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Paul Mooney

Acting · Born August 4, 1941 · Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

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.

Paul Mooney movies and shows

  • Late Show with David Letterman1993
  • Saturday Night Live1975
  • Hollywood Squares1998
  • Sanford and Son1972
  • The Larry Sanders Show1992
  • Good Times1974
  • Chappelle's Show2003
  • The Richard Pryor Show1977
  • Full Frontal Comedy1996
  • DTLA2012
  • Meet the Blacks2016
  • Bamboozled2000
  • The Buddy Holly Story1978
  • Hollywood Shuffle1987
  • Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy2007
  • Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling1986
  • Call Me Claus2001
  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013
  • Which Way Is Up?1977
  • Bustin' Loose1981
  • I Am Richard Pryor2019
  • Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy2009
  • Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 11987
  • Carter's Army1975