Sy Richardson is an American film and television
actor
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. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film
''Posse''.
Early life and education
He was born in
Cincinnati
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and grew up in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. He attended
Farragut Career Academy. He served two years in the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
. He received an
associate of arts
An associate degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of qualification above a high school diploma, GED, or matriculation, and below a bachelor's degree.
The fi ...
in black history and music from
Kennedy–King College
Kennedy–King College (KKC) part of City Colleges of Chicago, is a public two-year community college in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Kennedy–King is a part of the City Colleges of Chicago, a system of two-year education that has existed ...
in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science in journalism, specializing in advertising, from the
University of Colorado Boulder
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in 1975.
Career
Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy ''
Cinderella''. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of
Alex Cox
Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' and ''Sid and Nancy'', but since th ...
, having appeared in ''
Repo Man'', ''
Sid and Nancy'', ''
Straight to Hell'', ''
Walker'', ''
The Winner'' and ''
Searchers 2.0
''Searchers 2.0'' is a 2007 road film directed by Alex Cox. It stars Del Zamora and Ed Pansullo. Described by Cox as a "microfeature," it was shot on digital video in 10 days for a budget of $180,000. Lacking distribution, it featured a very limi ...
''. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film ''
Tripwire
A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism. Typically, a wire or cord is attached to a device for detecting or reacting to physical movement.
Military applications
Such tripwires may be attached to one or more mines – especially fragme ...
''. He recently had a recurring role as the
coroner
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on the TV series ''
Pushing Daisies
''Pushing Daisies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life ...
''. He also appeared in ''
They Live'' and ''
Colors''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1941 births
Living people
Male actors from Cincinnati
American male film actors
Kennedy–King College alumni
United States Navy sailors
University of Colorado Boulder alumni
African-American male actors
Farragut Career Academy alumni
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
African-American United States Navy personnel
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