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Redd Foxx

Born Dec. 9, 1922
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died Oct. 11, 1991, aged 68

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.

39 titles
21 Acting
2 Writing
1 Production

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Acting (21)

Harlem Nights (1989)

Bennie Wilson

Sanford and Son (1972)

Fred G. Sanford

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

Norman... Is That You? (1976)

Ben Chambers

The Name of the Game (1968)

Redd Foxx

All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)

Redd (uncredited)

Ghost of a Chance (1987)

Ivory Clay

Sanford (1980)

Fred Sanford

The Brady Bunch Hour (1977)

The Jacksons (1976)

El mismo

Dirty Dirty Jokes (1984)

The Royal Family (1991)

Alfonso Royal

Flying High (1978)

Redd Foxx

Grady (1975)

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977)

The Redd Foxx Show (1986)

The Bobby Darin Show (1973)

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977)

...& Beautiful (1969)

Redd Foxx (1977)

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)

Writing (2)

On Location: Redd Foxx (1978)

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)

Production (1)

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)

Executive production

Appearances (18)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Fred G. Sanford (archive footage) (uncredited)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

The Flip Wilson Show (1970)

Self

The Apollo (2019)

Self (archive footage)

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973)

Self

ABC Stage 67 (1966)

Self - Pool Hustler

Cher (1975)

Self / Self - Special Guest

Dinah! (1974)

Self

The Captain and Tennille (1976)

Self - Guest

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

(archive footage)

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)

Self

On Location: Redd Foxx (1978)

Himself

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

(archive footage)

Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973)

Self

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)

Self (archive footage)

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001)

Self (archive footage)

The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1971)

Self

The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)

Self