Redd Foxx

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Redd Foxx

Acting December 9, 1922

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

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 si…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

7.0 1968 TV Show
Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

6.1 1989 Movie
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

7.0 1950 TV Show
Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son

7.5 1972 TV Show
Dinah!

Dinah!

7.0 1974 TV Show
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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

7.6 2021 Movie
The Flip Wilson Show

The Flip Wilson Show

4.9 1970 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Movie Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)

  2. 2019
    The Apollo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2004
    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

    Movie (archive footage)

  4. 2001
    The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2001
    The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1991
    The Royal Family

    TV show Alfonso Royal

  7. 1989
    Harlem Nights

    Movie Bennie Wilson

  8. 1987
    Ghost of a Chance

    Movie Ivory Clay

  9. 1986
    The Redd Foxx Show

    TV show

  10. 1984
    Dirty Dirty Jokes

    Movie

  11. 1983
    Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

    Movie

  12. 1983
    Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

    Movie Self

  13. 1980
    Sanford

    TV show Fred Sanford

  14. 1978
    Flying High

    TV show Redd Foxx

  15. 1978
    On Location: Redd Foxx

    Movie Himself

  16. 1977
    Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

    Movie

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  1. 1977
    The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour

    TV show

  2. 1977
    Redd Foxx

    TV show

  3. 1977
    The People's Command Performance: '77

    Movie Self

  4. 1977
    The Brady Bunch Hour

    TV show

  5. 1976
    Bob Hope's World of Comedy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1976
    Norman... Is That You?

    Movie Ben Chambers

  7. 1976
    The Captain and Tennille

    TV show Self - Guest

  8. 1976
    The Jacksons

    TV show El mismo

  9. 1976
    Donny & Marie

    TV show Self

  10. 1975
    Grady

    TV show

  11. 1975
    Cher

    TV show Self

  12. 1974
    Dinah!

    TV show Self

  13. 1973
    The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

    TV show Self

  14. 1973
    Keep U.S. Beautiful

    Movie Self

  15. 1973
    The Bobby Darin Show

    TV show

  16. 1972
    Sanford and Son

    TV show Fred G. Sanford

  17. 1970
    The Flip Wilson Show

    TV show Self

  18. 1970
    Cotton Comes to Harlem

    Movie Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

  19. 1969
    ...& Beautiful

    Movie

  20. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show Redd Foxx

  21. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  22. 1966
    ABC Stage 67

    TV show Self - Pool Hustler

  23. 1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    TV show Self

  24. 1962
    The Merv Griffin Show

    TV show Self