Redd Foxx
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-12-09 (69 years old)
Deathday
1991-10-11
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Also known As
John Elroy Sanford
John Sanford
Redd Foxx
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.
Acting
1989
Harlem Nights
as Bennie Wilson
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (uncredited)
1977
1978
On Location: Redd Foxx
as Himself
1976
Norman... Is That You?
as Ben Chambers
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
1987
Ghost of a Chance
as Ivory Clay
1983
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as (archive footage)
2019
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
1960
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Redd (uncredited)
Production
1983
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
as Executive Producer
1983
1978
On Location: Redd Foxx
as Writer
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