Levi Stubbs of Mother Brain in the animated TV series "" (1989). Stubbs also guest-starred in a number of TV shows as himself. Berry Gordy offered him the role of Louis McKay in the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues", which would have starred him opposite Diana Ross as Billie Holiday. Stubbs turned the role down, however, once again not wishing to overshadow the other members of the Four Tops. Stubbs has been regarded by some as one of the quintessential male soul singers. According to AllMusic's Ed Hogan, the vocalist had a "pleading urgency in his voice that perfectly captured the
Richard Stubbs Break" as a regular contributor alongside brother Peter ("Grubby") and Diane ("Dee Dee") Dunleavy. In 2016, he returned to stand up comedy performing in venues around Australia. In 2017 he performed his one-man show, "Richard Stubbs In Full Flight", at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Stubbs' brother is Melbourne radio personality Peter Stubbs. Richard Stubbs Richard Stubbs (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian radio and television presenter, writer and comedian. Stubbs was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was school captain. He then completed a Bachelor of Economics degree. After a try-out routine at Melbourne's Last Laugh comedy