Richard Pryor

CTL-E-5168 · Person · artist · 1960s–2000s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Stand-up comedian and actor; first recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (1998); five-time Grammy winner.

The record

Also known as: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor

Notes

CTL-COMEDY-001 alternate identifier. Collection: Black comedy pioneers (CTL-COMEDY-5 dataset, 2026-10-08).

Relationships

Redd Foxx — related to
Pryor cited Foxx as an influence; he told Ebony in 1990 that Foxx gave him 'inspiration and encouragement.'

Referenced by

Dave Chappelle — related to → this record
Eddie Murphy — related to → this record

Sources

Wikipedia — Richard Pryor

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