Actor profile

Redd Foxx

9th December 1922 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Acting

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.

18 Movies 25 TV Shows 43 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2nd July 2021 as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

The Apollo poster

The Apollo 24th April 2019 as Self (archive footage)

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years poster

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years 1st January 2004 as (archive footage)

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

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 22nd February 2001 as Self (archive footage)

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

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 22nd February 2001 as Self (archive footage)

Harlem Nights poster

Harlem Nights 17th November 1989 as Bennie Wilson

Ghost of a Chance poster

Ghost of a Chance 12th May 1987 as Ivory Clay

Dirty Dirty Jokes poster

Dirty Dirty Jokes 1st January 1984

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper poster

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper 2nd January 1983

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy 1st January 1983 as Self

On Location: Redd Foxx poster

On Location: Redd Foxx 14th July 1978 as Himself

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas 23rd October 1977

The People's Command Performance: '77 poster

The People's Command Performance: '77 7th April 1977 as Self

Bob Hope's World of Comedy 29th October 1976 as Self (archive footage)

Norman... Is That You? poster

Norman... Is That You? 29th September 1976 as Ben Chambers

Keep U.S. Beautiful 27th March 1973 as Self

Cotton Comes to Harlem poster

Cotton Comes to Harlem 27th May 1970 as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

All the Fine Young Cannibals poster

All the Fine Young Cannibals 15th September 1960 as Redd (uncredited)

The Royal Family poster

The Royal Family 18th September 1991 as Alfonso Royal

The Redd Foxx Show 18th January 1986

Sanford poster

Sanford 15th March 1980 as Fred Sanford

Flying High poster

Flying High 29th September 1978

Redd Foxx 15th September 1977

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour poster

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour 15th September 1977

The Brady Bunch Hour poster

The Brady Bunch Hour 23rd January 1977

The Captain and Tennille poster

The Captain and Tennille 20th September 1976 as Self - Guest

The Jacksons poster

The Jacksons 16th June 1976 as El mismo

Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie 23rd January 1976 as Self

Grady poster

Grady 4th December 1975

Cher poster

Cher 16th February 1975 as Self - Special Guest

Dinah! poster

Dinah! 21st October 1974 as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts 14th September 1973 as Self

The Bobby Darin Show poster

The Bobby Darin Show 19th January 1973

Sanford and Son poster

Sanford and Son 14th January 1972 as Fred G. Sanford

The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show 17th September 1970 as Self

The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game 20th September 1968 as Redd Foxx

The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show 6th June 1968 as Self - Guest

ABC Stage 67 poster

ABC Stage 67 14th September 1966 as Self - Pool Hustler

The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show 1st October 1962 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show 9th April 1950 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee