Rudolph frank moore march 17 1927 october 19 2008 known as rudy ray moore was an american comedian singer actor and film producer.
Rudy ray moore dolemite.
Good bad flicks explores the life of rudy ray moore and his legendary character dolemite.
Rudy ray moore is a living legend and a cultural treasure to the black community.
The recordings often featured moore delivering profanity.
Academy award nominee eddie murphy portrays real life legend rudy ray moore a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious obscene kung fu fighting alter ego dolemite became a 1970s blaxploitation phenomenon.
Here he is performing my name is dolemite as excerpted in.
He created the character dolemite the pimp from the 1975 film dolemite and its sequels the human tornado and the return of dolemite.
Dolemite is a 1975 american blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character played by rudy ray moore who co wrote the film and its soundtrack moore who started his career as a stand up comedian in the late 1960s heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named dolemite from a regular at the record store where he worked and decided to adopt the persona as an.
Rudy ray moore was born on march 17 1927 in fort smith arkansas usa.
Directed by d urville martin.
Authorized full length biography of rudy ray moore coming soon.
He died on october 19 2008 in akron ohio usa.
He was an actor known for dolemite 1975 the human tornado 1976 and disco godfather 1979.
Rudy ray moore actor.
At the age of 67 comedian rudy ray moore made his late night tv debut on the arsenio hall show.
The persona was developed during his early comedy records.