Mooney was a writer for Richard Pryor. He also wrote two episodes of Sanford & Son. and sketches for 16 episodes of In Living Color. Mooney appeared in Bamboozled, Bustin' Loose, Meet The Blacks, In The Army Now, The Ketchup King and Which Way Is Up? and portrayed Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story.
Comedian Paul Mooney, actor in The Buddy Holly Story, dead at 79
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