marty Krofft</a>), hanging out and having fun in a friendly inner-city environment along with several children and characters portrayed by Pryor himself. Its theme song was performed by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Parker_Jr." title="Ray Parker Jr.">Ray Parker Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Pryor's Place</i> frequently dealt with more sobering issues than <i>Sesame Street</i>. It was cancelled shortly after its debut.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_(1986)_(cropped)-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Richard_Pryor_%281986%29_%28cropped%29-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="177" height="237" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="237" /></a><figcaption>Pryor in February 1986</figcaption></figure> <p>Pryor co-hosted the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> twice - the <a href="/wiki/49th_Academy_Awards" title="49th Academy Awards">49th Academy Awards</a> in 1977 with <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> and again at the <a href="/wiki/55th_Academy_Awards" title="55th Academy Awards">55th Academy Awards</a> in 1983 alongside <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Matthau" title="Walter Matthau">Walter Matthau</a>. He was also nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series</a> on the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Hope" title="Chicago Hope">Chicago Hope</a></i>. Network censors had warned Pryor about his profanity for the Academy Awards, and after a slip early in the program, a five-second delay was instituted when returning from a commercial break. Pryor is one of only three <i>Saturday Night Live</i> hosts to be subjected to a five-second delay (along with <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kinison" title="Sam Kinison">Sam Kinison</a> in 1986 and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dice_Clay" title="Andrew Dice Clay">Andrew Dice Clay</a> in 1990).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor developed a reputation for being demanding and disrespectful on film sets, and for making selfish and difficult requests. In his autobiography <i>Kiss Me Like a Stranger</i>, co-star Gene Wilder says that Pryor was frequently late to the set during filming of <i>Stir Crazy</i>, and that he demanded, among other things, a helicopter to fly him to and from set because he was the star. Pryor was accused of using allegations of on-set racism to force the hand of film producers into giving him more money: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>One day during our lunch hour in the last week of filming, the <a href="/wiki/Craft_service" title="Craft service">craft service</a> man handed out slices of watermelon to each of us. Richard, the whole camera crew, and I sat together in a big sound studio eating a number of watermelon slices, talking and joking. As a gag, some members of the crew used a piece of watermelon as a Frisbee, and tossed it back and forth to each other. One piece of watermelon landed at Richard's feet. He got up and went home. Filming stopped. The next day, Richard announced that he knew very well what the significance of watermelon was. He said that he was quitting show business and would not return to this film. The day after that, Richard walked in, all smiles. I wasn't privy to all the negotiations that went on between Columbia and Richard's lawyers, but the camera operator who had thrown that errant piece of watermelon had been fired that day. I assume now that Richard was using drugs during <i>Stir Crazy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Pryor appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Nights" title="Harlem Nights">Harlem Nights</a></i> (1989), a comedy-drama crime film starring three generations of black comedians (Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and <a href="/wiki/Redd_Foxx" title="Redd Foxx">Redd Foxx</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–2004:_Later_years_and_final_works"><span id="1990.E2.80.932004:_Later_years_and_final_works"></span>1990–2004: Later years and final works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990–2004: Later years and final works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his later years starting in the mid-1990s, Pryor used a power-operated <a href="/wiki/Mobility_scooter" title="Mobility scooter">mobility scooter</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a> (MS).<sup id="cite_ref-Flamm_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flamm-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He often said that MS stood for "More Shit".<sup id="cite_ref-Sullivan_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sullivan-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appears on the scooter in his last film appearance, a small role in <a href="/wiki/David_Lynch" title="David Lynch">David Lynch</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Highway_(film)" title="Lost Highway (film)">Lost Highway</a></i> (1997) playing an auto-repair garage manager named Arnie.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino Records</a> remastered all of Pryor's Reprise and WB albums for inclusion in the box set <i><a href="/wiki/...And_It%27s_Deep_Too!" title="...And It's Deep Too!">... And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992)</a></i> (2000).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In December 1999, Pryor appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Cold_open" title="Cold open">cold open</a> of an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Norm_Show" title="The Norm Show">The Norm Show</a></i> entitled "Norm vs. The Boxer". He played Mr. Johnson, an elderly man in a wheelchair who has lost the rights to in-home nursing when he kept attacking the nurses before attacking Norm himself. This was his last television appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Pryor and Jennifer Lee Pryor, his wife and manager, won legal rights to all the Laff material, which amounted to almost 40 hours of reel-to-reel analog tape. After going through the tapes and getting Richard's blessing, Jennifer Lee Pryor gave Rhino Records access to the tapes in 2004. These tapes, including the entire <i>Craps (After Hours)</i> album, form the basis of the February 1, 2005, double-CD release <i><a href="/wiki/Evolution/Revolution:_The_Early_Years_(1966%E2%80%931974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)">Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influences">Influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pryor's influences included <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Gleason" title="Jackie Gleason">Jackie Gleason</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Red_Skelton" title="Red Skelton">Red Skelton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello" title="Abbott and Costello">Abbott and Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Benny" title="Jack Benny">Jack Benny</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-JenniferLee_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenniferLee-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gregory" title="Dick Gregory">Dick Gregory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Redd_Foxx" title="Redd Foxx">Redd Foxx</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Bruce" title="Lenny Bruce">Lenny Bruce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pryor met actress <a href="/wiki/Pam_Grier" title="Pam Grier">Pam Grier</a> through comedian <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Prinze" title="Freddie Prinze">Freddie Prinze</a>. They began dating when they were both cast in <i><a href="/wiki/Greased_Lightning_(1977_film)" title="Greased Lightning (1977 film)">Greased Lightning</a></i> (1977).<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grier helped Pryor learn to read and tried to help him with his drug addiction.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor married another woman while dating Grier.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor dated actress <a href="/wiki/Margot_Kidder" title="Margot Kidder">Margot Kidder</a> during the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Some_Kind_of_Hero" title="Some Kind of Hero">Some Kind of Hero</a></i> (1982). Kidder stated that she "fell in love with Pryor in two seconds flat" after they first met.<sup id="cite_ref-Rabin_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rabin-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriages_and_family">Marriages and family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Marriages and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pryor was married seven times to five women:<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Yorker_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Yorker-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Patricia Price, to whom he was married 1960–1961.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shelley Bonus, to whom he was married 1967–1969.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Deborah McGuire, an aspiring model and actress whom he married on September 22, 1977. They dated on and off for four years prior to their marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They separated in January 1978, and their divorce was finalized in August 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jennifer Lee, an actress and interior designer whom Pryor had hired to decorate his home.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in August 1981, and divorced in October 1982 due to his drug addiction. They remarried on June 29, 2001, and remained married until Pryor's death in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Flynn Belaine, an aspiring actress whom he married in October 1986. They met when Pryor was performing in Washington, D.C., in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two months after they married, Pryor filed for divorce, but withdrew the petition the same day. A week later he filed for divorce again.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their divorce was finalized in July 1987. They remarried on April 1, 1990, but divorced again in July 1991.</li></ol> <p><b> Children </b> </p><p>Pryor had seven children with six different women:<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Yorker_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Yorker-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Renee Pryor, born July 20, 1957; from Pryor's girlfriend named Susan, when Pryor was 16.