Redd Foxx

★ Acting #22,307

1922 - 1991 (age 68) • Acting

Born: 12/9/1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Died: 10/11/1991 (age 68)

Known for: Acting

Redd Foxx

★ Acting #22,307

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

61%

Bennie Wilson

1989

Sanford and Son

75%

Fred G. Sanford

1972

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Cotton Comes to Harlem

62%

Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

1970

The Dick Cavett Show

68%

Self - Guest

1968

The Flip Wilson Show

49%

Self

1970

Golden Globe Awards

70%

Self - Nominee

1944

Norman... Is That You?

55%

Ben Chambers

1976

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

76%

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

2021

The Apollo

64%

Self (archive footage)

2019

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

53%

(archive footage)

2004

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

Self (archive footage)

2001

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

Self (archive footage)

2001

The Royal Family

65%

Alfonso Royal

1991

Harlem Nights

61%

Bennie Wilson

1989

Ghost of a Chance

56%

Ivory Clay

1987

The Redd Foxx Show

75%

Unknown

1986

Dirty Dirty Jokes

70%

Fred Sanford

1980

Flying High

63%

75%

Self - Guest

1976

The Jacksons

92%

El mismo

1976

Donny & Marie

68%

Self

1976