Redd Foxx photo

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.

Known For

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years photo

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

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

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

Ghost of a Chance photo

Ghost of a Chance

The People's Command Performance: '77 photo

The People's Command Performance: '77

Cotton Comes to Harlem photo

Cotton Comes to Harlem

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 photo

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

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy photo

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper photo

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

Dirty Dirty Jokes photo

Dirty Dirty Jokes

Person Stats

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1922-12-09

Place of BirthSt. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Also Known AsJohn Elroy SanfordJohn Sanford

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