</li> <li>Richard Pryor Jr., born April 10, 1962; from Pryor's first wife Patricia Price.</li> <li>Elizabeth Anne, born April 24, 1967; from Pryor's girlfriend Maxine Anderson.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rain_Pryor" title="Rain Pryor">Rain Pryor</a>, born July 16, 1969; from Pryor's second wife Shelley Bonus.</li> <li>Steven, born November 14, 1984; from Flynn Belaine, who later became Pryor's fifth wife.</li> <li>Franklin, born April 29, 1987; from Pryor's girlfriend Geraldine Mason.</li> <li>Kelsey, born October 25, 1987; from Pryor's fifth wife Flynn Belaine.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexuality">Sexuality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sexuality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nine years after Pryor's death, in 2014, the biographical book <i>Becoming Richard Pryor</i> by Scott Saul stated that Pryor "acknowledged his <a href="/wiki/Bisexuality" title="Bisexuality">bisexuality</a>";<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in 2018, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> and Pryor's widow Jennifer Lee stated that Pryor had a sexual relationship with actor <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a>, and that Pryor was open with his friends about his bisexuality and the fact that he slept with men.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor's daughter Rain later disputed the claim,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to which Lee stated that Rain was in denial about her father's bisexuality.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee later told the Hollywood entertainment television series <i><a href="/wiki/TMZ_on_TV" title="TMZ on TV">TMZ on TV</a></i> that, "it was the '70s! Drugs were still good...<span class="nowrap"> </span>If you did enough cocaine, you'd fuck a radiator and send it flowers in the morning."<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gooden2019_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gooden2019-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his autobiography <i><a href="/wiki/Pryor_Convictions" title="Pryor Convictions">Pryor Convictions</a></i>, Pryor talked about having a two-week relationship with Mitrasha, a <a href="/wiki/Trans_woman" title="Trans woman">trans woman</a>, which he called "two weeks of being gay".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his first special, <i><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Smokin%27" title="Live & Smokin'">Live & Smokin'</a></i>, Pryor discusses performing fellatio. He also said in the special, and in 1977 at a gay rights show at the Hollywood Bowl, "I have sucked a dick."<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Substance_abuse">Substance abuse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Substance abuse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some sources (including Pryor himself) say that late in the evening of June 9, 1980, Pryor poured 151-proof <a href="/wiki/Rum" title="Rum">rum</a> all over himself and lit himself on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other sources (including the Los Angeles police) say that what burned him that night was an explosion that happened while he was <a href="/wiki/Freebasing" class="mw-redirect" title="Freebasing">freebasing</a> <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytdayafter_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytdayafter-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he was still burning, he ran down Parthenia Street from his Los Angeles home until he was subdued by police. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for second- and third-degree burns covering more than half of his body.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pryor spent six weeks in recovery at the Grossman Burn Center at <a href="/wiki/Sherman_Oaks_Hospital" title="Sherman Oaks Hospital">Sherman Oaks Hospital</a> in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter <a href="/wiki/Rain_Pryor" title="Rain Pryor">Rain</a> stated that the incident happened as a result of a bout of drug-induced <a href="/wiki/Psychosis" title="Psychosis">psychosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor's widow Jennifer Lee recalled when he began freebasing cocaine: "After two weeks of watching him getting addicted to this stuff I moved out. It was clear the drug had moved in and it had become his lover and everything. I did not exist."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_problems">Health problems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Health problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1977, after many years of heavy smoking and drinking, Pryor had a mild heart attack at age 36.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recovered and resumed performing in January the following year. In 1986, he was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, Pryor had a second heart attack while in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He underwent triple <a href="/wiki/Heart_bypass" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart bypass">heart bypass</a> surgery in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2004, his sister said he had lost his voice as a result of his multiple sclerosis. However, on January 9, 2005, Pryor's wife, Jennifer Lee, rebutted this statement in a post on Pryor's official website, citing Richard as saying: "I'm sick of hearing this shit about me not talking ... not true ... I have good days, bad days ... but I still am a talkin' motherfucker!"<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the morning of December 10, 2005, Pryor had a third and final heart attack at his house in Los Angeles. After his wife's failed attempts to resuscitate him, he was taken to a local Westside hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:58 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a>. His widow Jennifer was quoted as saying, "At the end, there was a smile on his face."<sup id="cite_ref-BBCobit_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCobit-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was <a href="/wiki/Cremated" class="mw-redirect" title="Cremated">cremated</a>, and his ashes were given to his family.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His ashes were scattered in the bay at <a href="/wiki/Hana,_Hawaii" title="Hana, Hawaii">Hana, Hawaii</a>, by his widow in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forensic pathologist <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hunter_(forensic_pathologist)" title="Michael Hunter (forensic pathologist)">Michael Hunter</a> believes Pryor's fatal heart attack was caused by <a href="/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease" title="Coronary artery disease">coronary artery disease</a> that was at least partially brought about by years of tobacco smoking.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg/220px-Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg/330px-Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg/440px-Richard_Pryor_Hollywood_star_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Pryor's star at the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>, covered with items left by fans</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld" title="Jerry Seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a> called Pryor "the <a href="/wiki/Picasso" class="mw-redirect" title="Picasso">Picasso</a> of our profession"<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Newhart" title="Bob Newhart">Bob Newhart</a> heralded Pryor as "the seminal comedian of the last 50 years".<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> said of Pryor, "You know those, like, evolution charts of man? He was the dude walking upright. Richard was the highest evolution of comedy."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This legacy can be attributed, in part, to the unusual degree of intimacy Pryor brought to bear on his comedy. As <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> reportedly once said, "Richard Pryor drew the line between comedy and tragedy as thin as one could possibly paint it."<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Richard_Pryor" title="List of awards and nominations received by Richard Pryor">List of awards and nominations received by Richard Pryor</a></div> <p>In 1998, Pryor won the first <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain_Prize_for_American_Humor" title="Mark Twain Prize for American Humor">Mark Twain Prize for American Humor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to former Kennedy Center President Lawrence J. Wilker, Pryor was selected as the first recipient of the Prize because:<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>as a stand-up comic, writer, and actor, he struck a chord, and a nerve, with America, forcing it to look at large social questions of race and the more tragicomic aspects of the human condition. Though uncompromising in his wit, Pryor, like <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Twain</a>, projects a generosity of spirit that unites us. They were both trenchant social critics who spoke the truth, however outrageous.</p></blockquote><p>In 2004, Pryor was voted number one on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>'s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-cc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2005 British poll to find "The Comedian's Comedian", Pryor was voted the 10th-greatest comedy act ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pryor was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The animal rights organization <a href="/wiki/PETA" class="mw-redirect" title="PETA">PETA</a> gives out an award in Pryor's name to people who have done outstanding work to alleviate animal suffering. Pryor was active in animal rights and was deeply concerned about the plight of elephants in circuses and zoos.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1999, he was awarded a Humanitarian Award by the group,<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and worked with them on campaigns against the treatment of birds by <a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">KFC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Artist <a href="/wiki/Preston_Eugene_Jackson" title="Preston Eugene Jackson">Preston Jackson</a> created a life-sized bronze statue in dedication to the beloved comedian and named it <i>Richard Pryor: More than Just a Comedian</i>. It was placed at the corner of State and Washington Streets in downtown Peoria, on May 1, 2015, close to the neighborhood in which he grew up with his mother. The unveiling was held Sunday, May 3, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> special released in May 2022, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hall:_Honoring_the_Greats_of_Stand-Up" title="The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up">The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up</a></i> inducted Richard Pryor into the <a href="/wiki/National_Comedy_Center" title="National Comedy Center">National Comedy Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_New_York" title="Jamestown, New York">Jamestown, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retrospectives">Retrospectives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Retrospectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2002, a television documentary entitled <i>The Funny Life of Richard Pryor</i> depicted Pryor's life and career.<sup id="cite_ref-explore.bfi.org.uk_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-explore.bfi.org.uk-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broadcast in the UK as part of the <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> series <i>Kings of Black Comedy</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-oftv.co.uk_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oftv.co.uk-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-highbeam.com_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-highbeam.com-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was produced, directed and narrated by <a href="/wiki/David_Upshal" title="David Upshal">David Upshal</a><sup id="cite_ref-explore.bfi.org.uk_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-explore.bfi.org.uk-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and featured rare clips from Pryor's 1960s stand-up appearances and films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(film)" title="Blue Collar (film)">Blue Collar</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_in_Concert" title="Richard Pryor: Live in Concert">Richard Pryor: Live in Concert</a></i> (1978), and <i><a href="/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film)" title="Stir Crazy (film)">Stir Crazy</a></i> (1980). Contributors included <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ice-T" title="Ice-T">Ice-T</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mooney_(comedian)" title="Paul Mooney (comedian)">Paul Mooney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>. The show tracked down the two cops who had rescued Pryor from his "freebasing incident", former managers, and even school friends from Pryor's home town of <a href="/wiki/Peoria,_Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois">Peoria, Illinois</a>. In the US, the show went out as part of the <i>Heroes of Black Comedy</i><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31.15.137.154_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31.15.137.154-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> series on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>, narrated by <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A television documentary, <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_I_Ain%27t_Dead_Yet" title="Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet">Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet</a>,#*%$#@!!</i> (2003) consisted of archival footage of Pryor's performances and testimonials from fellow comedians, including <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denis_Leary" title="Denis Leary">Denis Leary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Sykes" title="Wanda Sykes">Wanda Sykes</a>, on Pryor's influence on comedy. </p><p>On December 19, 2005, <a href="/wiki/BET" title="BET">BET</a> aired a Pryor special, titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Funniest_Man_Dead_or_Alive" title="The Funniest Man Dead or Alive">The Funniest Man Dead or Alive</a></i>. It included commentary from fellow comedians, and insight into his upbringing.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A retrospective of Pryor's film work, concentrating on the 1970s, titled <i>A Pryor Engagement</i>, opened at <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Academy_of_Music" title="Brooklyn Academy of Music">Brooklyn Academy of Music</a> Cinemas for a two-week run in February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several prolific comedians who have claimed Pryor as an influence include <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Attell" title="Dave Attell">Dave Attell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Lawrence" title="Martin Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Quinn" title="Colin Quinn">Colin Quinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrice_O%27Neal" title="Patrice O'Neal">Patrice O'Neal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hicks" title="Bill Hicks">Bill Hicks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld" title="Jerry Seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Burr" title="Bill Burr">Bill Burr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Diaz" title="Joey Diaz">Joey Diaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Izzard" title="Eddie Izzard">Eddie Izzard</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On May 31, 2013, <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Showtime (TV channel)">Showtime</a> debuted the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Omit_the_Logic" title="Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic">Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic</a></i> directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Marina_Zenovich" title="Marina Zenovich">Marina Zenovich</a>. The executive producers were Pryor's widow Jennifer Lee Pryor and Roy Ackerman. Interviewees included Dave Chappelle, <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, George Lopez, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor Jr., Lily Tomlin, and <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-imdb.com_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imdb.com-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 12, 2019, Paramount Network debuted the documentary <i>I Am Richard Pryor</i>, directed by Jesse James Miller. The film included appearances by <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Bernhard" title="Sandra Bernhard">Sandra Bernhard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Epps" title="Mike Epps">Mike Epps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howie_Mandel" title="Howie Mandel">Howie Mandel</a>, and Pryor's ex-wife, Jennifer Lee Pryor, among others. Jennifer Lee served as an executive producer on the film.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the episode "Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip"<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2012), the voice of Richard Pryor is played by Eddie Griffin in the <a href="/wiki/Satirical" class="mw-redirect" title="Satirical">satirical</a> TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Dynamite_(TV_series)" title="Black Dynamite (TV series)">Black Dynamite</a></i>. </p><p>A planned biopic, entitled <i>Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?</i>, was being produced by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Sandler" title="Adam Sandler">Adam Sandler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film would have starred <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Wayans" title="Marlon Wayans">Marlon Wayans</a> as the young Pryor.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other actors previously attached include <a href="/wiki/Mike_Epps" title="Mike Epps">Mike Epps</a> and Eddie Murphy. The film would have been directed by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Condon" title="Bill Condon">Bill Condon</a> and was still in development with no release date, as of February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The biopic remained in limbo, and went through several producers until it was announced in January 2014 that it was being backed by <a href="/wiki/The_Weinstein_Company" title="The Weinstein Company">The Weinstein Company</a> with <a href="/wiki/Lee_Daniels" title="Lee Daniels">Lee Daniels</a> as director.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was further announced, in August 2014, that the biopic will have <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> as producer and will star <a href="/wiki/Mike_Epps" title="Mike Epps">Mike Epps</a> as Pryor.<sup id="cite_ref-Pryor_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pryor-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is portrayed by Brandon Ford Green in Season 1 Episode 4 "Sugar and Spice" of <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Dying_Up_Here" title="I'm Dying Up Here">I'm Dying Up Here</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Epic_Rap_Battles_of_History" title="Epic Rap Battles of History">Epic Rap Battles of History</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> vs. Richard Pryor", Pryor was portrayed by American rapper Zeale.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Busy_Body_(film)" title="The Busy Body (film)">The Busy Body</a></i> </td> <td>Lt. Whitaker </td> <td>Film debut </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_in_the_Streets" title="Wild in the Streets">Wild in the Streets</a></i> </td> <td>Stanley X </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Fairy_Tales" title="Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales">Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales</a></i> </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Also writer; uncompleted/unreleased </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carter%27s_Army" title="Carter's Army">Carter's Army</a></i> </td> <td>Pvt. Jonathan Crunk </td> <td>TV film </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Phynx" title="The Phynx">The Phynx</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Cameo </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_to_Walk_It_Like_You_Talk_It_or_You%27ll_Lose_That_Beat" title="You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat">You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat</a></i> </td> <td>Wino </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Smokin%27" title="Live & Smokin'">Live & Smokin'</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td>Stand-up film; also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dynamite_Chicken" title="Dynamite Chicken">Dynamite Chicken</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Sings_the_Blues_(film)" title="Lady Sings the Blues (film)">Lady Sings the Blues</a></i> </td> <td>Piano Man </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mack" title="The Mack">The Mack</a></i> </td> <td>Slim </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Call_It_Loving" title="Some Call It Loving">Some Call It Loving</a></i> </td> <td>Jeff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hit!" title="Hit!">Hit!