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)
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)
My Buddy (1979)
Producer

Redd Foxx (1977)
Archive footage

The History of Comedy (2017)
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
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

Foxx turned down a role in The Great White Hope (1970), which was inspired by the career and struggles against racism of former heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Foxx knew Johnson and refused the role as he believed the play (which won the Pulitzer ...

Quotes

[Who had to adjust his sleeping patterns before rehearsing on the set of Sanford and Son (1972)]: When I worked in clubs, I had to be alert until 2, maybe 3 in the morning. I found it best to sleep during the daytime.