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2008
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On the cusp of stardom, standup comic Maija DiGiorgio suffered an emotional breakdown while performing before a room packed...
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2003
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A gifted comic with a promising career, Sam Kinison died too young to realize his full comedic potential. This documentary...
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1997
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1997
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A group of mobsters fight for control in this satirical comedy-drama. Vic (Richard Dreyfuss) is a not-especially-stable crime...
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1996
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When con man Eddie Dash (Richard Pryor) is released from prison he's told to fulfill the required 100 hours of community...
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Eddie Dash
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1991
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1991
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Eddie Murphy, in addition to starring as Quick, the son of 1930s Harlem gambling-house proprietor Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor),...
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Sugar Ray
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1989
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The third pairing of comic actors Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder was much less successful than their previous team-ups,...
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Wally Karew
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1989
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A transit engineer and his family must face the gargantuan task of moving from New Jersey to Boise, Idaho in this lively...
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Arlo Pear
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1988
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When a small-time businessman (Richard Pryor) needs a loan, he goes to a loan shark and ends up in jail on false pretenses....
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Eddie/Kevin
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1987
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"Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase-and you're not!" Maybe no one would want to be Mr. Chase these days (not with his recent...
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1987
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Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer...
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Jo Jo Dancer
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1986
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Lily Tomlin is more than a filmed record of the comedienne's stage show...
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1986
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1985
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The seventh cinema adaptation of the venerable stage farce Brewster's Millions stars Richard Pryor as Montgomery Brewster, a...
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Montgomery Brewster
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1985
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This video consists of two episodes featuring comedy star Richard Pryor and the Krofft puppets. The first episode, "High...
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1985
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Two episodes of legendary comedian Richard Pryor's Emmy award-winning children's series are featured in this video. In the...
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1984
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In a major departure from the tone of the preceding two Superman adventure films, this mix of vile deeds and fantasy heroics...
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Gus Gorman
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1983
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This entry in Pryor's comedy-concert film series, Richard Pryor: Here and Now goes so far as to include hecklers who bedevil...
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Director, Screenwriter, Himself
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1983
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1983
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In The Toy, director Richard Donner and screenwriter Carol Sobieski update the 1976 Pierre Richard farce Le Jouet as a...
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Jack Brown
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1982
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Just recovered from his notorious free-basing accident, Richard Pryor made a notable return in the much-acclaimed Live on...
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Producer, Screenwriter, Himself
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1982
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Richard Pryor gives a compelling performance in Some Kind of Hero, playing a Vietnam veteran who tries to readjust to...
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Eddie Keller
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1982
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Producer, Joe Braxton
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1981
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Comedian Marty Feldman directed and co-wrote this satire of the less-scrupulous side of organized religion. Brother Ambrose...
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God
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1980
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After the excellent audience response to their teaming in Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor reunited for this zany...
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Harry Monroe
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1980
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A broadly farcical comedy that attempts to ape the wickedly funny, Bible-spoofing humor of the previous year's...
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1980
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Richard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of the 1970s. Here, in his first concert film, he is at his caustic,...
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1979
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Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have...
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1979
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Sidney Lumet's The Wiz is the film version of the popular Broadway musical that retells the events of L. Frank Baum's classic...
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The Wiz (Herman Smith)
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1978
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Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to...
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Dr. Chauncy Gump
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1978
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Paul Schrader's directorial debut examines the trials of Detroit autoworkers living at the mercy of a heartless corporation...
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Zeke Brown
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1978
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Based on the life story of NASCAR auto racing champion Wendell Scott, this film, starring Richard Pryor as Scott, covers his...
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Wendell Scott
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1977
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1977
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Leroy Jones,Rev. Thomas,Rufus Jones
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1977
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While taking a train trip from L.A. to Chicago, mild-mannered George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) makes the acquaintance of Hilly...
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Grover Muldoon
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1976
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1976
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Based on the novel by William Brasher, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is set in the segregated south of...
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Charlie Snow
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1976
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Sam
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1975
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Host
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1975
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Sharp Eye Washington
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1974
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Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by...
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Screenwriter
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1974
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Mike Willmer
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1973
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This award-winning special from comedienne Lily Tomlin features her characters Edith Ann and Ernestine, as well as guest...
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1973
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After a man living in Los Angeles purchases a sleeping beauty from a carnival, he wakes her and finds she is not what he...
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1973
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A box-office success during the early '70s, this blaxploitation flick traces the life of a Bay Area pimp facing drug dealers,...
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Slim
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1973
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Diana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell,...
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Piano Man
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1972
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Teleplay By
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1972
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Fred's cousin Grady (Albert Reed) pays a visit, accompanied by his new wife Margaret (Marguerite Ray) and stepdaughter Betty...
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Teleplay By
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1972
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This is a filmed documentary of a black music festival held on August 20, 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by Stax...
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1972
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This satire follows the exploits of a young hippy who goes looking for Life's meaning in Central Park. There he is accosted...
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1971
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The Partridges come to the rescue of brothers A.E. and Sam Simon (Richard Pryor, Louis Gossett Jr.), the owners of an...
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1971
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Richard Pryor's performance at the New York Improv on April, 29th, 1971 features the comedian giving his thoughts on sex,...
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1971
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Have you ever longed for the day when James Brown, Martha Raye, and Col. Harland Sanders would appear in a movie together?...
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1970
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Himself
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1970
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1969
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1969
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The Green Berets is an exciting war film that was lambasted by critics who at the time of its release opposed the war in...
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1968
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A rock star decides he'd rather rule the free world than just sell records in this ambitious fusion of political satire and...
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1968
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A nosey housewife (Marguerite Viby) takes on extra responsibilities when her husband (Buster Larsen) hurts his back while...
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1967
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