</a></i> </td> <td>Mike Willmer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wattstax" title="Wattstax">Wattstax</a></i> </td> <td>Himself / Host </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Co-writer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night" title="Uptown Saturday Night">Uptown Saturday Night</a></i> </td> <td>Sharp Eye Washington </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adios_Amigo_(1976_film)" title="Adios Amigo (1976 film)">Adiós Amigo</a></i> </td> <td>Sam Spade </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bingo_Long_Traveling_All-Stars_%26_Motor_Kings" title="The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings">The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings</a></i> </td> <td>Charlie Snow, All-Star (RF) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Car_Wash_(film)" title="Car Wash (film)">Car Wash</a></i> </td> <td>Daddy Rich </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> </td> <td>Grover T. Muldoon </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Greased_Lightning_(1977_film)" title="Greased Lightning (1977 film)">Greased Lightning</a></i> </td> <td>Wendell Scott </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Which_Way_Is_Up%3F" title="Which Way Is Up?">Which Way Is Up?</a></i> </td> <td>Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Reverend Lenox Thomas </td> <td>Triple roles </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Collar_(film)" title="Blue Collar (film)">Blue Collar</a></i> </td> <td>Zeke Brown </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wizard_of_Oz_(character)" title="Wizard of Oz (character)">Herman Smith (The Wiz)</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Chauncey Gump </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_in_Concert" title="Richard Pryor: Live in Concert">Richard Pryor: Live in Concert</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Stand-up film; also writer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Movie" title="The Muppet Movie">The Muppet Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Balloon Vendor </td> <td>Cameo </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wholly_Moses!" title="Wholly Moses!">Wholly Moses!</a></i> </td> <td>Pharaoh </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_God_We_Tru$t" class="mw-redirect" title="In God We Tru$t">In God We Tru$t</a></i> </td> <td>G.O.D. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(film)" title="Stir Crazy (film)">Stir Crazy</a></i> </td> <td>Harold "Harry" Monroe </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bustin%27_Loose_(film)" title="Bustin' Loose (film)">Bustin' Loose</a></i> </td> <td>Joe Braxton </td> <td>Also producer and writer (story) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip_(film)" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)">Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Stand-up film; also producer and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Kind_of_Hero" title="Some Kind of Hero">Some Kind of Hero</a></i> </td> <td>Eddie Keller </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Toy_(1982_film)" title="The Toy (1982 film)">The Toy</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Brown </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_III" title="Superman III">Superman III</a></i> </td> <td>August "Gus" Gorman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Richard Pryor: Here and Now</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Stand-up film; also director and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film)" title="Brewster's Millions (1985 film)">Brewster's Millions</a></i> </td> <td>Montgomery "Monty" Brewster </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_Dancer,_Your_Life_Is_Calling" title="Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling">Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling</a></i> </td> <td>Jo Jo Dancer </td> <td>Also director, producer and writer </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Critical_Condition_(film)" title="Critical Condition (film)">Critical Condition</a></i> </td> <td>Kevin Lenahan / Dr. Eddie Slattery </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Moving_(1988_film)" title="Moving (1988 film)">Moving</a></i> </td> <td>Arlo Pear </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil_(film)" title="See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)">See No Evil, Hear No Evil</a></i> </td> <td>Wallace "Wally" Karue </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Harlem_Nights" title="Harlem Nights">Harlem Nights</a></i> </td> <td>Sugar Ray </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Another_You" title="Another You">Another You</a></i> </td> <td>Eddie Dash </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Muscatels" title="The Three Muscatels">The Three Muscatels</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator / Wino / Bartender </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Dog_Time" title="Mad Dog Time">Mad Dog Time</a></i> </td> <td>Jimmy the Grave Digger </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Highway_(film)" title="Lost Highway (film)">Lost Highway</a></i> </td> <td>Arnie </td> <td>Final film role </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Me,_Myself_%26_Irene" title="Me, Myself & Irene">Me, Myself & Irene</a></i> </td> <td>Stand-up Comedian on TV </td> <td rowspan="2">Archival footage </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superbad" title="Superbad">Superbad</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a></i> </td> <td>Villar </td> <td>Episode: "The Night of the Eccentrics" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_Stage_67" title="ABC Stage 67">ABC Stage 67</a></i> </td> <td>Undertaker </td> <td>Episode: "A Time for Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_(1964_TV_series)" title="Let's Go (1964 TV series)">Let's Go</a></i> </td> <td>Unknown role </td> <td>Episode: "Psychedelic Vancouver" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Lawyers" title="The Young Lawyers">The Young Lawyers</a></i> </td> <td>Otis Tucker </td> <td>Episode: "The Young Lawyers" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Partridge_Family" title="The Partridge Family">The Partridge Family</a></i> </td> <td>A.E. Simon </td> <td>Episode: "Soul Club" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mod_Squad" title="The Mod Squad">Mod Squad</a></i> </td> <td>Cat Griffin </td> <td>Episode: "The Connection" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> </td> <td>Himself/host </td> <td>Episode: "Richard Pryor / <a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1977 </td> <td><i>The Richard Pryor Special?</i> </td> <td>Himself / The Reverend James L. White / Idi Amin Dada / Shoeshine Man / Willie </td> <td>TV special </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Richard_Pryor_Show" title="The Richard Pryor Show">The Richard Pryor Show</a></i> </td> <td>Himself / Various roles </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pryor%27s_Place" title="Pryor's Place">Pryor's Place</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>10 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a>: <a href="/wiki/Keeping_the_Faith_(song)" title="Keeping the Faith (song)">Keeping the Faith</a></i></td> <td>Man Reading Newspaper</td> <td>Video short </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_(TV_series)" title="Martin (TV series)">Martin</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "The Break Up: Part 1" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Hope" title="Chicago Hope">Chicago Hope</a></i> </td> <td>Joe Springer </td> <td>Episode: "Stand" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_%26_Eddie" title="Malcolm & Eddie">Malcolm & Eddie</a></i> </td> <td>Uncle Bucky </td> <td>Episode: "Do the K.C. Hustle" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Norm_Show" title="The Norm Show">The Norm Show</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Johnson </td> <td>Episode: "Norm vs. the Boxer" </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Label </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor_(album)" title="Richard Pryor (album)">Richard Pryor</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Dove/Reprise Records</a> </td> <td>Reissued 2021 by <a href="/wiki/Omnivore_Recordings" title="Omnivore Recordings">Omnivore Recordings</a>, 2023 <a href="/wiki/Stand_Up!_Records" title="Stand Up! Records">Stand Up! Records</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Craps_(After_Hours)" title="Craps (After Hours)">Craps (After Hours)</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td>Reissued 1993 by <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Loose Cannon/Island</a>. Reissued 2021 by <a href="/wiki/Omnivore_Recordings" title="Omnivore Recordings">Omnivore Recordings</a>, 2023 <a href="/wiki/Stand_Up!_Records" title="Stand Up! Records">Stand Up! Records</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stax_Records" title="Stax Records">Partee/Stax</a> </td> <td>Reissued 1975 by <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a> </td> <td>Reissued 1991 on CD by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">1976 </td> <td><i>Are You Serious ???</i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rev. Du Rite</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Holy Smoke!