SY RICHARDSON - INSCRIBED PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK 1989 - HFSID 325266

SY RICHARDSON
Youthful black and white publicity photo of the actor, singer, scriptwriter and teacher. Inscribed to a fan.
Inscribed printed photograph signed in ink: "Sylvanna/Love your/Pizza/Great!!!/Love you/Sy Richardson 1989", in black ink. Color, 10x8. Captioned in lower margin. After seeing his first color-casted movie and stage show on his 8th birthday, Sy Richardson (b.1941) dedicated his life to becoming a performer. In his high school years he avoided Chicago gangs by joining a doo-wop group called Lil June (originally the Wonderliers), recording his first song "Oh What a Feeling." After serving two years in the United States Navy, Richardson moved to Hollywood to act in vaudeville. He landed his first on screen role in the musical comedy Cinderella in 1977, playing the Fairy Godmother. Since then he has appeared consistently in films, with memorable roles in Repo Man (1984), Men at Work (1990), Human Nature (2001) and Larry Crown (2011). He has over 50 television appearances, many of which on popular Black sitcoms such as Martin (1995), Malcolm and Eddie (1997) and The Black Soap (2012). An acting and directing teacher, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the popular Black film Posse (1993). A Christian, he taught Sunday school for at West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles, California. Slightly soiled on verso (no show through). Fine condition.