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Kinky Friedman

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American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944-2024)

United StatesActorsLived 1944 to 2024 · aged 79
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Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman was an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist for Texas Monthly, who styled himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain.

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Friedman contemplates a question from the audience at a campaign rally in Bastrop during the 2006 Texas gubernatorial campaign.Friedman contemplates a question from the audience at a campaign rally in Bastrop during the 2006 Texas gubernatorial campaign.Friedman in 2006Friedman in 2006

Filmography 15

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 21986 · ★ 5.7
The Being1983 · ★ 4.9
Zombex2013
Be Here to Love Me2004
Mars2010
Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey2006
Record City1978
Twirl1981
Barbecue: A Texas Love Story2004
The Mojo Manifesto: The Life and Times of Mojo Nixon2022
Palo Pinto Gold2009
Kinky Friedman: Proud To Be An Asshole From El Paso2001
Texas: America Supersized2004
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies2025
Kinky Friedman: Live from Austin, TX2007

18 credits on file

Television 3

Saturday Night Live1975
60 Minutes1968
The John Larroquette Show1993

Connected to Kinky 6

Cynthia WatrosAlso in Mars (2010)Marianne GordonAlso in The Being (1983)Caroline WilliamsAlso in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)John DoeAlso in Zombex (2013)Edd ByrnesAlso in Twirl (1981)Gus TrikonisAlso in Twirl (1981)

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Country
United States
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Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2024 · aged 79
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15 languages

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