</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td> <td>Reissued 1989 on CD by Warner Bros. Records </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Insane</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Jail" title="L.A. Jail">L.A. Jail</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Lily_Records" title="Tiger Lily Records">Tiger Lily Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1977 </td> <td><i>Who Me? I'm Not Him</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Richard Pryor Live</i> </td> <td>World Sound Records </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1978 </td> <td><i>The Wizard of Comedy</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Black Ben The Blacksmith</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wanted:_Live_in_Concert" title="Wanted: Live in Concert">Wanted: Live in Concert</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">Double</a>-<a href="/wiki/Phonograph_record" title="Phonograph record">LP</a> set </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td><i>Outrageous</i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Supernigger</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Richard Pryor: Here and Now</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Richard Pryor Live!</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Phoenix/Audiofidelity</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Picture_disc" title="Picture disc">Picture disc</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Blackjack</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff Records</a> </td> <td>Re-release of <i>Craps (After Hours)</i> with different cover art<sup id="cite_ref-Rassoodock_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rassoodock-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Comedy_Store,_1973" title="Live at the Comedy Store, 1973">Live at the Comedy Store, 1973</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omnivore_Recordings" title="Omnivore Recordings">Omnivore Recordings</a> </td> <td>Reissued 2023 <a href="/wiki/Stand_Up!_Records" title="Stand Up! Records">Stand Up! Records</a>. Originally a promotional extra for 2013 box set <i>No Pryor Restraint: Life in Concert</i> (<a href="/wiki/Shout!_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Shout! Factory">Shout! Factory</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilations">Compilations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1973: <i>Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting</i> (<a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff</a>.) <ul><li>Split LP with <a href="/wiki/Redd_Foxx" title="Redd Foxx">Redd Foxx</a>, containing previously released tracks from <i>Craps (After Hours)</i></li></ul></li> <li>1975: <i>Down And Dirty</i> (<a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff</a>.) <ul><li>Split LP with <a href="/wiki/Redd_Foxx" title="Redd Foxx">Redd Foxx</a>, containing previously released tracks from <i>Craps (After Hours)</i></li></ul></li> <li>1976: <i>Richard Pryor Meets ... Richard & Willie And ... The SLA!!</i> (<a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff</a>) <ul><li>Split LP with black ventriloquist act Richard And Willie, containing previously released tracks from <i>Craps (After Hours)</i></li></ul></li> <li>1977: <i>Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits</i> (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>) <ul><li>Contains tracks from <i>Craps (After Hours)</i>, <i>That Nigger's Crazy</i>, and <i> ... Is It Something I Said?</i>, plus a previously unreleased track from 1975, "Ali".</li></ul></li> <li>1982: <i>The Very Best of Richard Pryor</i> (<a href="/wiki/Laff_Records" title="Laff Records">Laff</a>.)</li> <li>2000: <i><a href="/wiki/...And_It%27s_Deep_Too!" title="...And It's Deep Too!">... And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992)</a></i> (9-CD box set) (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a>) <ul><li>Box set collection containing all Warner Bros. albums plus a bonus disc of previously unissued material from 1973 to 1992.</li></ul></li> <li>2002: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Anthology_(1968%E2%80%931992)" title="The Anthology (1968–1992)">The Anthology (1968–1992)</a></i> (2-CD set) (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_in_music" title="2002 in music">2002 in music</a>) <ul><li>Highlights culled from the albums collected in the <i>... And It's Deep Too!</i> box set.</li></ul></li> <li>2005: <i><a href="/wiki/Evolution/Revolution:_The_Early_Years_(1966%E2%80%931974)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)">Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)</a></i> (2-CD set) (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>/<a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_in_music" title="2005 in music">2005 in music</a>) <ul><li>Pryor-authorized compilation of material released on Laff, including the entire <i>Craps (After Hours)</i> album.</li></ul></li> <li>2013: <i>No Pryor Restraint: Life In Concert</i> (7-CD, 2-DVD box set) (<a href="/wiki/Shout!_Factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Shout! Factory">Shout! Factory</a>) <ul><li>Box set containing concert films, albums and unreleased material from 1966 to 1992.</li> <li>A complimentary, limited-edition promo, entitled Live at The Comedy Store—October 1973 (Shout Factory PRO-00072 (6/13), was exclusively available to customers who pre-ordered from the company's web site.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preservation">Preservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Richard Pryor Special?</i> was preserved by the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive" title="UCLA Film and Television Archive">UCLA Film & Television Archive</a> from an original 2 in. videotape. Preservation funding was provided by the John H. Mitchell Television Preservation Endowment. The preserved special screened at the 2024 UCLA Festival of Preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Pryor&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPryorGold1995" class="citation book cs1">Pryor, Richard; Gold, Todd (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pryorconvictions00pryo"><i>Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences</i></a>. 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Raleigh, NC: The Critical Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781941629130" title="Special:BookSources/9781941629130"><bdi>9781941629130</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/929499929">929499929</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Richard+Pryor%3A+American+Id&rft.place=Raleigh%2C+NC&rft.pub=The+Critical+Press&rft.date=2015&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F929499929&rft.isbn=9781941629130&rft.aulast=Bailey&rft.aufirst=Jason&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Pryor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBalducci2018" class="citation book cs1">Balducci, Anthony (2018). <i>Richard Pryor in Hollywood: The Narrative Films, 1967-1997</i>. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-7382-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-7382-0"><bdi>978-1-4766-7382-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1013167477">1013167477</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Richard+Pryor+in+Hollywood%3A+The+Narrative+Films%2C+1967-1997&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1013167477&rft.isbn=978-1-4766-7382-0&rft.aulast=Balducci&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Pryor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown2013" class="citation book cs1">Brown, Cecil (2013). <i>Pryor Lives! How Richard Pryor Became Richard Pryor: Or, Kiss My Rich, Happy Black Ass!: A Memoir</i>. Scotts Valley, Cal.: CreateSpace. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781481272049" title="Special:BookSources/9781481272049"><bdi>9781481272049</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/896479605">896479605</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pryor+Lives%21+How+Richard+Pryor+Became+Richard+Pryor%3A+Or%2C+Kiss+My+Rich%2C+Happy+Black+Ass%21%3A+A+Memoir&rft.place=Scotts+Valley%2C+Cal.&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2013&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F896479605&rft.isbn=9781481272049&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=Cecil&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Pryor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaskins1984" class="citation book cs1">Haskins, James (1984). <i>Richard Pryor, a Man and His Madness: A Biography</i>. New York: Beaufort Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780825302008" title="Special:BookSources/9780825302008"><bdi>9780825302008</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/474968281">474968281</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Richard+Pryor%2C+a+Man+and+His+Madness%3A+A+Biography&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Beaufort+Books&rft.date=1984&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F474968281&rft.isbn=9780825302008&rft.aulast=Haskins&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Pryor" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenryHenry2013" class="citation book cs1">Henry, David; Henry, Joe (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vfMhAQAAQBAJ"><i>Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him</i></a>. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Original</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor_(album)" title="Richard Pryor (album)">Richard Pryor</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Craps_(After_Hours)" title="Craps (After Hours)">Craps (After Hours)</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Jail" title="L.A. Jail">L.A. Jail</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wanted:_Live_in_Concert" title="Wanted: Live in Concert">Wanted: Live in Concert</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Here and Now</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Comedy_Store,_1973" title="Live at the Comedy Store, 1973">Live at the Comedy Store, 1973</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/...And_It%27s_Deep_Too!" title="...And It's Deep Too!">...And It's Deep Too!