
Redd Foxx
Department: Acting
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

Harlem Nights
1989

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

The People's Command Performance: '77
1977

On Location: Redd Foxx
1978

Norman... Is That You?
1976

Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
1983

Ghost of a Chance
1987

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983

Dirty Dirty Jokes
1984

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004

The Apollo
2019

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

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

All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960

Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

Sanford
1980

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Donny & Marie
1976

Grady
1975

The Royal Family
1991

The Redd Foxx Show
1986

The Flip Wilson Show
1970

ABC Stage 67
1966

The Brady Bunch Hour
1977

The Jacksons
1976

Flying High
1978

Cher
1975

Redd Foxx
1977

The Captain and Tennille
1976

Cher
1975

Sanford and Son
1972

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Dinah!
1974

The Bob Hope Show
1950

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
1977

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Name of the Game
1968

Golden Globe Awards
1944

The Bobby Darin Show
1973