Demond WilsonFilmography

Born:: October 13, 1946 in Valdosta, GA
Occupation:: Actor

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Me and the Kid

Actors: Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes

Synopsis: A wealthy young boy is kidnapped by thieves who rob his home, but the crooks are in for a surprise when the kid becomes a pest . ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Full Moon High

Actors: Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Elizabeth Hartman, Ed McMahon, Kenneth Mars

Synopsis: This oddball werewolf outing from hit-and-miss genre auteur Larry Cohen details the comic misadventures of Tony Walker (Adam Arkin, son of Alan), a former high-school jock who is transformed into a werewolf during a family visit to Transylvania. Cursed with immortality, Tony is able to return to Read More

1982
Sanford and Son: The Reverend Sanford

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Raymond Allen

Synopsis: To avoid paying taxes, Fred (Redd Foxx) invests ten dollars in a "close cover before striking" divinity school headed by a clever con man. Inveigling Uncle Woodrow (Raymond Allen) and Bubba (Don Bexley) in his scheme, the "Reverend" Sanford sets up his own tax-exempt ministry, worshipping at the Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: The Will

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: It is nothing new when Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) clobbers Fred (Redd Foxx) with her purse. This time, however, the "weapon" is a bit heavier, thanks to Esther's new silver-plated Bible. Convinced he has been dealt a fatal blow, Fred gathers his family and friends together, intending to divulge Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Fred the Activist

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Taurean Blacque, Mel Stewart

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) becomes a "Gray Fox" when stereo salesman Honest Al refuses to extend credit to anyone over the age of 65. Before long, Fred's activism catches on with others his age (and even older). This still-timely episode reaches a riotous denouement as Fred leads a contingent of Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: When John Comes Marching Home

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Marlene Clark, James A. Watson Jr.

Synopsis: Having already announced their engagement, Lionel (Demond Wilson) and Janet (Marlene Clark) eagerly make plans for their wedding. Then, out of nowhere, Janet's ex-husband John (James A. Watson Jr.) appears. From all outward appearances, John wants to kiss and make up with Janet -- but it turns out Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Fred Meets Redd

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Jack Carter, Fritzi Burr

Synopsis: With his tax deadline rapidly approaching, Fred (Redd Foxx) suddenly skips an appointment with his accountant. The reason? Fred hopes to win a huge prize by entering a Redd Foxx lookalike contest. And just guess who makes a "guest appearance" as Redd? Also appearing in this classic dual-identity Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Chinese Torture

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo, Hazel Medina

Synopsis: Amateur magician Grady (Whitman Mayo) attempts to perform his "famous" Chinese-wristlock trick. As a result, Fred (Redd Foxx) and Esther (LaWanda Page) end up handcuffed together. With Grady unable to decipher the trick's instructions (they're written in Chinese of course), Fred is forced to Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: A Matter of Silence

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Fuddly Bagley, Helen Martin

Synopsis: As a result of "waxy buildup," Fred (Redd Foxx) temporarily loses his hearing. After visiting the doctor, a cured Fred suddenly realizes that his ailment had earned him the undivided attention of his girlfriend Donna (Lynn Hamilton). Thus, Fred plays up his "deafness" to the hilt -- at least until Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Fred Sings the Blues

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, B.B. King, Don Bexley

Synopsis: Although he passes on performing songs written by Fred (Redd Foxx), the great B.B. King (playing himself) gives Fred a book, which explains why King starting singing the blues. Turns out that King has been nursing a broken heart ever since he lost his sweetheart to another man. According to the Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: School Daze

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: Can it be that Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) has fallen in love with a white woman named Doris? That's what Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Donna (Lynn Hamilton) are led to believe when Fred begins mysteriously disappearing each and every night. It turns out, however, that Doris is a high-school teacher Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Here Today, Gone Today

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Bob Goldstein

Synopsis: As a surprise for Fred (Redd Foxx), who is about to celebrate his 40th year in the business, Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) arrange to upholster all his furniture. This of course requires the removal of the furniture without informing Fred. Upon returning to an empty living Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: The Lucky Streak

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Synopsis: The Sanford Arms is threatened with foreclosure due to nonpayment of rent. Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) decide that the best way to avoid this contingency is to buy the rooming house outright -- but for that, they need 4,000 dollars immediately. Throwing caution to the winds Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: Funny, You Don't Look It

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Milton Selzer, John Hawker

Synopsis: Evidently inspired by the TV miniseries Roots, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is convinced that he is a descendant of none other than King Solomon. And how did this "revelation" come about? Well, it seems that Fred shelled out big money (a whole 25 dollars) to a family-tracing service -- who told him Read More

1977
Sanford and Son: The Director

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, George Foreman, George Wiltshire, Adam Wade

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) expresses indifference when his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) gets involved with a local acting workshop. But Fred quickly changes his tune when he learns that one of the workshop actors is boxing champion George Foreman (as himself). This explains why Fred shows up at the theater Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: A Pain in the Neck

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Whitman Mayo

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) wins the Watts Businessman-of-the-Year award, but his bad back may prevent him from walking to the podium. Before long, Fred has a pain in other portions of his anatomy, thanks to the plethora of "home remedies" offered by his friends and family. The limit comes when son Lamont (Demond Wilson Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Sergeant Gork

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Synopsis: Hoping to impress his future grandson (Ed Crawford), Fred (Redd Foxx) weaves an incredible tale of his "heroic" exploits during WWII. Casting himself as the Patton-like "Major Fred G. Sanford," Fred concocts an unbelievable account based on every war movie cliché ever minted, culminating in a Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Hawaiian Connection, Part 2

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Ho, Sheldon Leonard, Greg Morris

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, a gang of jewel thieves have planted their stolen gems on Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx), who is in Hawaii to attend a junkman's convention with his son Lamont (Demond Wilson). Pursued all over Honolulu with the bad guys one step behind him, innocent Fred (who has Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Hawaiian Connection, Part 1

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Sheldon Leonard, Greg Morris, Barbara Rhoades

Synopsis: Sanford and Son launched its sixth and final season with an unforgettable location-filmed jaunt to Hawaii. Heading to the land of pineapples and hula skirts for a junkman's convention, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) get innocently mixed up with jewel thieves. The crooks plant Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Camping Trip

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Carol Arthur, Deborah Berns

Synopsis: Hoping to "bond" with son Lamont (Demond Wilson) before his marriage, Fred (Redd Foxx) talks Lamont into embarking upon a camping trip. Things go from bad to worse as the truck breaks down in the tall timbers, and Fred and Lamont are stranded, without food, in a snowstorm. Although not readily Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Marlene Clark, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor

Synopsis: Reconciled to the romance between his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Janet Lawson (Marlene Clark), Fred (Redd Foxx) gives his blessing to the couple's engagement. Soon, however, he tries to revoke that blessing when he learns that Lamont and Janet don't intend to live with Fred after their Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Fred Sanford Has a Baby

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Don Bexley, Nathaniel Taylor

Synopsis: With Lamont (Demond Wilson) away on a fishing trip, Fred (Redd Foxx) seizes the opportunity to grab a quick buck by renting out Lamont's room. His new tenant is a lonely -- and very pregnant -- young woman. This being a 1970s sitcom, it must needs be that the woman will go into labor, with only Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Greatest Show in Watts

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Rozelle Gayle

Synopsis: Unable to pay his back rent, a tenant of the Sanford Arms leaves his sole possession as collateral. Unfortunately for Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx), that possession turns out to be an elephant. Hoping for a quick turnover, Fred stages a spectacular advertising gimmick, with the pesky pachyderm as the Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Can You Chop This?

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Nancy Kulp, Cesare Danova, Danny Wells

Synopsis: Shades of "The Handy Housewife Helper" on The Honeymooners! Lamont (Demond Wilson) goes ballistic when he finds that the money he has been saving up for acting lessons has been squandered by his dad, Fred (Redd Foxx), who has purchased the "Watts franchise" for a kitchen appliance called the Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Escorts

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Arnold Johnson, George Wiltshire, Fritzi Burr

Synopsis: Ever seeking out new sources of income, Fred (Redd Foxx) applies for work at an escort service, only to be bluntly informed that he is "too homely" for such work. Hoping to prove that he is still catnip to women, Fred opens up his own escort business, with his equally unlovely pals as his stable Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Lamont in Love

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Marlene Clark

Synopsis: Marlene Clark makes her first series appearance as Janet Lawson, the new woman in the life of Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson). Nervous around Janet, Lamont's dad Fred (Redd Foxx) wants to know more about the woman's mysterious past. This leads into a lengthy spoof of Columbo, with Fred making like Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The TV Addict

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Howard Platt, Whitman Mayo

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) thinks Fred (Redd Foxx) is watching too much TV. Fred disagrees, sparking a violent quarrel. Hoping to end his dad's TV addiction once and for all, Lamont arranges for Fred to be hypnotized: From now on, whenever he has the urge to be a couch potato, Fred will imagine that Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Aunt Esther Meets Her Son

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Eric Laneuville, Shirley Washington

Synopsis: Eric Laneuville makes his first appearance as Daniel, newly adopted son of Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page). Upon learning that Daniel is an atheist, the pious Esther throws him out of the house. It is up to Fred (Redd Foxx) and Lamont (Demond Wilson) to convince Esther that Daniel's lack of faith is Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Aunt Esther Has a Baby

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen, Robin Braxton

Synopsis: After years of waiting, Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) is told that the adoption agency has finally found her a child. Nervously anticipating an interview with the adoption agency, Esther's husband Woody (Raymond Allen) downs a "calmative" -- and as a result, is hopelessly inebriated. Gallant Fred (Redd Foxx Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Carol

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Spo-De-Odee, Patrick Cranshaw

Synopsis: Is Fred (Redd Foxx) telling the truth when he fails to recognize Carol (Spo-De-Odee), a woman who claims she knew him 40 years ago? For once, the redoubtable Mr. Sanford is telling the truth -- he is drawing a complete blank when it comes to Carol. When recognition finally dawns, however, Fred is Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Oddfather

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is put "on the spot" when he witnesses a bungled gangland slaying. For a while, Fred basks in the likelihood that he will earn a 25,000-dollar reward for identifying the would-be assassin. Unfortunately, the gunman has decided to add Fred to his hit list, generously Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Season 06

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Marlene Clark, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: Season six of Sanford and Son was launched on September 24, 1976, with the series' only two-part episode -- and also one of its funniest -- "The Hawaiian Connection," largely filmed on location in Honolulu and its environs. Then it was back to South Central Los Angeles, where irascible Fred Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Sanford and Gong

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Chuck Barris, Allan Drake

Synopsis: Chuck Barris guest-stars in this zany episode, wherein Fred (Redd Foxx) and his cronies are booked to appear on The Gong Show. Unfortunately for Fred, his wise-guy brother-in-law Rodney (Allan Drake) is slated to appear on the same show -- and fully intends to win the grand prize. A last-minute Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Marlene Clark

Synopsis: To impress his son Lamont's future mother-in-law, Fred (Redd Foxx) tries to get into the Guinness Book of World Records. His plan is to stay awake longer than the current record-holder, the immortal Choo Choo Rabinowitz. As it turns out, it is Fred's crony Bubba (Don Bexley) who makes it into the Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Stakeout

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Howard Platt, Rozelle Gayle

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) doesn't know it at first, but his new "lady love," Miss Wallace, is actually a male criminal in drag. Even worse, the cross-dressing crook is on the lam from the law, with the neighborhood cops hot on a trail that leads directly to Fred's doorstep. Upon learning the truth Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: California Crude

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Ross Martin, Patrick Campbell

Synopsis: While cultivating their backyard garden, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) apparently strike oil. Their unexpected windfall attracts the attention of an Arabian oil expert named Aram (Ross Martin). Naturally anticipating a huge financial bonanza, Fred begins spending money even Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Fred's Extra Job

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Lynn Hamilton, Marlene Clark

Synopsis: To keep Lamont (Demond Wilson) from quitting the junk business, Fred (Redd Foxx) tries to get big a huge bank loan, pretending that business is booming and offering the junkyard as collateral. In his efforts to keep up this pretense, Fred moonlights as a waiter in a restaurant. The trick is to Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: Committee Man

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Edward Andrews, Fritzi Burr, Sosimo Hernandez

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is thrilled when the mayor appoints him to the Watts Community Relations Committee. No sooner has he accepted the post than Fred is approached with a bribe to push through legislation for a new housing project. Will Fred's greed win out over his civic duty, or will he Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Winning Ticket

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, Danny Wells

Synopsis: A pair of shapsters persuade Fred (Redd Foxx) to invest in a shady sales promotion. The plan is to hold a fund-raising sweepstakes raffle -- without a winning ticket. The scheme backfires when a winner unexpectedly shows up, leaving Fred holding the bag. It is up to Bubba (Don Bexley) and an Read More

1976
Sanford and Son: The Over-the-Hill Gag

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lena Horne, Nathaniel Taylor, Keene Curtis

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) mistakenly believes that the doctor has given Fred (Redd Foxx) a few months to live (actually Fred has been given a few months to pay his bill). To make the old man happy in his "last moments," Lamont and Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) try to arrange a date between Fred and singer Lena Horne Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Stung

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Nathaniel Taylor, Richard Ward

Synopsis: Excluded from his son Lamont's weekly poker game, Fred gets even by arranging for his pal Al Banks (Richard Ward), a professional gambler, to sit in for a few hands. Just as Fred planned, Al wins all the players' money -- but then neglects to give it back. The result: Fred and Lamont (Demond Wilson Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Older Woman

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Kim Hamilton, Kathryn Jackson

Synopsis: Surprised that he and his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) have not had an argument for days, Fred (Redd Foxx) concludes that Lamont must be in love -- again. Sure enough, Lamont is head over heels over a woman named Grace (Kim Hamilton), who happens to be several years older than he. To teach Lamont a Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Divorce, Sanford Style

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Splitting up with her husband, Woodrow (Raymond Allen), after a row, Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) moves in with Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson). Fred tolerates Esther's presence when he believes that she only intends to stay the night. But when it becomes clear that she plans to Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Earthquake II

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo, Merv Griffin

Synopsis: In this opening episode of Sanford and Son's fifth season, a team of Russian scientists announce that a seismic fault runs smack in the middle of the Sanfords' house. A series of small earthquakes subsequently sets Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) a-tremble in more ways than one. Certain he will meet his Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Family Man

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Carol Cole, Joe Morton

Synopsis: Feeling out of place and neglected, Grady (Whitman Mayo) decides to move out of his old Watts neighborhood. He is immediately installed in the fashionable Westwood home of his daughter Ellie (Carol Cole), his son-in-law Hal (Joe Morton), and his grandchildren Laurie (Rosanne Katon) and Haywood (Haywood Nelson Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Masquerade Party

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley

Synopsis: In this spoof of the popular daytime giveaway show Let's Make a Deal, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and his pals Grady (Whitman Mayo) and Bubba (Don Bexley) attend a taping of the TV game-fest "Wheel and Deal." Dressed respectively as a fairy, a gorilla, and a Viking, our three heroes rack up a number Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Strange Bedfellows

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Margaret Avery

Synopsis: Hoping to impress his new girlfriend, a politically active young lady named Denise (Margaret Avery), Lamont (Demond Wilson) calls up a radio talk show to air his views on community affairs. Impressed by Lamont's eloquence, a number of highly-connected people suggest that he run for the state Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Stand-In

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Scatman Crothers, Billy Eckstine, Al Wilson

Synopsis: Scatman Crothers guest stars as Bow Legs, an old pal of Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) (it was Bow Legs who introduced Fred to his late wife Elizabeth). At Bow Legs' behest, Fred's pals develop a nightclub act called "The Zanies." A last-minute crisis results in an impromptu song-and-snappy-patter Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Headache

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Darrell Zwerling, Robert DoQui

Synopsis: Having suffered a splitting headache for two weeks, Lamont (Demond Wilson) goes to see a doctor. When it turns out that the headache is psychosomatic, Lamont is referred to a psychologist -- who determines that the pain is being caused by Lamont's own father Fred. The problem: How can Lamont break Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: My Brother-in-Law's Keeper

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Allan Drake, Mary Alice, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is delighted that his sister Frances (Mary Alice) has finally gotten married. His delight quickly evaporates when he meets his new brother-in-law Rodney Victor (Allan Drake, in his first series appearance). It seems that dear old Rodney is an inveterate gambler and a Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Golden Boy

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, David F. Doyle, Hank Rolike, Barry Wright

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) spends the 50 dollars his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) was saving for truck repairs to purchase a half-interest in boxer Junior Joe Louis (Barry Wright). Promised a return of 500,000 dollars on his investment, Fred takes over management of Junior Joe himself. Not surprisingly, Fred Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Sanford and Rising Son

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Don Bexley, Arnold Johnson

Synopsis: Pat Morita makes another series appearance as Fred Sanford's Japanese friend Ah Chew. Hoping to get Fred (Redd Foxx) to invest in a Japanese restaurant, Ah Chew puts on an impressive display of his vast -- and extremely inexpensive -- culinary skills. Fred is in fact so impressed that he converts Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: My Fair Esther

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen, Hi-Fi White

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) underrtakes the task of transforming "a sow's ear into a silk purse." This is Fred's rather insulting assessment of his mission to give Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) a complete fashion makeover. Has Fred finally buried the hatchet with Esther? No, he merely wants to win a Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Olympics

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Whitman Mayo, Percy Rodrigues

Synopsis: Can it be? Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx), a man constitutionally unwilling to perform any form of physical exertion, is about to compete in the Senior Olympics? Yes, it's true -- and it is all because Fred doesn't want to lose his erstwhile fiancée Donna Harris (Lynn Hamilton) to venerable but virile Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Season 05

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Marlene Clark, Hal Williams

Synopsis: Beginning its fifth successful season on Friday, September 12, 1975, Sanford and Son was essentially the mixture as before with most of the familiar regulars firmly in place. His well-publicized contract disputes more or less receding into memory, Redd Foxx was back as cantankerous Watts junk Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Ebenezer Sanford

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Lynn Hamilton, Marc Copage

Synopsis: It's "A Christmas Carol," Sanford and Son-style, as the friends and family of stingy Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) try to imbue our curmudgeonly hero with the Christmas spirit. Naturally, Fred is resistant to these efforts until he has a dream, replete with the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Donna Pops the Question

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Lynn Hamilton, Elma V. Jackson

Synopsis: Donna Harris (Lynn Hamilton) is tired of being the erstwhile fiancée of Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx). When Fred again balks at the thought of matrimony, Donna issues an ultimatum: Either Fred marries her immediately, or she'll accept the proposal of another man. Can it be that Fred's hesitancy is due Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: The Sanford Arms

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Howard Platt, Nancy Kulp

Synopsis: Ever in pursuit of extra money, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) take over management of a rooming house, which they rename the Sanford Arms. At first, our heroes intend to be discriminating in their clientele; after all, they can't just let anybody rent a room. But when tenants Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Bank on This

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Howard Platt, Tom Scott, Charles Thomas Murphy

Synopsis: Hoping to open their own rooming house, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) apply for a loan at the local bank. While our heroes are negotiating, the bank is held up by a pair of dimwitted novice robbers. As the day progresses, all of the bank's customers are allowed to leave except Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Steinberg and Son

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Robert Guillaume, Lou Jacobi, Corey John Fischer

Synopsis: Inside jokes abound in this classic Sanford and Son episode, which spoofs not only the series' derivation from the British Steptoe and Son but also pokes fun at recent real-life contract squabbles between the Sanford producers and series star Redd Foxx. It all begins when Fred (Foxx) and Lamont (Demond Wilson Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Della, Della, Della

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein, Della Reese

Synopsis: Under normal circumstances, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) hates politics and politicians. Then why has Fred allowed his house to become campaign headquarters for a local candidate? The answer: The candidate's biggest booster is singer Della Reese (playing herself), whose powers of persuasion prove far Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: Brother, Can You Spare an Act?

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Allan Drake, Mary Alice, Nancy Kulp

Synopsis: Forced to play host to his unemployed white brother-in-law Rodney Victor (Allan Drake), Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is fed up with Rodney's obnoxious practical jokes. Finally deciding that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Fred suggests that he and Rodney work up a nightclub routine. The ultimate Read More

1975
Sanford and Son: A Little Extra Security

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Fred D. Scott, Stymie Beard, John Hawker

Synopsis: Through a computer glitch, Grady (Whitman Mayo) receives an extra Social Security check. After briefly weighing the option of returning the money, Grady opts for greed and spends his windfall. This transgression may prove to be his undoing when a government agent comes calling -- but it turns out Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Tower Power

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo, Nathaniel Taylor

Synopsis: A reluctant Fred (Redd Foxx) accompanies his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Lamont's new girlfriend Sandra (Janee Michelle) on a visit to an art museum. Unexpectedly inspired by the splendor of a modern-architecture exhibit, Fred vows to raise the aesthetic level of his own neighborhood. The Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: The Merger

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Howard Platt, Hal Williams

Synopsis: Tired of the bickering between Fred (Redd Foxx) and rival junk dealer Julio (Gregory Sierra), and hoping to improve everyone's economic outlook, Lamont (Demond Wilson) convinces Julio to merge his business with Fred's. It is hardly surprising that Fred is convinced that this merger will ruin his Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Season 04

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Hal Williams

Synopsis: Season four of Sanford and Son was ushered in on Friday, September 13, 1974, with wonderful news for longtime fans of the series: after a well-publicized volley of recriminations between star Redd Foxx and the series' producers over Foxx's numerous (and somewhat bizarre) contractual demands, the Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Once a Thief

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Ron Glass, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Grady (Whitman Mayo) is nervous when Lamont's ex-convict friend Herman (Ron Glass) spends the night. This nervousness extends to Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page), who at the suggestion of Lamont (Demond Wilson) hires Herman to work for her -- then fires him when she learns of his criminal past. Redd Foxx Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Tyranny, Thy Name is Grady

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor, Beverly Hope Atkinson

Synopsis: Watching over the Sanford home while Fred is out of town, Grady (Whitman Mayo) has vowed to honor Fred's requests to the letter. At first, this doesn't bother Lamont (Demond Wilson), especially since Grady bars Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) and her church-lady pals from congregating in the living Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Will the Real Fred Sanford Please Do Something

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Talya Ferro, Hal Williams, Howard Platt

Synopsis: A woman named Rose (Talya Ferro) shows up at the Sanford home, claiming that Fred proposed to her years and years ago. Unfortunately, Fred is nowhere to be found; instead, his pal Grady (Whitman Mayo) is watching the house in his absence. Undaunted, Rose mistakes Grady for Fred, and announces that Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Aunt Esther and Uncle Woodrow Pfftt...

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Raymond Allen, Hilda Haynes

Synopsis: Thanks to the generosity of Lamont (Demond Wilson), Grady (Whitman Mayo) must pay host to wimpy, whiny Uncle Woodrow (Raymond Allen), who has been kicked out of his own house by his wife, the redoubtable Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page). To get rid of Woodrow, Grady plies the man with booze and tells Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Hello, Cousin Emma...Goodbye, Cousin Emma

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Clarice Taylor, Kathrine McKee

Synopsis: Much to the dismay of Grady (Whitman Mayo), his cousin Emma (Clarice Taylor) arrives at the Sanford doorstep. Emma claims she was invited to stay, though she's a bit vague as to who invited her. For the rest of the episode, Grady and Lamont (Demond Wilson) cook up schemes to get rid of the Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: The Way to Lamont's Heart