</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Anthology_(1968%E2%80%931992)" title="The Anthology (1968–1992)">The Anthology (1968–1992)</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evolution/Revolution" title="Evolution/Revolution">Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966–1974)</a></i> (2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concert films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Smokin%27" title="Live & Smokin'">Live & Smokin'</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_in_Concert" title="Richard Pryor: Live in Concert">Live in Concert</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip_(film)" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)">Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Here_and_Now" title="Richard Pryor: Here and Now">Here and Now</a></i> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Richard_Pryor_Show" title="The Richard Pryor Show">The Richard Pryor Show</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pryor%27s_Place" title="Pryor's Place">Pryor's Place</a></i> (1984)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films directed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_Dancer,_Your_Life_Is_Calling" title="Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling">Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films written</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Fairy_Tales" title="Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales">Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bustin%27_Loose_(film)" title="Bustin' Loose (film)">Bustin' Loose</a></i> (1981)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentary films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_I_Ain%27t_Dead_Yet" title="Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet">I Ain't Dead Yet</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Funniest_Man_Dead_or_Alive" title="The Funniest Man Dead or Alive">The Funniest Man Dead or Alive</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Omit_the_Logic" title="Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic">Omit the Logic</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> 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Marty Farrell (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Howard_Bailey" title="Anne Howard Bailey">Anne Howard Bailey</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bologna" title="Joseph Bologna">Joseph Bologna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Taylor" title="Renée Taylor">Renée Taylor</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalyn_Drexler" title="Rosalyn Drexler">Rosalyn Drexler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Elder" title="Ann Elder">Ann Elder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karyl_Geld_Miller" title="Karyl Geld Miller">Karyl Geld Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Illes" title="Robert Illes">Robert Illes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rusk" title="Jim Rusk">Jim Rusk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herb_Sargent" title="Herb Sargent">Herb Sargent</a>, James R. Stein, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wagner" title="Jane Wagner">Jane Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Warren" title="Rod Warren">Rod Warren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Yanok" title="George Yanok">George Yanok</a> (1974)</li> <li>John Bradford, <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wells_(songwriter)" title="Robert Wells (songwriter)">Robert Wells</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Elder" title="Ann Elder">Ann Elder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Guest" title="Christopher Guest">Christopher Guest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Pomerantz" title="Earl Pomerantz">Earl Pomerantz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rusk" title="Jim Rusk">Jim Rusk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wagner" title="Jane Wagner">Jane Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Warren" title="Rod Warren">Rod Warren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Yanok" title="George Yanok">George Yanok</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buz_Kohan" title="Buz Kohan">Buz Kohan</a> and Ted Strauss (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase" title="Chevy Chase">Chevy Chase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Davis_(comedian)" title="Tom Davis (comedian)">Tom Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grodin" title="Charles Grodin">Charles Grodin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorne_Michaels" title="Lorne Michaels">Lorne Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simon" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zweibel" title="Alan Zweibel">Alan Zweibel</a> (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2009–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (2009)</li> <li>Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010)</li> <li>Dave Boone, Matt Roberts, and <a href="/wiki/Mo_Rocca" title="Mo Rocca">Mo Rocca</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Silverman" title="Sarah Silverman">Sarah Silverman</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Bee" title="Samantha Bee">Samantha Bee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Nicole_Black" title="Ashley Nicole Black">Ashley Nicole Black</a>, Pat Cassels, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Drysdale" title="Eric Drysdale">Eric Drysdale</a>, Mathan Erhardt, <a href="/wiki/Travon_Free" title="Travon Free">Travon Free</a>, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Miller" title="Jo Miller">Jo Miller</a>, and Melinda Taub (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mulaney" title="John Mulaney">John Mulaney</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Gadsby" title="Hannah Gadsby">Hannah Gadsby</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Burnham" title="Bo Burnham">Bo Burnham</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerrod_Carmichael" title="Jerrod Carmichael">Jerrod Carmichael</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mulaney" title="John Mulaney">John Mulaney</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Edelman" title="Alex Edelman">Alex Edelman</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background: #F9EFAA;"><div>Between 1979–2008, writing specials competed alongside <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Variety_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety 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Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)">The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ross_Bagdasarian" title="Ross Bagdasarian">Ross Bagdasarian Sr.</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Battle of Kookamonga</i> – <a href="/wiki/Homer_and_Jethro" title="Homer and Jethro">Homer and Jethro</a> / <i>Inside Shelley Berman</i> – <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Berman" title="Shelley Berman">Shelley Berman</a> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_and_Darlene_Edwards_in_Paris" title="Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris">Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jo_Stafford" title="Jo Stafford">Jo Stafford</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paul_Weston" title="Paul Weston">Paul Weston</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Button-Down_Mind_Strikes_Back!" title="The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!">The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Newhart" title="Bob Newhart">Bob Newhart</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Evening_with_Mike_Nichols_and_Elaine_May" title="An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May">An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Family_(album)" title="The First Family (album)">The First Family</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Vaughn_Meader" title="Vaughn Meader">Vaughn Meader</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)" title="Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)">Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sherman" title="Allan Sherman">Allan Sherman</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/I_Started_Out_as_a_Child" title="I Started Out as a Child">I Started Out as a Child</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Is_There_Air%3F" title="Why Is There Air?">Why Is There Air?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Wonderfulness" title="Wonderfulness">Wonderfulness</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Revenge_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Revenge (Bill Cosby album)">Revenge</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/To_Russell,_My_Brother,_Whom_I_Slept_With" title="To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With">To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sports_(Bill_Cosby_album)" title="Sports (Bill Cosby album)">Sports</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Made_Me_Buy_This_Dress" title="The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress">The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Flip_Wilson" title="Flip Wilson">Flip Wilson</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_a_Recording_(Lily_Tomlin_album)" title="This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)">This Is A Recording</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lily_Tomlin" title="Lily Tomlin">Lily Tomlin</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/FM_%26_AM" title="FM & AM">FM & AM</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Cochinos" title="Los Cochinos">Los Cochinos</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" title="Cheech & Chong">Cheech & Chong</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/That_Nigger%27s_Crazy" title="That Nigger's Crazy">That Nigger's Crazy</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/...Is_It_Something_I_Said%3F" title="...Is It Something I Said?">...Is It Something I Said?