Redd Foxx

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

09 December 1922, 103 years old

Known For

Harlem Nights

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

Cotton Comes to Harlem

The Apollo

Norman... Is That You?

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Ghost of a Chance

Dirty Dirty Jokes

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

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

Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

2021

The Apollo

Self (archive footage)

2019

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

(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

Harlem Nights

Bennie Wilson

1989

Ghost of a Chance

Ivory Clay

1987

Dirty Dirty Jokes

1984

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

1983

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Self

1983

On Location: Redd Foxx

Himself

1978

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

1977

The People's Command Performance: '77

Self

1977

Norman... Is That You?

Ben Chambers

1976

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

1970

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Redd (uncredited)

1960