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Judy Pace, Gregory Sierra

Synopsis: To get out of proposing to his new girlfriend Judy (Judy Pace), Lamont (Demond Wilson) claims that he needs permission from his father to wed -- and, fortunately, his father is out of town. Undaunted, Judy makes a beeline to Lamont's godfather Grady (Whitman Mayo), cozying up to him so he will Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Lamont Goes Karate

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Stan Haze, Pamela Jones, Hugh Van Putten

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) is beaten up after dating the girlfriend of barroom bully Jo-Jo Jackson (Stan Haze). Determined to defend himself when he meets up with Jo-Jo again, Lamont begins taking karate lessons. Meanwhile, Grady tells Jo-Jo that Lamont is suffering from a serious illness -- and after Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Antonio Fargas, Don Bexley

Synopsis: Sonny Cochran (Antonio Fargas), a tailor moonlighting as a lawyer, gives Lamont (Demond Wilson) advice on fighting a traffic ticket in court. Lamont takes a pass on Sonny's counsel, preferring to acts as his own defense. But that's not good enough for Lamont's dad Fred (Redd Foxx), who storms into Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo, Sonny Jim Gaines

Synopsis: Is Lamont (Demond Wilson) really the son of Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx)? That's the disturbing question raised when Fred's old acquaintance "Big Money Grip" Madlock (Sonny Jim Gaines) insists that he is Lamont's actual father, and that Fred had been cuckolded in his own house years before. Only Aunt Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: This Land is Whose Land?

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr.

Synopsis: An overstock situation prompts junk dealer Julio Fuentes (Gregory Sierra) to store some of his belongings at the home of his neighbors (and business rivals), the Sanfords. Upset by this, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) hires a surveyor to determine exactly where the property line is between his house and Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: The Party Crasher

Actors: Demond Wilson, Redd Foxx, Whitman Mayo, Nathaniel Taylor, Della Thomas

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) seek out a place to party with their new Detroit girlfriends. Secure in the belief that his party-crashing father Fred (Redd Foxx) is out of town, Lamont plans to hold the wingding at his house -- only to be stopped by Grady (Whitman Mayo), who Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Fred's Cheating Heart

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Thalmus Rasulala, Harry Basch

Synopsis: Every time Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Fred (Redd Foxx) have an argument, Fred suffers another of his famous "heart attacks"; indeed, at one point he has six such attacks in the same day. Determined to call Fred's bluff, Lamont rushes him to the hospital for a coronary exam. To keep up the Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: My Kingdom for a Horse

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Philip Bruns, Ned Wertimer

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) thinks he's glommed on to instant riches when he purchases a winning race horse named General Lee. It doesn't matter that the horse's racing days are over, and that he has been reduced to hauling a junk wagon: Fred intends to use the nag as a stud, to raise a whole crop of "sure Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Home Sweet Home

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Helen Funai, Yuki Shimoda, Gregory Sierra

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) is the only holdout when a group of Japanese land developers want to buy up all the homes and businesses in the neighborhood. The media is convinced that Fred is acting out of sympathy for his neighbors, when in fact he's merely hoping to wangle a larger cash settlement from the Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Sanford and Niece

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Tina Andrews

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) is taken aback when he is reunited with his college-coed niece Elizabeth (Tina Andrews). It seems that the girl has grown up to become the living image of her namesake, Fred's late wife. At first nervously avoiding the younger Elizabeth like the plague, Fred suddenly becomes a Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Fred's Treasure Garden

Actors: Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Howard Platt, Hal Williams

Synopsis: While house-sitting for Fred (Redd Foxx), Grady decides to make a salad with the "parsley" growing in Fred's backyard garden. What Grady doesn't know (in fact, what Fred didn't know) is that the attractive-looking plant is not parsley but marijuana. Perhaps this explains why, a few hours later Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Julio and Sister and Nephew

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Miriam Colon, Graham Brown

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) barely lets a day go by without spewing forth bigotry aimed at his Puerto Rican neighbor Julio (Gregory Sierra). All this changes when Julio's nephew -- who through a series of bizarre circumstances is now a house guest of the Sanfords -- becomes a victim of discrimination Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Going Out of Business

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Philip Bruns, Howard Platt

Synopsis: When the strapped-for-cash Lamont (Demond Wilson) takes an outside job at a haberdashery, Fred thinks that the saga of "Sanford and Son Salvage" is at an end. To prevent this, Fred poses as an eccentric millionaire and heads to Lamont's place of business, intending to buy all the clothes and put Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Beverly Sanders, Gloria Delaney, John Hawker

Synopsis: Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson) will inherit 7,000 dollars from his late Uncle George -- provided Lamont has a son, also named George, within the next year. Only one problem: Lamont isn't married, and has no plans of getting married. His avaricious dad Fred (Redd Foxx), not wishing to let seven Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: The Surprise Party

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page

Synopsis: Season four of Sanford and Son was launched with an episode heralding the return of series star Redd Foxx (Fred Sanford), who'd been absent from several second-season episodes due to a contract dispute. In this opener, Fred's son Lamont (Demond Wilson) and best friend, Grady (Whitman Mayo) Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Ol' Brown Eyes

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Nathaniel Taylor

Synopsis: With the "help" of the shifty Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor), Lamont (Demond Wilson) is able to purchase an expensive-looking monogrammed ring to commemorate his dad Fred's (Redd Foxx) 35th year in the junk business. Unfortunately, circumstantial evidence suggests that the ring is the same one recently Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: There'll Be Some Changes Made

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Jayne Kennedy

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) is sick and tired of his dad Fred's (Redd Foxx) grouchiness in general and hostility toward other minority groups in particular. Hoping to change his dad's attitude, Lamont invites a sensitivity group to the Sanford house. Without going into any further details, let it be Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Grady and His Lady

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Norma Miller

Synopsis: There's no love lost between Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and Grady's intended spouse Dolly (Norma Miller). At the core of the hostilities is the perception that Dolly will severely curb the "free time" of future hubby Grady (Whitman Mayo) once they're married. So that he won't lose his best friend Read More

1974
Sanford and Son: Pot Luck

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Jonathan Harris, Herb Voland

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) is convinced that he has lucked upon a bargain when he spends 20 dollars on what he is told is a rare antique commode. What our hero doesn't realize is that he is being played for a sucker by a team of clever con artists. This Sanford and Son episode was adapted from "The Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Home Sweet Home for the Aged

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Maida Severn, Burt Mustin

Synopsis: Intending to work his way around the world on a tramp steamer, Lamont (Demond Wilson) plans to sell the junkyard, but not before installing his father Fred (Redd Foxx) in an old folk's home (that's what they used to call "senior centers"). It isn't long before Lamont regrets this move, but it is Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Pops 'n' Pals

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, James Wheaton, Joaquin Garay III

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is jealous when his son Fred (Demond Wilson) begins spending more and more time with the Sanfords' Puerto Rican neighbor (and business rival) Julio Fuentes (Gregory Sierra). After Fred announces plans to accompany Julio on a weekend visit to Tijuana, Fred goes into his Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Lamont as Othello

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Maureen Arthur, Jack Manning, Ann Driscoll

Synopsis: In this first episode of Sanford and Son's third season, Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson) begins taking drama lessons from an attractive white woman named Marilyn (Maureen Arthur). Sensing potential in Lamont, Marilyn suggests that he learn the role of Shakespeare's Othello. The problem: Every time Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Rated X

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Nathaniel Taylor, Jack de Leon

Synopsis: How did Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) almost end up starring in a porno film? Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) wants to know the whole sordid story -- especially since she had to use her own money to bail our heroes out of the slammer. This was the final episode of Sanford and Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Kid

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Hal Williams, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) tries to convince a nine-year-old runaway named Jason (Lincoln Kilpatrick Jr.) that there's no place like home -- and by that he means Jason's home, not his own. But the fatherless boy isn't inclined to leave the junkyard, inasmuch as he has latched onto the grouchy Fred Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: A Visit from Lena Horne

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lena Horne, John Amos, LeRoy Daniels

Synopsis: While on a tour of NBC's Burbank studios, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) sets eyes upon "the first lady of his dreams," the fabulous Lena Horne. Wangling a conversation with Lena while she prepares to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Fred plays upon her sympathies by weaving a tall Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Big Party

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Don Bexley, John Amos

Synopsis: Faced with mounting debts and a depleted bank account, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) try to solve their problems by throwing a big party -- and charging admission. The plan runs into a hitch when a pair of gangsters invade the festivities. Coming to the rescue are the Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Season 03

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, LaWanda Page, Hal Williams

Synopsis: Still riding high in the ratings, Sanford and Son returned to its by then traditional Friday-night NBC time slot for a third successful season on September 14, 1973. The basic premise -- crotchety old Fred Sanford running a rundown Los Angeles junk business with his restless son Lamont -- was Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Infernal Triangle

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Ketty Lester

Synopsis: It is nothing unusual for wizened junk dealer Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) to squire women who are much, much younger than himself. But Fred's son Lamont (Demond Wilson) is none too tolerant when Fred proposes marriage to one of Lamont's former girlfriends (Ketty Lester). This Sanford and Son episode Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Watts Side Story

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Alma Beltran, Migdia Varela

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Fox) blows his top when his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) starts dating the sister of rival junk dealer Julio Fuentes (Gregory Sierra). In his efforts to spy on his son, Fred ends up in an embarrassing situation with Julio's mother (Alma Beltran). Witnessing the spectacle are Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Lamont Goes African

