Actor

Redd Foxx

Birthday: December 9, 1922

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Age: 98
The Apollo (2019) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 96
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) as (archive footage)
Age: 81
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 78
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2 (2001) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 78
Harlem Nights (1989) as Bennie Wilson
Age: 66
Ghost of a Chance (1987) as Ivory Clay
Age: 64
Dirty Dirty Jokes (1984)
Age: 61
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)
Age: 60
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983) as Self
Age: 60
On Location: Redd Foxx (1978) as Himself
Age: 55
Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977)
Age: 54
The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977) as Self
Age: 54
Norman... Is That You? (1976) as Ben Chambers
Age: 53
Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973) as Self
Age: 50
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Age: 47
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) as Redd (uncredited)
Age: 37