(1922-12-09)December 9, 1922[1] St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died
October 11, 1991(1991-10-11) (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place
Palm Eastern Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nevada[2]
Medium
Stand-up
television
Education
DuSable High School
Years active
1935–1991
Genres
Word play
observational comedy
black comedy
blue comedy
insult comedy
Subject(s)
African-American culture
human sexuality
race relations
everyday life
Spouse
Evelyn Killebrew
(m. 1948; div. 1951)
Betty Jean Harris
(m. 1956; div. 1975)
Joi Yun Chi Chung
(m. 1976; div. 1981)
Ka Ho Cho
(m. 1991)
Notable works and roles
Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son and Sanford
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. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime. He portrayed Fred G. Sanford on the television show Sanford and Son[3] and starred in The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family, where he played the husband of Della Reese, and grandfather to actor Larenz Tate.
His film projects included All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Norman... Is That You? (1976) and Harlem Nights (1989).
In 2004, Foxx ranked 24th in Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.[4] Foxx not only influenced many comedians[3] but was often portrayed in popular culture as well, mainly as a result of his catchphrases, body language and facial expressions exhibited on Sanford and Son. During the show's six-year run, Foxx won a Golden Globe Award and received an additional three nominations, along with three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.[5][6] Foxx was posthumously given a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1992.[7]
^ abcStarr, Michael Seth. Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, p. 1. ISBN 978-1557837547.
^Kudialis, Chris (May 10, 2016). "Final resting place: 11 celebs you might not know are buried in Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper". lasvegassun.com.
^ abRavo, Nick (October 13, 1991). "Redd Foxx, Cantankerous Master of Bawdy Humor, Is Dead at 68". The New York Times.
^"Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time". Comedy Central Presents. April 17, 2004. Comedy Central. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
^"Redd Foxx". GoldenGlobes.org. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
^"Redd Foxx". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
^St. Louis Walk of Fame. "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". stlouiswalkoffame.org. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name ReddFoxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act...
The ReddFoxx Show is an American television sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986, on ABC. The show was cancelled after 3 months, partly due to low...
Borscht Belt. During his travels, he met many black entertainers, including ReddFoxx. They worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Jersey...
playing the role of Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by ReddFoxx) on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–77). He also portrayed Oscar...
Missouri, and she attended Banneker Elementary School, where she met ReddFoxx, two years her junior. Eventually, both entered the field of comedy separately...
Grady Wilson, Bubba Bexley, and Rollo Lawson. Sanford and Son stars ReddFoxx as Fred G. Sanford, a widower and junk dealer living at 9114 South Central...
written, and directed by Eddie Murphy. The film co-stars Richard Pryor, ReddFoxx (in his last film appearance before his death in 1991), Danny Aiello,...
and comedian ReddFoxx. Jimmie Foxx (1907–1967), American major league baseball player John Foxx (born 1948), English musician Kim Foxx (born 1972), State's...
for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite ReddFoxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and...
parody of the song "The Candy Man" and an incident involving comedian ReddFoxx. "Trash of the Titans" won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program...
(EST) on NBC from January 14, 1972 to March 25, 1977. The show starred ReddFoxx and Demond Wilson in the leading roles. The series follows Fred G. Sanford...
portrayed by American rapper Zeale. 1973: Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting (Laff.) Split LP with ReddFoxx, containing previously released tracks from Craps (After...
Walley, tea-chest bass players of The Quarrymen. John Sanford, a.k.a. ReddFoxx, got his start in show business as washtub bass player for the "Bon Bons"...
(1978) as Nurse Rosa Santiago. She starred in the short-lived series The ReddFoxx Show (1986). She has made guest appearances on many television series...
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred alongside ReddFoxx on The ReddFoxx Show as 'Toni' in 1986. Adlon was featured in numerous films since...
Airwolf; The A-Team; Gun Shy; Murder, She Wrote; Mork & Mindy; and The ReddFoxx Show. In 1974, he married Mary Carey; the couple has four children: Carey...
and 1970s. There, she performed with ReddFoxx and Sammy Davis Jr. Miller turned to comedy at the advice of Foxx, who told her: Look, you're not going...
episode while Audrey Meadows portrayed his wife, Martha). Michael Landon, ReddFoxx, Joe Namath, and Jack Klugman (with Tony Randall in 1973 and alone in...
called Sanford Arms. Sanford and Son had ended in March 1977 when star ReddFoxx left the series. Sanford Arms was intended to be a continuation of that...
Fever, Under The Rainbow, and The Buddy Holly Story. At the suggestion of ReddFoxx, King teamed with comedian Murray Langston and became regular performers...
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