Paul Mooney
Actor
- Born
- August 4, 1941 · Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
- Died
- May 19, 2021 (age 79)
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor, playing singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story and Junebug in Bamboozled, and his appearances on Chappelle's Show.
Known for
Meet the Blacks
April 1, 2016
Bamboozled
October 6, 2000
The Buddy Holly Story
May 18, 1978
Good Hair
October 9, 2009
Hollywood Shuffle
March 20, 1987
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
April 23, 2013
Bustin' Loose
May 22, 1981
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
October 28, 1983
Which Way Is Up?
November 4, 1977
I Am Richard Pryor
March 12, 2019
Homie Spumoni
September 8, 2006
Carter's Army
May 25, 1975
Acting30
- 2019I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
- 2016Meet the Blacks as Klansman
- 2014Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America as Himself
- 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self
- 2012Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy as As himself
- 2010All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
- 2010Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World as Himself
- 2009Good Hair as Self
- 2009Sombra azul as Janitor
- 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy