Redd Foxx

Known for: Acting
Born: December 9, 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died: October 11, 1991
Movies: 22

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.1

Harlem Nights

1989

7.6

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

2021

6.2

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

6.4

The Apollo

2019

5.5

Norman... Is That You?

1976

5.9

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

5.6

Ghost of a Chance

1987

6.5

Dirty Dirty Jokes

1984

5.3

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004

4.0

On Location: Redd Foxx

1978

Filmography

2021	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)	Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
2019	The Apollo	Self (archive footage)
2004	TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	(archive footage)
2001	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)
1989	Harlem Nights	Bennie Wilson
1987	Ghost of a Chance	Ivory Clay
1984	Dirty Dirty Jokes
1983	Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
1983	Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy	Self
1978	On Location: Redd Foxx	Himself
1977	Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977	The People's Command Performance: '77	Self
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy	(archive footage)
1976	Norman... Is That You?	Ben Chambers
1973	Keep U.S. Beautiful	Self
1971	The Bob Hope Christmas Special	Self
1970	Cotton Comes to Harlem	Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
1969	...& Beautiful
1960	All the Fine Young Cannibals	Redd (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1983	Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper	Writer
1978	On Location: Redd Foxx	Writer

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