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Redd Foxx - Actor & Filmmaker | The Couch Critic
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Redd Foxx
Born
December 9, 1922
Died: October 11, 1991
Lived 68 years
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
16
Movies
26
TV Shows
Also Known As
John Elroy Sanford
John Sanford
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Redd Foxx
Acting
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.
Movies
16
TV Shows
26
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as
Self (uncredited)
2021
6.5
The Apollo
as
Self (archive footage)
2019
4.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as
(archive footage)
2004
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
as
Self (archive footage)
2001
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
as
Self (archive footage)
2001
6.1
Harlem Nights
as
Bennie Wilson
1989
4.5
Ghost of a Chance
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Ivory Clay
1987
5.7
Dirty Dirty Jokes
Cast
1984
0
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
Cast
1983
6.0
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
as
Self
1983
4.0
On Location: Redd Foxx
as
Himself
1978
7.0
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Cast
1977
0
The People's Command Performance: '77
as
Self
1977
5.0
Norman... Is That You?
as
Ben Chambers
1976
6.1
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as
Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
1970
5.3
All the Fine Young Cannibals
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Redd (uncredited)
1960
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