Redd Foxx

ActorProducerWriter Dec 9 (died age 68) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. 1944–2021 (77 year career)

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Biography

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.

Known For

Film

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

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

Film

Harlem Nights

Bennie Wilson

Film

Sanford and Son

Fred G. Sanford

Film

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Film

The Apollo

Self (archive footage)

Film

Norman... Is That You?

Ben Chambers

Film

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Redd (uncredited)

Film

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Filmography

Acting (41)

Movies (16)

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

2021

as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

7.6

The Apollo

2019

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004

as (archive footage)

4.0

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Harlem Nights

as Bennie Wilson

Ghost of a Chance

as Ivory Clay

Dirty Dirty Jokes

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

as Self

6.0

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

1983

On Location: Redd Foxx

1978

as Himself

4.0

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

as Self

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

1977

7.0

Norman... Is That You?

1976

as Ben Chambers

5.0

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

6.1

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

as Redd (uncredited)

5.3

Television (25)

The Royal Family

as Alfonso Royal

The Redd Foxx Show

Sanford

as Fred Sanford

Flying High

The Brady Bunch Hour

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour

Redd Foxx

Donny & Marie

as Self

The Captain and Tennille

as Self - Guest

The Jacksons

as El mismo

Cher

as Self - Special Guest

Grady

Dinah!

as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

The Bobby Darin Show

Sanford and Son

as Fred G. Sanford

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Name of the Game

as Redd Foxx

ABC Stage 67

as Self - Pool Hustler

6.2

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

1983

Executive Producer

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

1983

Writer

On Location: Redd Foxx

1978

Writer

4.0