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Harlem Nights is a 1989 American crime comedy-drama film starring, written, and directed by Eddie Murphy. The film co-stars Richard Pryor , Redd Foxx (in his last film appearance before his death in 1991), Danny Aiello , Michael Lerner , Della Reese , and Murphy's older brother Charlie .
Due to the disappearance of paid gigs during the lockdown in the United States, pianist and Harlem resident Emmet Cohen started his version of the rent party as an online streaming concert on Monday nights to provide income for his trio with bassist Russell Hall, drummer Kyle Poole, as well as other musicians living or traveling through New ...
In 1981, Tolbert competed for the CBS team on Battle of the Network Stars. [8] In 1983, Tolbert starred in the Maya Angelou play On A Southern Journey. [9] Following the cancellation of The Jeffersons in 1985, Tolbert appeared in films including Harlem Nights, Goodfellas, and Patriot Games, and television shows including ER, Six Feet Under, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. [10]
John Elroy Sanford was born on December 9, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised on Chicago's South Side.His father, Fred "Freddie" Sanford (1897-1944), was from Hickman, Kentucky, served during World War I in the 823rd company of U.S. Army U.S. Transportation Corps and worked as an electrician and an auto mechanic, but left his family sometime after 1930.
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (/ aɪ ˈ ɛ l oʊ /) (June 20, 1933 [1] – December 12, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Hide in Plain Sight (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990 ...
From there he performed in Europe, Asia and Africa for two years. Rey has appeared in 52 movies, including Friday, House Party 3, White Men Can't Jump, A Rage in Harlem, and Harlem Nights, where he appeared with the likes of Redd Foxx (his mentor, for whom he often opened shows), Della Reese, Richard Pryor, Arsenio Hall, and Eddie Murphy.
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
In Harlem Nights, he played Tommy Smalls, the brother of Arsenio Hall's character. [11] In 1997, he played Detective Siegel in the crime drama Against the Law . In 1993, Ford directed and produced the play South of Where We Live , about six African-American professionals who return to the communities where they were raised and learn about the ...