Paul Mooney

Personal Info

Birthday

August 4, 1941

Day of Death

2021-05-19

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Paul Gladney

Paul Mooney

Biography

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

DTLA

Meet the Blacks

The Richard Pryor Show

The Buddy Holly Story

Hollywood Shuffle

Bamboozled

Which Way Is Up?

Bustin' Loose

Filmography

2019
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
2016
Meet the Blacks
as Klansman
2014
Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America
as Himself
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2012
Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy
as As himself
2010
Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World
as Himself
2009
Good Hair
as Self
Sombra azul
as Janitor
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2007
Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra
as Self
2006
Homie Spumoni
as George
2002
Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America
as Self
2001
The Old Settler
as Man at Counter
2000
Bamboozled
as Junebug
1994
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
as Self
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
as Self
1987
Hollywood Shuffle
as President of NAACP
1984
Black Hollywood
as Self
1983
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1981
Bustin' Loose
as Marvin
1978
The Buddy Holly Story
as Sam
1977
Which Way Is Up?
as Inspector Caine
1975
Carter's Army
as Soldier
1972
FTA
as Self