</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Nigger" title="Bicentennial Nigger">Bicentennial Nigger</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Small" title="Let's Get Small">Let's Get Small</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Wild_and_Crazy_Guy" title="A Wild and Crazy Guy">A Wild and Crazy Guy</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Reality...What a Concept</i> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>No Respect</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" title="Rodney Dangerfield">Rodney Dangerfield</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Rev. Du Rite</i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor:_Live_on_the_Sunset_Strip" title="Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip">Live on the Sunset Strip</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy:_Comedian" title="Eddie Murphy: Comedian">Eddie Murphy: Comedian</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Eat_It" title="Eat It">Eat It</a>" – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Those_of_You_with_or_Without_Children,_You%27ll_Understand" title="Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand">Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_at_the_Met" title="A Night at the Met">A Night at the Met</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning,_Vietnam" title="Good Morning, Vietnam">Good Morning, Vietnam</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/1712_Overture_and_Other_Musical_Assaults" title="1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults">1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Oedipus_Tex_and_Other_Choral_Calamities" class="mw-redirect" title="Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities">Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/WTWP_Classical_Talkity-Talk_Radio" title="WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio">WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach" title="P. D. Q. Bach">P.D.Q. Bach</a>: <a href="/wiki/Music_for_an_Awful_Lot_of_Winds_and_Percussion" title="Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion">Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schickele" title="Peter Schickele">Peter Schickele</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jammin%27_in_New_York" title="Jammin' in New York">Jammin' in New York</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Hell" title="Live from Hell">Live from Hell</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sam_Kinison" title="Sam Kinison">Sam Kinison</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Crank(y) Calls</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Winters" title="Jonathan Winters">Jonathan Winters</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh_Is_a_Big_Fat_Idiot_and_Other_Observations" title="Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations">Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Roll_with_the_New" title="Roll with the New">Roll with the New</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2000_Year_Old_Man" title="2000 Year Old Man">The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bigger_%26_Blacker" title="Bigger & Blacker">Bigger & Blacker</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Brain_Droppings" title="Brain Droppings">Brain Droppings</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Napalm_and_Silly_Putty" title="Napalm and Silly Putty">Napalm & Silly Putty</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Robin Williams: Live on Broadway</i> – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Hat" title="Poodle Hat">Poodle Hat</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America_(The_Book)" title="America (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and the cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Never_Scared" title="Never Scared">Never Scared</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Performance" title="The Carnegie Hall Performance">The Carnegie Hall Performance</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Distant_Future" title="The Distant Future">The Distant Future</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Conchords" title="Flight of the Conchords">Flight of the Conchords</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Bad_for_Ya" title="It's Bad for Ya">It's Bad for Ya</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Carlin" title="George Carlin">George Carlin</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Colbert_Christmas:_The_Greatest_Gift_of_All!" title="A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!">A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Stark_Raving_Black" title="Stark Raving Black">Stark Raving Black</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Black" title="Lewis Black">Lewis Black</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hilarious_(film)" title="Hilarious (film)">Hilarious</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blow_Your_Pants_Off" title="Blow Your Pants Off">Blow Your Pants Off</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Fallon" title="Jimmy Fallon">Jimmy Fallon</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Calm_Down_Gurrl" title="Calm Down Gurrl">Calm Down Gurrl</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Griffin" title="Kathy Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Fun" title="Mandatory Fun">Mandatory Fun</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Live at Madison Square Garden</i> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Talking for Clapping</i> – <a href="/wiki/Patton_Oswalt" title="Patton Oswalt">Patton Oswalt</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Equanimity & The Bird Revelation</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sticks_%26_Stones_(2019_film)" title="Sticks & Stones (2019 film)">Sticks and Stones</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>Black Mitzvah</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Haddish" title="Tiffany Haddish">Tiffany Haddish</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sincerely_Louis_CK" title="Sincerely Louis CK">Sincerely Louis CK</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_(2021_film)" title="The Closer (2021 film)">The Closer</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>What's In a Name?</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dreamer_(2023_film)" title="The Dreamer (2023 film)">The Dreamer</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Chappelle" title="Dave Chappelle">Dave Chappelle</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award95" 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Berlin</a></li></ul></li> <li>1971 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></li></ul></li> <li>1972 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson" title="Mahalia Jackson">Mahalia Jackson</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Segovia" title="Andrés Segovia">Andrés Segovia</a></li></ul></li> <li>1987 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Caruso" title="Enrico Caruso">Enrico Caruso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Domino" title="Fats Domino">Fats Domino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Herman" title="Woody Herman">Woody Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Toscanini" title="Arturo Toscanini">Arturo Toscanini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Casals" title="Pablo Casals">Pablo Casals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz" title="Jascha Heifetz">Jascha Heifetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leontyne_Price" title="Leontyne Price">Leontyne Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessie_Smith" title="Bessie Smith">Bessie Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Tatum" title="Art Tatum">Art Tatum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a></li></ul></li> <li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz" title="Vladimir Horowitz">Vladimir Horowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Anderson" title="Marian Anderson">Marian Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Waller" title="Fats Waller">Fats Waller</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein" title="Arthur Rubinstein">Arthur Rubinstein</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Cline" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Lee" title="Peggy Lee">Peggy Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Solti" title="Georg Solti">Georg Solti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bland" title="Bobby Bland">Bobby "Blue" Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli" title="Stéphane Grappelli">Stéphane Grappelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson">Oscar Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mills_Brothers" title="The Mills Brothers">The Mills Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Cooke" title="Sam Cooke">Sam Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" title="Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</a></li></ul></li> <li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" title="John Lee Hooker">John Lee Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Mitch Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">The Beach Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr.">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney" title="Rosemary Clooney">Rosemary Clooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Green" title="Al Green">Al Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Etta_James" title="Etta James">Etta James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Miller" title="Glenn Miller">Glenn Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a></li></ul></li> <li>2004 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Van_Cliburn" title="Van Cliburn">Van Cliburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Funk_Brothers" title="The Funk Brothers">The Funk Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Jenkins" title="Ella Jenkins">Ella Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artie_Shaw" title="Artie Shaw">Artie Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a></li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakey</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_Gould" title="Morton Gould">Morton Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jelly_Roll_Morton" title="Jelly Roll Morton">Jelly Roll Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinetop_Perkins" title="Pinetop Perkins">Pinetop Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Staple_Singers" title="The Staple Singers">The Staple Singers</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cream_(band)" title="Cream (band)">Cream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnson" title="Robert Johnson">Robert Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T._%26_the_M.G.