
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, social critic, and television and film actor. He is best known as a writer for comedian Richard Pryor, playing singer Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story and Junebug in Bamboozled, and his appearances on Chappelle's Show.

Bamboozled
2000 · as Junebug

Meet the Blacks
2016 · as Klansman

Good Hair
2009 · as Self

Which Way Is Up?
1977 · as Inspector Caine

The Buddy Holly Story
1978 · as Sam

FTA
1972 · as Self

Carter's Army
1975 · as Soldier

Bustin' Loose
1981 · as Marvin

Richard Pryor: Here and Now
1983 · as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Homie Spumoni
2006 · as George

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · as Self

I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · as Self

Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · as President of NAACP

Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady
1994 · as Self

The Old Settler
2001 · as Man at Counter

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989

Black Hollywood
1984 · as Self