Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-12-09

Deathday

1991-10-11 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Redd Foxx

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American comedian and actor, best known for his starring role on the sitcom Sanford and Son.

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Known For

6.1%

Harlem Nights

Nov 17, 1989

7.6%

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Jul 2, 2021

7.4%

Sanford and Son

Jan 14, 1972

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

6.2%

Cotton Comes to Harlem

May 27, 1970

6.6%

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 6, 1968

6.5%

The Apollo

Apr 24, 2019

4.8%

The Flip Wilson Show

Sep 17, 1970

6.8%

Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944

5.3%

Norman... Is That You?

Sep 29, 1976

6.8%

The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968

5.4%

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Sep 14, 1973

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Acting

2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (uncredited)

2019

The Apollo as Self (archive footage)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as (archive footage)

2001		The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
2001		The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 as Self (archive footage)

1991

The Royal Family as Alfonso Royal

1989

Harlem Nights as Bennie Wilson

1987

Ghost of a Chance as Ivory Clay

1986

The Redd Foxx Show

1984

Dirty Dirty Jokes

1983		Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
1983		Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy as Self

1980

Sanford as Fred Sanford

1978		Flying High
1978		On Location: Redd Foxx as Himself

1977		Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977		Redd Foxx
1977		The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
1977		The People's Command Performance: '77 as Self
1977		The Brady Bunch Hour

1976		Norman... Is That You? as Ben Chambers
1976		The Captain and Tennille as Self
1976		The Jacksons as El mismo
1976		Donny & Marie as Self

1975		Grady
1975		Cher as Self
1975		Cher as Self - Special Guest

1974

Dinah! as Self

1973		The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1973		The Bobby Darin Show

1972

Sanford and Son as Fred G. Sanford

1970		The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1970		Cotton Comes to Harlem as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

1968		The Name of the Game as Redd Foxx
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1966

ABC Stage 67 as Self - Pool Hustler

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960

All the Fine Young Cannibals as Redd (uncredited)

1950

The Bob Hope Show as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Production

1983

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper as Executive Producer

Writing

1983

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper as Writer

1978

On Location: Redd Foxx as Writer