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{{Short description|American comedian, singer and actor (1927β2008)}} {{Use American English|date = November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Rudy Ray Moore | image = Rudy Ray Moore.jpg | caption = Moore in 2007 | birth_name = Rudolph Frank Moore | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|17}} | birth_place = [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|19|1927|3|17}} | death_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|singer|film producer}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{Hlist|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[soul music|soul]]}} | years_active = 1948β2008 | label = | past_member_of = | website = {{URL|rudyraymoore.com/}} }} }} '''Rudolph Frank Moore''' (March 17, 1927{{spaced ndash}}October 19, 2008), known as '''Rudy Ray Moore''', was an American comedian, singer, actor, and film producer.<ref name=NYT>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/movies/22moore.html?_r=0 Douglas Martin, "Rudy Ray Moore, 81, a Precursor of Rap, Dies", ''NY Times'', 22 October 2008]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> He created the character '''Dolemite''', the [[pimp]] from the 1975 film ''[[Dolemite]]'' and its sequels, ''[[The Human Tornado]]'' and ''The Dolemite Explosion'' (aka ''The Return of Dolemite'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1453163/dolemite-tells-dirty-jokes-warns-snoop-of-his-mic-supremacy/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150117083525/http://www.mtv.com/news/1453163/dolemite-tells-dirty-jokes-warns-snoop-of-his-mic-supremacy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2015|title=Dolemite Tells Dirty Jokes, Warns Snoop Of His Mic Supremacy|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|website=MTV News}}</ref> The persona was developed during his early comedy records.<ref name=ALLMUSIC>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p206/biography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Biography by Cub Koda]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref><ref name=chicago>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/05/10/dolemite-star-explores-music/ Soren Baker, "`Dolemite' star explores music", ''The Chicago Tribune'', 10 May 2002]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> The recordings often featured Moore delivering profanity-filled rhyming poetry, which later earned Moore the nickname "the Godfather of Rap."<ref name=chicago/> Actor and comedian [[Eddie Murphy]] portrayed Moore in the 2019 film ''[[Dolemite Is My Name]]''. ==Early life== Moore was born and raised in the Johnson House on 1400 North 12th Street in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arktimes.com/entertainment/ae-feature/2019/11/04/straight-outta-westark-rudy-ray-moore|title=Straight outta Westark: Rudy Ray Moore|last=Koch|first=Stephen|date=2019-11-04|website=Arkansas Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-12}}</ref> and eventually moved to [[Akron, Ohio]], and then [[Milwaukee]]. In Milwaukee, he preached in churches and worked as a [[nightclub]] dancer.<ref name=dootsie>[http://www.shockingimages.com/dolemite/albums/belowthebelt.php Dootsie Williams, Liner notes for ''Below The Belt''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518005726/http://www.shockingimages.com/dolemite/albums/belowthebelt.php |date=May 18, 2017 }}. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> He returned to Akron, working in clubs as a singer, dancer, and comedian, often appearing in character as '''Prince DuMarr'''.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?pid=119140285 Obituary, Rudolph Frank "Rudy Ray Moore" Moore, 21 October 2008]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> He joined the [[US Army]] and served in an entertainment unit in [[Germany]], where he was nicknamed the Harlem Hillbilly for singing [[country music|country]] songs in an [[R&B]] style.<ref name=NYT/> He developed an interest in comedy in the Army after expanding on a singing performance for other servicemen.<ref name=bio>[http://www.shockingimages.com/dolemite/biography.php Biography by Mark Jason Murray at Rudy Ray Moore website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829173620/http://www.shockingimages.com/dolemite/biography.php |date=August 29, 2017 }}. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> After his honorable discharge he lived in [[Seattle]] and then [[Los Angeles]], where he continued to work in clubs and was discovered by record producer [[Dootsie Williams]].<ref name=dootsie/> He recorded [[rhythm and blues]] songs for the [[Federal Records|Federal]], [[Cash Records|Cash]], Ball, [[Kent Records|Kent]], and [[Imperial Records|Imperial]] labels between 1955 and 1962, and released his first comedy albums, ''Below the Belt'' (1961), ''The Beatnik Scene'' (1962), and ''A Comedian Is Born'' (1964).