%27s" title="Booker T. & the M.G.'s">Booker T. & the M.G.'s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Callas" title="Maria Callas">Maria Callas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">The Doors</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Bacharach" title="Burt Bacharach">Burt Bacharach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Roach" title="Max Roach">Max Roach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama" title="The Blind Boys of Alabama">The Blind Boys of Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Tops" title="Four Tops">The Four Tops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Paxton" title="Tom Paxton">Tom Paxton</a></li></ul></li> <li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_%22Honeyboy%22_Edwards" title="David "Honeyboy" Edwards">David "Honeyboy" Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn" title="André Previn">André Previn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_String_Quartet" title="Juilliard String Quartet">Juilliard String Quartet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramones" title="Ramones">Ramones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea" title="George Beverly Shea">George Beverly Shea</a></li></ul></li> <li>2012 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" title="Antônio Carlos Jobim">Antônio Carlos Jobim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Memphis_Horns" title="The Memphis Horns">The Memphis Horns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a></li></ul></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Gould" title="Glenn Gould">Glenn Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Haden" title="Charlie Haden">Charlie Haden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins" title="Lightnin' Hopkins">Lightnin' Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a></li></ul></li> <li>2014 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Chenier" title="Clifton Chenier">Clifton Chenier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers">The Isley Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kraftwerk" title="Kraftwerk">Kraftwerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Manzanero" title="Armando Manzanero">Armando Manzanero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maud_Powell" title="Maud Powell">Maud Powell</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Flaco Jiménez">Flaco Jiménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Shorter" title="Wayne Shorter">Wayne Shorter</a></li></ul></li> <li>2016 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Brown" title="Ruth Brown">Ruth Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane" title="Jefferson Airplane">Jefferson Airplane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Run-DMC" title="Run-DMC">Run-DMC</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Caesar" title="Shirley Caesar">Shirley Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sly_Stone" title="Sly Stone">Sly Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground" title="The Velvet Underground">The Velvet Underground</a></li></ul></li> <li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Blaine" title="Hal Blaine">Hal Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Meters" title="The Meters">The Meters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a></li></ul></li> <li>2019 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliament-Funkadelic" title="Parliament-Funkadelic">Parliament-Funkadelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donny_Hathaway" title="Donny Hathaway">Donny Hathaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Iglesias" title="Julio Iglesias">Julio Iglesias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_%26_Dave" title="Sam & Dave">Sam & Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a></li></ul></li> <li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hayes" title="Isaac Hayes">Isaac Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iggy_Pop" title="Iggy Pop">Iggy Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prine" title="John Prine">John Prine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" title="Sister Rosetta Tharpe">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa" title="Salt-N-Pepa">Salt-N-Pepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selena" title="Selena">Selena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin" title="Bobby McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey" title="Ma Rainey">Ma Rainey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slick_Rick" title="Slick Rick">Slick Rick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">The Supremes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wilson" title="Ann Wilson">Ann Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(rock_musician)" title="Nancy Wilson (rock musician)">Nancy Wilson</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Anderson" title="Laurie Anderson">Laurie Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clark_Sisters" title="The Clark Sisters">The Clark Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight" title="Gladys Knight">Gladys Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Summer" title="Donna Summer">Donna Summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a></li></ul></li> <li>2025 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Beverly" title="Frankie Beverly">Frankie Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">The Clash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(singer)" title="Bobby Jones (singer)">Bobby Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal_(musician)" title="Taj Mahal (musician)">Taj Mahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roxanne_Shante" title="Roxanne Shante">Roxanne Shante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Valli" title="Frankie Valli">Frankie Valli</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Mark_Twain_Prize_winners64" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Casey" title="Bernie Casey">Bernie Casey</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Dee_Williams" title="Billy Dee Williams">Billy Dee Williams</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Gossett_Jr." title="Louis Gossett Jr.">Louis Gossett Jr.</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Caesar" title="Adolph Caesar">Adolph Caesar</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Hines" title="Gregory Hines">Gregory Hines</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a> 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title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr." title="Cuba Gooding Jr.">Cuba Gooding Jr.</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith" title="Will Smith">Will Smith</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laz_Alonso" title="Laz Alonso">Laz Alonso</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kaluuya" title="Daniel Kaluuya">Daniel Kaluuya</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. 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North">Edmund H. North</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penelope_Gilliatt" title="Penelope Gilliatt">Penelope Gilliatt</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Larner" title="Jeremy Larner">Jeremy Larner</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Shagan" title="Steve Shagan">Steve Shagan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Jones" title="Robert C. Jones">Robert C. Jones</a> & <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gray" title="Mike Gray">Mike Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/T._S._Cook" title="T. S. Cook">T. S. Cook</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_Bridges" title="James Bridges">James Bridges</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> & <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Griffiths" title="Trevor Griffiths">Trevor Griffiths</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Mathison" title="Melissa Mathison">Melissa Mathison</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">Original Comedy <br /> (1969–1983)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> & <a href="/wiki/Larry_Tucker_(screenwriter)" title="Larry Tucker (screenwriter)">Larry Tucker</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich" title="Peter Bogdanovich">Peter Bogdanovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Newman_(screenwriter)" title="David Newman (screenwriter)">David Newman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Rose (screenwriter)">Jack Rose</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Steinberg" title="Norman Steinberg">Norman Steinberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bergman" title="Andrew Bergman">Andrew Bergman</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Pryor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Alan_Uger" title="Alan Uger">Alan Uger</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> & <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lancaster" title="Bill Lancaster">Bill Lancaster</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> & <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Keller" title="Sheldon Keller">Sheldon Keller</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tesich" title="Steve Tesich">Steve Tesich</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Meyers" title="Nancy Meyers">Nancy Meyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Miller_(screenwriter)" title="Harvey Miller (screenwriter)">Harvey Miller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Shyer" title="Charles Shyer">Charles Shyer</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gordon_(director)" title="Steve Gordon (director)">Steve Gordon</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_McGuire_(actor)" title="Don McGuire (actor)">Don McGuire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> & <a href="/wiki/Murray_Schisgal" title="Murray Schisgal">Murray Schisgal</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Benedek" title="Barbara Benedek">Barbara Benedek</a> (1983)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">Original Screenplay <br /> (1984–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kelley_(screenwriter)" title="William Kelley (screenwriter)">William Kelley</a> & <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Wallace" title="Earl W. Wallace">Earl W. Wallace</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Shanley" title="John Patrick Shanley">John Patrick Shanley</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Shelton" title="Ron Shelton">Ron Shelton</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callie_Khouri" title="Callie Khouri">Callie Khouri</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Jordan" title="Neil Jordan">Neil Jordan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Campion" title="Jane Campion">Jane Campion</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Wallace" title="Randall Wallace">Randall Wallace</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen & Ethan Coen</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. 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