Darryl Henriques (born January 28, 1942) is an author, satirist, stand-up comedian, and actor on stage and radio, and in TV and film.
Early life
Henriques was born in
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
on January 28, 1942.
Career
Henriques, a
Cheese Board Collective worker, coined the phrase ''
Gourmet Ghetto''.
Darryl Henriques joined the ''
San Francisco Mime Troupe'' in 1967, later ''
El Teatro Campesino
El Teatro Campesino (Spanish language, Spanish for "The Farmworker's Theater") is a Chicano theatre, theatre company in California. Performing in both English language, English and Spanish language, Spanish, El Teatro Campesino was founded in 1965 ...
'', the ''East Bay Sharks'' (street theater) and the ''
Bread and Puppet Theater''.
KSAN (1968 to 1980) Scoop Nisker's ''Last News Show'' news comedy characters included:
Joe Carcinogenni, Rattus Rat,
Jacques Kissmatoe, Rev. Clyde Fingerdip and ''The Swami From Miami''. ''VIDEOWEST'' cable access show was hosted by
Scoop Nisker with Henriques, Laura Daltry, Joe Lerer, and
Jane Dornacker.
He appeared in
FTA Show
The ''FTA Show'' (or ''FTA Tour'' or ''Free The Army tour''), a play on the common troop expression "Fuck The Army" (which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure"), was a 1971 Opposition to the US involvement in the Vietn ...
,
Star Trek: The Next Generation, ''Star Trek VI'', ''Jumanji'' (1995) and the ''Star Wars'' franchise.
On October 27, 1936, the play ''
It Can't Happen Here
''It Can't Happen Here'' is a 1935 dystopian political novel by the American author Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to pow ...
'' opened in 22 theaters in 18 cities across the USA. Henriques initiated the 2011 national readings, mostly on Monday, October 24, co-sponsored by the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, California.
Personal life
Henriques left the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...
for the
Los Angeles area
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, ...
in 1984.
Filmography
Bibliography
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See also
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The Unborn 2
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Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away
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Gourmet Ghetto
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Suspicion Song
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Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
''Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall'' is a 1987 American short film, short comedy film directed by Bryan Gordon. At the 60th Academy Awards, held in 1988, it won an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best S ...
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Wicket W. Warrick
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The Last Outpost (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
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San Francisco Comedy Competition
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Live Shot
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William Farley (director)
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Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
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Villa Alegre (TV series)
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Paul Krassner
Paul Krassner (April 9, 1932 – July 21, 2019) was an American writer and satirist. He was the founder, editor, and a frequent contributor to the freethought magazine ''The Realist'', first published in 1958. Krassner became a key figure in t ...
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Warwick Davis filmography
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Alice Kahn
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List of Star Trek characters (N–S)
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FTA Show
The ''FTA Show'' (or ''FTA Tour'' or ''Free The Army tour''), a play on the common troop expression "Fuck The Army" (which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure"), was a 1971 Opposition to the US involvement in the Vietn ...
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Joe Carcione
References
External links
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American stand-up comedians
Actors from California