<ref name=bio/><ref>[http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/rudyraymoore.htm Discography at WangDangDula.com]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> ==Career== ===Dolemite records and wider acclaim=== By his own account, Moore was working at the world famous [[John Dolphin (music producer)#Dolphin's of Hollywood|Dolphin's of Hollywood]] record store in Los Angeles in 1970 when he began hearing obscene stories of "Dolemite" recounted by a local man named Rico. Moore recorded a number of street poets, including [[Big Brown (poet)|Big Brown]] who, before he moved to Los Angeles, had been an influence on [[Bob Dylan]], among other artists, while living in Greenwich Village. (Dylan said Brown's poetry was the best poetry he had ever heard.)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Flanagan interviewed Bob Dylan in New York in March 1985 for his 1985 book "Written In My Soul." |url=https://www.interferenza.net/bcs/interw/85-mar.htm |access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref> In 1973, Moore produced Brown's album, ''The First Man of Poetry, Big Brown: Between Heaven and Hell''. According to Moore, the genesis for his decision to develop the "Dolemite" character came when he invited Rico into Dolphin's, where he let him perform:<ref>Interview with Moore on DVD "The Legend of Dolemite: Bigger and Badder"</ref> {{blockquote|Rico, you do "Dolemite", I'm gonna give you some money for soup. He did "Dolemite" in the middle of the floor in the store I was working and the people just rolled. So I thought then, he's not a professional; I'm a professional comedian. What if I did "Dolemite"? Sure enough, I invited him to my house, give him a little reefer and some wine. He put "Dolemite" on tape, I recorded it, the rest is history.}} Moore began recording the stories, and assumed the role of "Dolemite" in his club act and on recordings.<ref name=latimes>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081231052832/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/21/local/me-moore21 Jocelyn Y Stewart, "Obituary: Rudy Ray Moore", ''Los Angeles Times'', 21 October 2008]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> In 1970β71 he recorded three albums of material, ''Eat Out More Often'', ''This Pussy Belongs To Me'', and ''The Dirty Dozens'', where "with [[jazz]] and R&B musicians playing in the background, [Moore] would recite raunchy, sexually explicit rhymes that often had to do with [[pimps]], prostitutes, players, and hustlers."<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-pussy-belongs-to-me-mw0000094218 Alex Henderson, Review of ''This Pussy Belongs To Me'' at Allmusic.com]. Retrieved February 23, 2014</ref> Moore was influenced by more mainstream comedians such as [[Redd Foxx]] and [[Richard Pryor]], as well as by traditions such as [[the Dozens]]. The recordings were usually made in Moore's apartment, with friends in attendance to give a party atmosphere. The album covers and contents were often too racy to be put on display in record stores,<ref name=latimes/> but the records became popular through word of mouth and were highly successful in Black American communities,<ref name=NYT/> where his "warped wit and anti-establishment outlook" were embraced.<ref name=chicago/> ===''Dolemite'' movie and later success=== [[File:RudyRayMoore 12062007.JPG|right|thumb|{{center|Moore in 2007}}]] Moore spent most of his earnings from the records to finance the movie ''[[Dolemite]]'', which started filming in January, 1974. It was released and distributed nationally beginning in April 1975, and has been described as "one of the great [[blaxploitation]] movies" of the 1970s.<ref name=ALLMUSIC/><ref name=chicago/> The character was "the ultimate ghetto hero: a bad dude, profane, skilled at kung-fu, dressed to kill and hell-bent on protecting the community from evil menaces. He was a pimp with a [[Kung fu (term)|kung-fu-fighting]] [[clique]] of prostitutes and he was known for his sexual prowess."<ref name=latimes/> The film was successful and was followed by ''[[The Human Tornado]]'', ''[[The Monkey Hustle]]'', and ''[[Petey Wheatstraw (film)|Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-in-Law]]''. Moore continued to release albums that appealed to his enduring fanbase through the 1970s and 1980s, but little of his work reached a white audience. His "rapid-fire rhyming salaciousness exceeded the wildest excesses" of Foxx and Pryor,<ref name=NYT/> and his highly explicit style kept him off television and major films.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /><ref name=latimes/> At the same time, Moore often spoke in his church and regularly took his mother to the [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention]]. He said that: "I wasn't saying dirty words just to say them... It was a form of art, sketches in which I developed ghetto characters who cursed. I don't want to be referred to as a dirty old man, rather a ghetto expressionist."