Redd Foxx was born John Elroy Sanford on December 9, 1922, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents nicknamed him ‘Red’ due to his ‘ruddy’ complexion. His family was poor, and his mother, Mary ...

Redd Foxx’s real name was John Elroy Sanford. He changed his name to Foxx in the mid-1900s while he was trying to grow his comedy career doing nightclub routines in New York City. “The show ...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF REDD FOXX By Dempsey J. Travis Urban Research Press, 209 pages, $23.75 Redd Foxx was, in his own way, a pioneer in the world of comedy–a specialist in blue humor who broke ...

Foxx’s brother was apparently a regular fixture in the prison scene during Redd’s younger years, and he died years before Redd did. So when the comedian landed his famed “Sanford & Son ...

Foxx was making "tremendous amounts of money" from the series, and doing standup in Las Vegas, Mitchell said, but had "major problems" with the Internal Revenue Service. "Redd just never believed ...

The Redd Foxx Show is a short-lived sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986 on ABC. The show ended after four months on air, due in part to a Saturday night timeslot ...

Although Foxx was famous for his portrayal of the grumpy old junk collector on Sanford and Son, his last show, The Royal Family, ... (Redd Foxx) and his wife, Victoria (Della Reese).

The classic show starring Foxx as Fred G. Sanford for five years but Morita only lasted ... Comedian Redd Foxx Gave ‘Mr.

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“Redd Foxx is the only person that I thought lived in a junkyard and I said ‘ooh, I want to go over his house,’” Bradford said. “That goes to show what can happen when you make the best ...

The actress who played Redd Foxx’s girlfriend on Sanford and Son and neighbor Miss Verdie on The Waltons has passed away. ... where she initially played a landlady in the show’s seventh episode.