How tall was Richard Pryor?

Richard Pryor is commonly listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

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Richard Pryor’s 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 64 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Richard Pryor beside others

Richard Pryor is in the middle of the 52 comedians we have heights for: Greg Davies (6 ft 8 in) stands 10 in (25.2 cm) taller and Sandi Toksvig (5 ft 0 in) is 10 in (26 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Photo: Berk Costello for General Artists Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Richard Pryor, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)