<ref name=latimes/> ===Later career=== In 1990, Moore appeared on [[Big Daddy Kane]]'s album ''[[Taste of Chocolate]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/11/23/taste-chocolate/|title=''Taste of Chocolate''|last=Mack|first=Bob|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 23, 1990|accessdate=January 23, 2023}}</ref> and [[Eric B. & Rakim]]'s music video for "In The Ghetto".<ref name=time>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5711219/dolemite-is-my-name-rudy-ray-moore-legacy/|title=Rappers Reflect on the Enduring Hip-Hop Legacy of Dolemite Comedian Rudy Ray Moore|last=Chow|first=Andrew R.|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 25, 2019|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> Four years later, he appeared on [[Method Man]]'s album ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]''<ref name=time/> and [[2 Live Crew]]'s album ''[[Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide|last=Hess|first=Mickey|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-34325-4|page=viii}}</ref> 2 Live Crew attributed their use of obscenity-laden lyrics to Moore's act.<ref name=time/> After appearing on a 1995 episode of ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' titled "The Players Came Home",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin {{!}} TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/martin/episode-18-season-3/all-the-players-came/202949|access-date=2020-09-05|website=TVGuide.com|language=en}}</ref> he reprised the Dolemite character for the intro of [[Busta Rhymes]]' album ''[[When Disaster Strikes...]]''<ref>{{cite book|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=BHvp8mcJfAoC |page=55 }}|title=Billboard|date=2009-06-06|access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref> Snoop Dogg's 1999 album ''[[No Limit Top Dogg]]'', and [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]βs 1999 music video "[[Got Your Money]]β, in which the rapper was digitally inserted into scenes of ''Dolemite''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/rudy-ray-moore-rip-1798215083|title=Rudy Ray Moore RIP|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=October 20, 2008|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> He again reprised Dolemite in the 2000 film ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'', a film created by and starring the rap-rock group [[Insane Clown Posse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/big-money-hustlas-1798194767|title=''Big Money Hustlas''|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 29, 2002|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> In 2001, Moore was a featured guest in the intro of [[Busta Rhymes]]' album ''[[Genesis (Busta Rhymes album)|Genesis]]''.<ref name=time/> Five years later, Moore voice-acted in the show ''[[Sons of Butcher (TV series)|Sons of Butcher]]'', as Rudy, and Joseph in season 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.swtimes.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/24/eddie-murphy-s-new-film/2455903007/|title=Eddie Murphy's new film focuses on Fort Smith native|last=Smith|first=Scott|work=[[Southwest Times Record]]|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> Moore reprised the character [[Petey Wheatstraw (film)|Petey Wheatstraw]] on the 2008 song "I Live for the Funk", which featured [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]] and Daniel Jordan. It marked the first time Blowfly and Moore collaborated on the same record together, as well as the 30-year anniversary of the movie ''Petey Wheatstraw''; it was also the final recording Moore made before his death.<ref name="I Live 4 The Funk - Analog Medium">{{Cite web |url=http://blog.analogmedium.com/2008/04/i-live-4-funk-by-daniel-jordan.html |title=I Live 4 The Funk β Analog Medium |access-date=October 22, 2008 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009025158/http://blog.analogmedium.com/2008/04/i-live-4-funk-by-daniel-jordan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Personal life== Moore never married. His long-time manager, Donald Randel Moore,<ref>{{cite web|last=Higgins|first=Keenan|title=New Doc Reveals Details of 'Dolemite' Actor Rudy Ray Moore's Sexuality|website=Vibe|date=November 20, 2012|accessdate=June 16, 2021|url=https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/new-doc-reveals-details-dolemite-actor-rudy-ray-moores-sexuality-121677/|postscript=none}}; {{cite web|last=Jordan|first=Carlton|title=Exclusive: Longtime Manager Says Rudy Ray Moore AKA 'Dolemite' Was Gay|website=CarltonJordan.com|url=http://www.carltonjordan.com/2012/11/19/exclusive-longtime-manager-says-rudy-ray-moore-aka-dolemite-was-gay/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127173447/http://www.carltonjordan.com/2012/11/19/exclusive-longtime-manager-says-rudy-ray-moore-aka-dolemite-was-gay/|archive-date=November 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and entertainer Stanton Z. LaVey, a friend of Moore's, said in 2019 that Moore was "very much bisexual, if not gay", and that his Dolemite persona helped cover it up.