Rudy Ray Moore

Rudy ray moore was born on march 17 1927 in fort smith arkansas usa.

Rudy ray moore.

He created the character dolemite the pimp from the 1975 film dolemite and its sequels the human tornado and the return of dolemite. The persona was developed during his early comedy records. About a third of the way into the new biopic dolemite is my name rudy ray moore a failed singer turned underground stand up comedian played by eddie murphy meets with a movie producer. Died october 19th 2008 akron ohio.

Rudy ray moore is a living legend and a cultural treasure to the black community. He died on october 19 2008 in akron ohio usa. The oldest of seven children moore moved to cleveland ohio at the age of 15 peeling potatoes and washing dishes to make a living. An american entertainer actor director and musician.

The daughter of dolemite star rudy ray moore is about to go to war with the stars of the reboot film eddie murphy and chris rock are filming for netflix and she says it cannot be made without. He was most famous for his dolemite character and blaxploitation era movies. He was an actor known for dolemite 1975 the human tornado 1976 and disco godfather 1979. In the 70s few other actors were more popular in the blaxploitation films than rudy ray moore who played the iconic role of dolemite in the film of the same name.

Rudolph frank moore march 17 1927 october 19 2008 known as rudy ray moore was an american comedian singer actor and film producer. 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.