Richard was born to Clayton Eugene and Bessie Jewel Holt Locke, the third of four children: his older brother Clay, Jr., older sister Janet and younger brother Robert. Richard died of AIDS after battling the disease for more than thirteen years. Many people in the gay community consider Richard an "AIDS Hero" since his activism in the early years of the epidemic, soon to turn pandemic, did manage to bring illumination about the disease and how to live with it.
Filmography
5B
as Himself
El Paso Wrecking Corp.
as Hank
L.A. Tool & Die
as Hank
Kansas City Trucking Co.
as Hank
Passing Strangers
as Man in baths
Daddy Dearest
as Daddy
Forbidden Letters
as Richard
The Diamond Stud
as Bhudda, Diamond's Manager
The Sins of Johnny X
as Phil
Heatstroke
as Shep
Pool Party
as Nick
Love a Man with a Beard 3
as (archive footage)
Hairy Muscle Daddy 3
as (archive footage)
An Evening With Richard Locke
as Self
The Filth and the Fury
as (archive footage)