Paul Mooney
Comedian, TV Writer
1941 –
Who is Paul Mooney?
Paul Mooney was born in Louisiana and later grew up in Oakland, California. He always found himself writing comedy and telling jokes, which would later help Mooney land his first professional work as a writer for Richard Pryor. Mooney wrote some of Pryor's routines for his appearance on Saturday Night Live, co-wrote his material for Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip, Bicentennial N*gger, ...Is It Something I Said? album, and Pryor's film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling.
As the head writer for The Richard Pryor Show, he gave many young stand up comics such as Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard, Marsha Warfield, John Witherspoon, and Tim Reid their first break into show business.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1941
Shreveport - Also known as
- Paul Gladney
- Mr. Paul Mooney
- Mooney
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Oakland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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