Profile
Famous as :
ComedianBirth Name :
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor IIIBirth Date :
December 01, 1940Birth Place :
Peoria, IllinoisSpouse :
Patricia Price (1960-?), Shelly Bonus (1967-1969), Deborah McGuire (Sept 22, 1977-1979), Jennifer Lee (Aug 1981-Oct 1982), Flynn Belaine (Oct 1986-1987), Flynn Belaine (Apr 01, 1990-?), Jennifer Lee (since June 2001)Claim to fame :
As stand-up comic on The Tonight Show (1966)
American Comedy Awards, USA
1993
Won Lifetime Achievement Award in ComedyBAFTA Awards
1975
Got nomination for BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Screenplay for Blazing Saddles (1974)
shared with Mel Brooks; Norman Steinberg; Andrew Bergman
CableACE Awards
1994
Won CableACEcategory Entertainment/Cultural Documentary or Informational Special for Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV)
shared with Ellen Krass; Lesli Klainberg; Yvonne Smith
Emmy Awards
1996
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (For episode "Stand", For playing Joe Springer) for Chicago Hope (1994)
1974
Won Emmycategory Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music for Lily (1973) (TV)
shared with Herbert Sargent; Rosalyn Drexler; Lorne Michaels
Grammy Awards
1985
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Here and Now"
1983
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Live On The Sunset Strip"
1982
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Rev. Du Rite"
1981
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Holy Smoke"
1980
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Wanted"
1979
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "The Wizard of Comedy"
1978
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Are You Serious???"
1977
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Bicentennial Nigger"
1976
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "Is It Something I Said?"
1975
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Comedy Recording for "That Nigger's Crazy"
NAACP Image Awards
1996
Won NAACP Image Lifetime Achievement Award1996
Got nomination for NAACP Image Awardcategory Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Chicago Hope (1994)
New York Comedy Festival
1997
Won New York Comedy Festival Lifetime Achievement AwardRazzie Awards
1984
Got nomination for Razzie Awardcategory Worst Supporting Actor for Superman III (1983)
Walk of Fame
Won Star on the Walk of Fame
category Motion Picture (At 6440 Hollywood Blvd)
Writers Guild of America, USA
1975
Won WGA Award (Screen)category Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen for Blazing Saddles (1974)
shared with Mel Brooks; Norman Steinberg; Andrew Bergman
