Ricky Harris

Ricky Harris was an American actor, comedian and producer from Long Beach, California, who became best known for playing Malvo, a recurring role on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, between 2006 and 2008. His earliest screen work came in the films Poetic Justice in 1993 and Murder Was the Case in 1994, followed by parts in Michael Mann's Heat in 1995 and the action movie Hard Rain (1998). On television he was private detective Clay Gentry in a 1993 episode of Danger Theatre and Javon J. W. Willis in six episodes of Moesha from 1996 to 1998. He appeared with Snoop Dogg and Pam Grier in Bones (2001), gave voice work for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in 2004, and played Cousin Fred in This Christmas (2007). He also voiced skit characters heard on albums by Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound. Harris died in 2016.