Rudy Ray Moore

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Rudy Ray Moore
Born March 17, 1927(1927-03-17)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Died October 19, 2008(2008-10-19) (aged 81)
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Actor, Comedian, Singer, Comic, Film producer
Years active 1950s–2008
Website
http://www.dolemite.com

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 name derived from the mineral dolomite), 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. 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]

Some of Moore's X-Rated comedy records were recorded at his home with personal friends in attendance as the audience.

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. On an episode of Martin titled "The Players Came Home," he appeared as himself in the Dolemite character. He also reprised his Dolemite character in an appearance on Snoop Dogg's 1999 album No Limit Top Dogg and Busta Rhymes' When Disaster Strikes....

In 2000, Moore starred in Big Money Hustlas, a movie created by and starring the hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, in which he played Dolemite for the first time in over 20 years.

In 2006, Moore voice acted in the show Sons of Butcher (TV series), as Rudy in season 2.

In 2008, Moore reprised the character Petey Wheatstraw on the song "I Live For The Funk," which featured Blowfly and Daniel Jordan. This marked the first time Blowfly and Rudy 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. He was never married, and his mother survived him.[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
  • Dolemite for President (1972)
  • Merry Christmas, Baby
  • Cockpit
  • Return of Dolemite
  • Sensuous Black Man
  • 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 (1995)
  • This Ain't No White Christmas
  • Raw, Rude, and Real—More Greatest Hits
  • 21st-Century Dolemite (2002)
  • Hully Gully Fever
  • Genius of Rudy Ray Moore
  • "Dolemite For President—Special Edition (2008)"
  • "50 Years Of Cussing (2009)"

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b allmusic Biography
  2. ^ ~ I Live 4 The Funk - Analog Medium
  3. ^ "Rudy Ray Moore Dies at Age 81," Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2008.

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