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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1922
Died
October 11, 1991
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Also Known As
- John Elroy Sanford
- John Sanford
Redd Foxx
0.5 Popularity
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
7.6
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The Apollo
2019
4.0
(archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
6.0
Alfonso Royal
The Royal Family
1991
6.1
Bennie Wilson
Harlem Nights
1989
4.5
Ivory Clay
Ghost of a Chance
1987
🎬
5.0
The Redd Foxx Show
1986
5.7
Dirty Dirty Jokes
1984
Credits
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
2021
7.6
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.5
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2004
4.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
The Royal Family
as Alfonso Royal
1991
6.0
Harlem Nights
as Bennie Wilson
1989
6.1
Ghost of a Chance
as Ivory Clay
1987
4.5
🎬
The Redd Foxx Show
1986
5.0
Dirty Dirty Jokes
1984
5.7
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
1983
0.0
🎬
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as Self
1983
6.0
Sanford
as Fred Sanford
1980
7.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
On Location: Redd Foxx
as Himself
1978
4.0
🎬
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
7.0
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
1977
0.0
🎬
Redd Foxx
1977
0.0
The People's Command Performance: '77
as Self
1977
0.0
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
2.0
Norman... Is That You?
as Ben Chambers
1976
5.0
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
1976
5.5
The Jacksons
as El mismo
1976
9.0
Donny & Marie
as Self
1976
6.7
Grady
1975
5.0
Cher
as Self
1975
6.2
Cher
as Self - Special Guest
1975
6.2
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
0.0
Sanford and Son
as Fred G. Sanford
1972
7.4
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
1970
6.1
The Name of the Game
as Redd Foxx
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Pool Hustler
1966
6.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Redd (uncredited)
1960
5.3
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2