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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 4, 1941
Died
May 19, 2021
Place of Birth
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
- Paul Gladney
Paul Mooney
0.3 Popularity
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
6.8
Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
4.7
Klansman
Meet the Blacks
2016
6.8
Himself
Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America
2014
7.1
Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
3.7
Silas
DTLA
2012
🎬
3.8
As himself
Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy
2012
1.0
All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
2010
8.8
Himself
Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World
2010
6.6
Self
Good Hair
2009
0.0
Janitor
Sombra azul
2009
Credits
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
2019
6.8
Meet the Blacks
as Klansman
2016
4.7
Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - God Bless America
as Himself
2014
6.8
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2013
7.1
DTLA
as Silas
2012
3.7
🎬
Paul Mooney: The Godfather of Comedy
as As himself
2012
3.8
All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Dallas
2010
1.0
Paul Mooney: It's the End of the World
as Himself
2010
8.8
Good Hair
as Self
2009
6.6
Sombra azul
as Janitor
2009
0.0
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
as Self
2009
8.0
Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Is Black... So Was Cleopatra
as Self
2007
7.2
Homie Spumoni
as George
2006
4.5
Chappelle's Show
2003
8.1
Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America
as Self
2002
6.1
🎬
The Old Settler
as Man at Counter
2001
3.5
Bamboozled
as Junebug
2000
6.2
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
6.5
High Freakquency
1998
0.0
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
as Self
1994
0.0
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
as Self
1994
0.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
0.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
0.0
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
0.0
Hollywood Shuffle
as President of NAACP
1987
6.4
Black Hollywood
as Self
1984
0.0
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1983
6.6
Bustin' Loose
as Marvin
1981
6.1
The Buddy Holly Story
as Sam
1978
7.2
Which Way Is Up?
as Inspector Caine
1977
6.0
The Richard Pryor Show
as Floyd
1977
6.4
Carter's Army
as Soldier
1975
4.0
Good Times
1974
8.0
FTA
as Self
1972
6.1