BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " REYNALDO REY " WAS AN AMERICAN ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY :: GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

 

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Reynaldo Rey
Born	Harry Reynolds January 27, 1940 Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States
Died	May 28, 2015 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death	Stroke
Occupation	Actor, comedian, television personality
Years active	1973–2015

Reynaldo Rey (born Harry Reynolds; January 27, 1940 – May 28, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, and television personality.

Early life

Rey was born in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He was of African American and Native American descent.^{[citation needed]} He earned aBachelor of Science degree from Kansas State Teacher's College, majoring in Education.

Career

Rey moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he taught for seven years and became a member of the Karamu House Theatre, world renowned for its development of top-notch actors, directors and producers. There, he launched his career in comedy, going on the road with the O'Jays. He then moved to New York City, where he was invited to join the Harlem Theater Group. While a member of the group, he appeared in his first movie. 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. He also has 32 television shows to his credit, including BET's Comic View, 1998–1999, 2000–2001, on which he was a co-host, The Tonight Show, Robert Townsend's Parents in Crime, and The Parent Hood, and 227 as Ray the Mailman.He also appeared on the show called Noah's Arc (TV series). Rey also recorded three comedy albums and three videos. He produced his own video, which features a rap he wrote called "I’m Scared A U" after overwhelming audience reaction to it on Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam. Rey also appeared as a contestant once on the popular game show Match Game.

Death[edit]

Rey died on May 28, 2015 due to complications from a stroke he suffered a year prior.^[1]

He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

Filmography

• Internet Dating (2008/I)
• First Sunday (2008)
• American Dream (2008/I)
• Divine Intervention (2007/I)
• Who Made the Potato Salad? (2006)
• Issues (2005)
• Treasure n tha Hood (2005)
• My Big Phat Hip Hop Family (2005)
• Survival of the Illest (2004)
• Super Spy (2004)
• The Sunday Morning Stripper (2003)
• For da Love of Money (2002)
• Little Richard (2000)
• The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000)
• The Breaks (1999)
• Sprung (1997)
• Fakin' da Funk (1997)
• Friday (1995)
• House Party 3 (1994)
• Bébé's Kids (1992)
• White Men Can't Jump (1992)
• A Rage in Harlem (1991)
• Far Out Man (1990)
• Harlem Nights (1989)
• Young Doctors in Love (1982)