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    Website. reddfoxx.com. John Elroy Sanford[ 1 ] (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement.

  2. Jul 11, 2024 · After his film debut in Ossie Davis’ Cotton Comes to Harlem in 1972, famed producer Norman Lear — who was on the riding high on the success of another sitcom, All in the Family, tapped Foxx to play widower and junk dealer Fred Sanford in NBC’s called Sanford & Son. The show was an instant hit, continuously ranking in the top ten.

  3. Oct 7, 2024 · Redd Foxx (born December 9, 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died October 11, 1991, Los Angeles, California) was an American comedian known for his raunchy stand-up routines. His style of comedy, which featured foul language and highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics. He was also a television actor, star of the hit ...

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  4. Sanford and Son is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977. It was based on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, which initially aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1974. Known for its racial humor, running gags, and catchphrases, the series was adapted by Norman Lear and ...

  5. Fred G. Sanford was the focal character on the sitcom Sanford and Son, played by actor and comedian Redd Foxx. Fred G. Sanford was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 21, 1908 to unnamed parents. Fred often told tales describing his alleged service in World War I or World War II (depending on the situation and context), but as Lamont once pointed out, Fred was 11 when World War I took ...

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › history › historians-andRedd Foxx | Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · December 9, 1922. October 11, 1991. Comedian Redd Foxx was born John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis, Missouri, the second son of Fred Sanford, an electrician, and Mary Alma Hughes Sanford, a minister. Foxx's father deserted the family when Foxx was four, and Foxx was raised first by his grandmother, and then in Chicago by his mother, who at that ...

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  8. Jan 14, 2013 · Created by the team of writer-producers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, "Steptoe and Son" centered around the wretched lives of Albert Steptoe, an elderly rag and bone man (i.e., junk dealer) and ...

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