<ref>{{cite web|last=LaVey|first=Stanton Z.|title=My Coke-Fueled Nights With Dolemite|website=Ozy.com|date=October 5, 2019|accessdate=June 20, 2021|url=https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/my-coke-fueled-nights-with-dolemite/96876/}}</ref> == Death == On October 19, 2008, Moore died in [[Toledo, Ohio]], of complications from [[diabetes]].<ref name=latimes/> His mother, two brothers, two sisters, a daughter, and grandchildren survived him.{{cn|date=December 2024}} [[File:Dolemite program 1.jpg|thumb|Rudy Ray Moore Funeral Program]] ==Legacy== He came to be regarded as a major influence by many later [[rapping|rap]] stars. [[Snoop Dogg]] said that "without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that's for real."<ref name="NYT" /> On June 7, 2018, it was announced that [[Craig Brewer]] would direct ''[[Dolemite Is My Name]]'' from a script by [[Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski]] with [[Netflix]] producing and distributing and Eddie Murphy starring as Moore.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galuppo|first1=Mia|title=Eddie Murphy to Star as Rudy Ray Moore for Netflix|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eddie-murphy-star-as-rudy-ray-moore-netflix-movie-1118159|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en|date=June 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/eddie-murphy-dolemite-is-my-name-netflix-1202837013/|title=Film News Roundup: Eddie Murphy to Star in Biopic 'Dolemite Is My Name' for Netflix|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> Later that month, the rest of the principal cast was announced.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wesley-snipes-joins-eddie-murphy-netflixs-rudy-ray-moore-movie-1120125|title=Wesley Snipes Joins Eddie Murphy in Netflix's 'Dolemite Is My Name!' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ti-talks-join-netflixs-dolemite-is-my-name-1123150|title=T.I. in Talks to Join Eddie Murphy in Netflix's 'Dolemite Is My Name!' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keegan-michael-key-joins-eddie-murphy-netflix-movie-dolemite-is-my-name-1123870|title=Keegan-Michael Key Joins Eddie Murphy in 'Dolemite Is My Name!' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 28, 2018 }}</ref> In July 2018, [[Chris Rock]] and [[Ron Cephas Jones]] joined the cast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/is-us-star-ron-cephas-jones-joins-eddie-murphy-dolemite-1129673|title='This Is Us' Star Ron Cephas Jones Joins Eddie Murphy in 'Dolemite' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 25, 2018}}</ref> [[Principal photography]] began on June 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Eddie Murphy to Star as Rudy Ray Moore for Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/eddie-murphy-dolemite-rudy-ray-moore-netflix-movie-craig-brewer-blaxploitation-hero-scott-alexander-larry-karaszewski-1202404562/|website=Deadline|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en|date=June 7, 2018}}</ref> In August 2019, the [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] was released. The film [[premiere]]d at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 7, 2019, and received a [[limited release]] on October 4, 2019, before digital streaming on October 25, 2019. In January 2022, a detailed biography, ''Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself: The Authorized Biography of Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite'' by Mark Jason Murray, was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.grindhousereleasing.com/products/thank-you-for-letting-me-be-myself-the-authorized-biography-of-rudy-ray-moore-a-k-a-dolemite-by-mark-jason-murray|title=THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE MYSELF - The Authorized Biography of Rudy|website=[[Grindhouse Releasing]]|access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref> ==Discography== ===Albums=== ;Comedy *''Below the Belt'' (1959) *''Beatnik Scene'' (1962) *''A Comedian Is Born'' (1964) *''Let's Come Together'' (1970, recorded 1967) *''Eat Out More Often'' (1970) (Kent KST 001) *''This Pussy Belongs to Me'' (1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-pussy-belongs-to-me-mw0000094218|title=This Pussy Belongs to Me β Rudy Ray Moore | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> (Kent KST 002) β with "The Signifying Monkee" *''Dolemite for President'' (1972) *''Merry Christmas, Baby'' *''The Cockpit'' β with "Petey Wheatstraw β The Devil's Son-in-Law" *''Return