Reynaldo Rey
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Years active | 1973–2012 |
Reynaldo Rey (born Harry Reynolds; January 27, 1940 – May 28, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, and television personality.
Career
Rey moved to
The Parent Hood, and 227 as Ray the Mailman. He also appeared on a show called Noah's Arc. 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 twice in 1973 as a contestant on the popular game show Match Game
. He was brought back due to a technicality, and would go on to win 3 games, and a total of 650 dollars.
Death
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).
Partial filmography
- Disco Sexpot (1979)
- Young Doctors in Love (1982) – The Cops – Cicerelli
- Harlem Nights (1989) – Gambler
- Far Out Man (1990) – Lou
- A Rage in Harlem(1991) – Blind Man
- The Three Muscatels (1991) – King Alberto Nacho
- White Men Can't Jump (1992) – Tad
- Bébé's Kids(1992) – Lush (voice)
- House Party 3 (1994) – Veda's Dad
- Friday (1995) – Red's Father
- Sprung (1997) – Brotha #2
- Fakin' da Funk (1997) – Earnest
- The Breaks (1999) – Uncle Deion
- Jackie's Back (1999, TV Movie) – Cadillac Johnson (Retired Pimp)
- Play It to the Bone (1999) – Sportswriter
- Little Richard(2000, TV Movie) – Sugarfoot Sam
- The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000)
- For da Love of Money (2002) – Pops
- The Sunday Morning Stripper (2003, Short) – Elder Jenkins
- Survival of the Illest (2004) – Old School
- Super Spy (2004)
- My Big Phat Hip Hop Family (2005) – Terrell Mathis
- Treasure n tha Hood (2005) – Willie
- Issues (2005) – Mr. Livingston
- Noah's Arc(2005)- Chance's Landlord
- Who Made the Potato Salad?(2006) – Mr. Brown
- Uncle P (2006) – Mailman
- Everybody Hates Chris (2007, TV Series) – Mr. Lester
- Divine Intervention (2007) – Deacon Jones
- First Sunday (2008) – Soul Joe
- Internet Dating (2008) – Mr. Bentay
- American Dream (2008) – Manager
- Pawn Shop (2012) – Rey's Pal (final film role)
References
- ^ Ford, Dana (May 29, 2015). "Actor Reynaldo Rey dies at 75". CNN. Retrieved Apr 26, 2021.
External links
- Reynaldo Rey at IMDb
- Reynaldo Rey at Find a Grave
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived April 26, 2015)
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