Cast & creator
Redd Foxx
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
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.
Also known as: John Elroy Sanford, John Sanford
22
film credits
26
television credits
45
1944–2021 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Name of the Game
Redd Foxx
1968
Dinah!
Self
1974
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Sanford and Son
Fred G. Sanford
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
ABC Stage 67
Self - Pool Hustler
1966
Flying High
Redd Foxx
1978
The Captain and Tennille
Self - Guest
1976
Cher
Self
1975Cher
Self - Special Guest
1975
Sanford
Fred Sanford
1980
Harlem Nights
Bennie Wilson
1989
The Jacksons
El mismo
1976
The Brady Bunch Hour
1977
Grady
1975
The Royal Family
Alfonso Royal
1991
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
2021The Redd Foxx Show
1986
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
1970
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Self (archive footage)
2001Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Norman... Is That You?
Ben Chambers
1976
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2001Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
1973
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
1977
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Redd (uncredited)
1960
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)
2004
Ghost of a Chance
Ivory Clay
1987
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019
The People's Command Performance: '77
Self
1977
...& Beautiful
1969Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self
1983
Dirty Dirty Jokes
1984
On Location: Redd Foxx
Himself
1978On Location: Redd Foxx
Writer
1978
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
1983Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
Writer
1983Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
Executive Producer
1983