of Dolemite'' (featuring The Grunts & Groans of Love) *''The Sensuous Black Man β by "The Prince"'' *''Zodiac'' *''I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing'' *''Jokes by Redd Foxx'' *''Live in Concert'' *''The PlayerβThe Hustler'' *''House Party: Dirty Dozens Vol. 1'' *''The Streaker'' *''Dolemite Is Another Crazy Nigger'' *''Sweet Peeter Jeeter'' *''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 RealβMore Greatest Hits'' *''Phantom Surfers β XXX Party'' (2000) *''21st-Century Dolemite'' (2002) *''Genius of Rudy Ray Moore'' *''Dolemite for President β Special Edition'' (2008) *''50 Years of Cussing'' (2009) *''50 Years of Cussing, Vol. 2'' (2019) ;Music *''The Turning Point'' (1972) *''Hully Gully Fever'' (2000; compilation) ===Singles=== *"Step It Up and Go" (King Records) *"Below the Belt" (Dooto) *"The Roosevelt" (Dooto) *"Let's Come Together" *"My Soul" β The Seniors (Ball 001) *"Rally in the Valley" (Vermont 105-45) *"Hully Gully Papa" (Case Records 1006) ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1975 |''[[Dolemite]]'' |Dolemite | |- |Rowspan=2|1976 |''[[The Human Tornado]]'' |Dolemite | |- |''[[The Monkey Hustle|The Monkey Hu$tle]]'' |Goldie | |- |1977 |''[[Petey Wheatstraw (film)|Petey Wheatstraw]]'' |Petey | |- |1979 |''[[Disco Godfather]]'' |Tucker Williams | |- |1982 |''[[Penitentiary II]]'' |Husband | |- |1994 |''[[The Legend of Dolemite]]'' |Himself |Short |- |1995 |''[[Murder Was the Case|Murder Was the Case: The Movie]]'' |Dolemite |Short |- |1996 |''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' |Dolemite |Episode: "The Players Came Home" |- |Rowspan=3|1997 |''Violent New Breed'' |Pastor Williams |[[Direct-to-video]] |- |''[[B.A.P.S.|B*A*P*S]]'' |Nate | |- |''[[Fakin' da Funk]]'' |Larry | |- |Rowspan=2|1999 |''[[Shaolin Dolemite]]'' |Monk Ru-Dee |Direct-to-video |- |''[[Jackie's Back]]'' |Bad Guy |TV |- |Rowspan=2|2000 |''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'' |Dolemite |Direct-to-video |- |''Shoe Shine Boys'' | | |- |Rowspan=3|2002 |''The Return of Dolemite'' |Dolemite |aka ''The Dolemite Explosion'' |- |''Live At Wetlands N.Y.C.'' |Himself |September 2000 music performance and comedy at Wetlands in New York City |- |''Rude'' |Himself |1982 comedy performance at Blueberry Hill in Los Angeles |- |Rowspan=2|2003 |''The Watermelon Heist'' |Angel of Death | |- |''[[The Legend of Dolemite|The Legend of Dolemite: Bigger & Badder]]'' |Himself | |- |2005 |''[[Vampire Assassin]]'' | | |- |2006β2007 |''[[Sons of Butcher (TV series)|Sons of Butcher]]'' |Rudy the Psychic Janitor, Joseph |TV series<br />Season 2, 4 episodes |- |2007 |''A Stupid Movie for Jerks'' |Cop | |- |2009 |''It Came from Trafalgar'' |Dangerous Dan |Posthumous release, (final film role) |- |2019 |''[[Dolemite Is My Name]]'' |Himself |[[Archive footage]]; posthumous release |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.cultcollectibles.com/dolemite/main.php Rudy Ray Moore official Web site] * {{IMDb name|601834|Rudy Ray Moore}} * [http://dolemiterecords.com Dolemite Records] * [http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2008/05/rudy-ray-moore-sweet-peter-jeeter.html Sweet Peter Jeeter, audio of LP] * [http://www.warriorrecords.com/rudy/ Rudy Ray Moore Record Label] * [[Jerry Zolten|Zolten, Jerry]], "'I Ain't Lyin'!' The Unexpurgated Truth about Rudy Ray Moore." ''Living Blues'' # 157, May/June 2001. * [http://www.zzzlist.com/celebs/Features/Dolemite/Rudy%20Ray%20Moore.htm ZZZlist.com 2007 interview with Rudy Ray Moore] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081022111440/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-moore21-2008oct21,0,4372689.story Rudy Ray Moore dies at the age of 81] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023034844/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1597502/story.jhtml MTV Obituary] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Rudy Ray}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:African-American male actors]] [[Category:African-American male comedians]] [[Category:African-American comedians]] [[Category:20th-century African-American male singers]] [[Category:American male comedians]] [[Category:Male actors from Arkansas]] [[Category:Singers from Arkansas]] [[Category:Norton Records artists]] [[Category:Deaths from diabetes in the United States]] [[Category:People from Fort Smith, Arkansas]] [[Category:Male actors from Cleveland]] [[Category:Imperial Records artists]] [[Category:Kent Records artists]] [[Category:20th-century American singers]] [[Category:Comedians from Cleveland]] [[Category:20th-century American comedians]] [[Category:21st-century American comedians]] [[Category:Comedians from Arkansas]] [[Category:Comedians from California]] [[Category:20th-century American male singers]] [[Category:21st-century African-American people]]
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