Rudy Ray Moore
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| Born | March 17, 1927 Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
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| Died | October 19, 2008 (aged 81) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Singer, Comic, Film Producer |
| Years active | 1950's - 2008 |
| Website http://www.dolemite.com |
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Rudy Ray Moore (March 17, 1927 – October 19, 2008) was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer. He was perhaps best known as Dolemite, the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film Dolemite, and its sequel, The Human Tornado. The persona was developed during his earlier stand-up comedy records.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Moore, who was raised in his birthplace of Fort Smith, Arkansas, as well as Cleveland, Ohio, began his entertainment career as an R & B singer and continued singing through his comedy career. He developed an interest in comedy in the Army after expanding on a singing performance for other servicemen. Rudy Ray Moore released many comedy records throughout the 1960s and 1970s, developing a rude and explicit style similar to Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. This kept him off of television and major films, but cultivated an enduring fan base. [1]
He appeared on Big Daddy Kane's 1990 album Taste of Chocolate and 2 Live Crew's 1994 album Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4.
In 2000, Moore starred in Big Money Hustlas, a movie created by and starring the Insane Clown Posse, in which he played Dolemite for the first time in over 20 years.
In 2008, Moore reprised the character Petey Wheatstraw for the song "I Live For The Funk" featuring Blowfly and Daniel Jordan. This marked the first time Blowfly and Rudy have collaborated on the same record together and the 30 year anniversary of the movie Petey Wheatstraw, and was also the final recording Rudy made before his death. [2]
On October 19, 2008, Moore died of complications from diabetes.[3]
[edit] Discography
- Below the Belt (1959)
- Beatnik Scene (1962)
- Comedian is Born (1964)
- Let's Come Together (1970, recorded 1967)
- Eat Out More Often (1970)
- This Pussy Belongs To Me
- Merry Christmas, Baby
- Cockpit
- Return of Dolemite
- Sensuous Black Man
- Dolemite for President
- Zodiac
- I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
- Jokes by Redd Foxx
- Live in Concert
- The Player - The Hustler
- House Party: Dirty Dozens Vol.1
- The Streaker
- Dolemite Is Another Crazy Nigger
- Sweet Peeter Jeeter
- Turning Point
- Close Encounter of the Sex Kind
- Good Ole Big Ones
- Hip Shakin' Papa
- Greatest Hits
- This Ain't No White Christmas
- Raw, Rude, and Real
- 21st Century Dolemite
- Hully Gully Fever
- Genius of Rudy Ray Moore
[edit] Filmography
- Dolemite
- The Human Tornado
- Monkey Hustle
- Petey Wheatstraw
- Disco Godfather
- Rude
- B A P S
- Penitentiary II
- Legend of Dolemite
- Live at Wetlands
- The Great White Hype
- Shaolin Dolemite
- Big Money Hu$tla$
- Dolemite Explosion
- Vampire Assassin
- A Stupid Movie For Jerks
- Lil' Pimp
- The Dolemite Explosion (2007)
- It Came From Trafalgar (2009)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Rudy Ray Moore at the Internet Movie Database
- Rudy Ray Moore's official website
- Dolemite.com
- Rudy Ray Moore record label
- Zolten, Jerry, " 'I Ain't Lyin'!' The Unexpurgated Truth about Rudy Ray Moore." Living Blues # 157, May/June, 2001.
- ZZZlist.com 2007 interview with Rudy Ray Moore
- Rudy Ray Moore dies at the age of 81
- MTV Obituary
