Redd Foxx

Acting

Redd Foxx

Born 1922-12-09 · St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

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 credits

Harlem Nights poster
6.1

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Harlem Nights

1989

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) poster
7.6

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

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

2021

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NR

A comedy variety special with an ecological twist.

Keep U.S. Beautiful

1973

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Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Cotton Comes to Harlem poster
6.2

Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

The Apollo poster
6.4

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

The Apollo

2019

All the Fine Young Cannibals poster
5.9

An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years poster
5.3

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 poster
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This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2

2001

Norman... Is That You? poster
5.5

Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.

Norman... Is That You?

1976

...& Beautiful poster
NR

Hosted by comedian Redd Foxx, …& Beautiful was the first syndicated television special produced for African American audiences to be sponsored by a Black-owned company (Johnson Products, makers of Afro Sheen). Dynamically stylized with Afrocentric and psychedelic designs and costuming, the vibrant production represents an invaluable late-’60s audiovisual time capsule documenting the joy, liberation and empowerment of the Black Is Beautiful movement.

...& Beautiful

1969

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

This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

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

2001

The People's Command Performance: '77 poster
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A celebrity lineup selected by a “specially conducted nationwide survey” entertains.

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

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8.0

Hosted by Don Meredith & Cindy Williams with Eddy Arnold, David Brenner, Foster Brooks, Charo, Norm Crosby, Rodney Dangerfield, John Davidson, Sammy Davis Jr., Lola Falana, Redd Fox, Robert Goulet, Jack Jones, the Lennon Sisters, Liberace, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinson, Rip Taylor, Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams and many more.

Happy Birthday, Las Vegas

1977

Ghost of a Chance poster
5.6

A television movie about a veteran policeman who accidentally kills a musician. The ghost of the musician returns to persuade the cop to steer the musician's grandson away from drug peddlers and into a life of music.

Ghost of a Chance

1987

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7.0

The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

Dirty Dirty Jokes poster
6.5

A stand-up concert featuring six of the most hilarious comedians around. Hosted by Redd Foxx, the topic of the evening is sex in all of its funny forms. Not for the easily offended!

Dirty Dirty Jokes

1984

On Location: Redd Foxx poster
4.0

"Sanford and Son" made Redd Foxx a household name. This HBO "On Location" features his night-club act, raw and uncensored, and gives the viewers another side of this comedic genius. Starting thirty years before Sanford in what was known as the "chitlin" circuit, he performed with the likes of Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and the Will Mastin Trio. The Silverbird Hotel in Las Vegas presents the act in the true Redd Foxx tradition.

On Location: Redd Foxx

1978

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper poster
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Live stand up

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper

1983

Behind the camera