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Actor · 1940–2005

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor was an American comedian and actor. Born on 1 December 1940, this profile follows Richard Pryor through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Wattstax (1973). The location trail reaches Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.

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CHAPTER 01

Life and work

Richard Pryor was an American comedian and actor. Born: 1 December 1940. Died: 10 December 2005. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United States.

Richard Pryor — biographical record ↗︎

CHAPTER 02

Wattstax · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Richard Pryor is credited as cast member on Wattstax. The work’s existing location story leads to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The documentary records the August 1972 Wattstax concert at the Coliseum. The work’s year is its 1973 release.

Wattstax — credits ↗︎Library of Congress: Wattstax ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 1 connection. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

IN THE STORY

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WORKS

Culture, connected.

Follow the work through its real places.

Movies · 1973

Wattstax

Mel Stuart

KEEP EXPLORING

Cities and Worlds.

CITY

Los Angeles ↗︎

Follow a scene into the hills. A song onto the Strip. A story all the way to the ocean.

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