Redd Foxx (I) (1922–1991)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

Redd Foxx began doing stand-up comedy on the infamous "Chitlin' Circuit" in the 1940s and 1950s. ...

Born: December 9, 1922
Died: October 11, 1991 (age 68)

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Filmography

Known For

Sanford and Son Fred G. Sanford / Himself (1972-1977)
Harlem Nights Bennie Wilson (1989)
Cotton Comes to Harlem Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims (1970)
Known For

Grady Fred Sanford (1975-1976)
Actor

The Royal Family Alfonso Royal (1991)
Harlem Nights Bennie Wilson (1989)
Ghost of a Chance Ivory Clay (1987)
The Redd Foxx Show Al Hughes (1986)
Sanford Fred G. Sanford (1980-1981)
My Buddy Woodrow 'Buddy' Johnson (1979)
The Krofft Comedy Hour Stewardess (1978)
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour Redd Foxx (1977)
Sanford and Son Fred G. Sanford (1972-1977)
Norman... Is That You? Ben Chambers (1976)
Grady Fred Sanford (1975)
The Brian Keith Show Nathaniel A. Johnson (1973)
Cotton Comes to Harlem Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims (1970)
ABC Stage 67 Pool Hustler (1967)
Valentine's Day Smoking Movie Patron (1964)
Actor

All the Fine Young Cannibals Redd, Piano Player at Rose's (1960)
Soundtrack

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)
Sanford (1980-1981)
Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
Soundtrack

Cher (1975)
Writer

The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)
On Location: Redd Foxx (1978)
Grady (1975-1976)
Writer

Sanford and Son (1975-1976)
Producer

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)
Producer

My Buddy (1979)
Archive footage

The History of Comedy (2017)
Unsung Hollywood (2015)
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
Pioneers of Television (2008)
Video on Trial (2006)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
BET Comedy Awards (2004)
100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
America's Favorite Funnyman (2002)
Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (2002)
Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996)
Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993)
Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993)
Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993)
The Royal Family (1991)
Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980)
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975)
Archive footage

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Royal Family (1991)
The Redd Foxx Show (1986)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Appeared on the front cover of TV Guide 5 times.

I'm a Sagittarian, see, I can't be fenced in. I been living in Las Vegas, greatest city in the world. I look out my window for 100 miles. In Vegas, there's nothing to do but gamble, drink or have sex. I have two of 'em.

Trademark

His catchphrase, "You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join ya, honey!"

Nickname

Zorro

Star Sign

Sagittarius

Personal Details

Born

John Elroy Sanford
December 9, 1922
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

October 11, 1991 (age 68)
Los Angeles, California, USA

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)

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