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Paula Kelly, Nathaniel Taylor, Don Bexley

Synopsis: To impress a young Nigerian woman named Olayia (Paula Kelly), Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson) begins to dress in African fashion, and goes through the motions of adopting the continent's culture (including its exotic diet). Lamont's father Fred (Redd Foxx) laughs derisively at his son's ethnic Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Bryan O'Byrne

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) convinces Fred (Redd Foxx) to donate his collection of rare jazz records to the library, in hopes of securing a large tax deduction. But when Fred finds out that he could have made a great deal of money by selling his records, he decides to retrieve them by hook or by crook. Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Member of the Wedding

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Lynn Hamilton, Esther Sutherland

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and his perennial fiancée Donna Harris (Lynn Hamilton) are finally going to get married. On the day of the big event, Fred's son Lamont invites a full complement of annoying relatives. Sure enough, a loud family quarrel ensues -- which is precisely what Lamont (who doesn't Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Superflyer

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Pat McCormick, Wally Taylor, Rudy Challenger

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) and Lamont (Demond Wilson) must travel to St. Louis to collect the 1,500-dollar inheritance left by Fred's late Uncle Leotis. Unfortunately, this requires them to take a plane -- and Fred of course is terrified at the prospect of flying. Only after Fred has made the "supreme Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Wine, Woman and Aunt Esther

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Whitman Mayo, Don Bexley

Synopsis: Although Fred (Redd Foxx) and cronies mourn the death of their old pal Junior Cooper, they don't agree with Aunt Esther's "all mourning, all the time" philosophy. Instead, they decide to laugh in the face of the Grim Reaper by throwing a huge a raucous party -- and among the invited guests is that Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Grady, the Star Boarder

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: Sick of listening to his neighbors' quarrelling, Grady (Whitman Mayo) accepts the offer made by his friend Fred (Redd Foxx) and moves into the Sanfords' house for a monthly rental of 60 dollars a month. Alas, Grady soon proves to be a pest, eating too much, snoring even more, and monopolizing the Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: A House is Not a Poolroom

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Whitman Mayo, Don Bexley

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) buys his father Fred (Redd Foxx) a pool table as a birthday present -- and lives to regret it. Before long, Fred and his cronies have transformed the Sanford living room into their own personal pool hall. It's bad enough for Lamont that Fred's buddies never seem to want to Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Presenting the Three Degrees

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Fayette Pinkney, Valerie Holliday, Sheila Ferguson

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) believe they're on the road to riches when they agree to manage the Three Degrees, an all-girl singing trio from Philadelphia. Fred (Redd Foxx) wants no part of this arrangement, not even when the girls move into the Sanford house. Everything Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Hal Williams, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Fred (Redd Foxx) is the only eyewitness when burglars break into the home of his neighbor Julio Fuentes (Gregory Sierra), making off with Julio's pet goat. Fearing reprisals -- and, frankly, happy to see the goat gone -- Fred refuses to identify the crooks. Hoping to loosen Fred's tongue, Julio Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Libra Rising All Over Lamont

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Harvey Jason, Vivian Bonnell

Synopsis: Consulting a psychic, Lamont (Demond Wilson) discovers he is a Double Libra. As such, it is in Lamont's best interests to be nicer to his crotchety old dad Fred (Redd Foxx). Meanwhile, Fred passes out after eating some spoiled collard greens. Awakening to find Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) praying Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Fuentes, Fuentes, Sanford and Chico

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Alma Beltran, Whitman Mayo

Synopsis: Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Julio (Gregory Sierra) try to make some extra money by going into the used auto parts business. Convinced he is being deserted, Lamont's dad Fred (Redd Foxx) runs away from home. But before he does, Fred leaves behind a cleverly conceived audio tape, suggesting that he Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Lamont, Is That You?

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Nathaniel Taylor, Don Bexley, Davis Roberts

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is convinced that his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) has become a homosexual. This is "confirmed" when Bubba (Don Bexley) spots Lamont and his pal Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) entering a gay bar. In truth, it's all a big misunderstanding, but try telling that to Fred, who begins Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: The Little TV Went to Market

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Whitman Mayo, Gregory Sierra, Howard Platt

Synopsis: In the market for a color television, Lamont (Demond Wilson) wants to purchase a new TV on credit, but Fred (Redd Foxx) intends to spend no more than 50 dollars on a used set. Luck of luck, Fred finds just such a bargain at Guy's Groovy Grab Bag. Alas, Fred has unwittingly purchased a stolen TV Read More

1973
Sanford and Son: Whiplash

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Noam Pitlik, Hal Williams

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) emerges from a minor traffic accident with nary a scratch. This isn't quite good enough for Fred's buddy Bubba (Don Bexley), who never met a scam he didn't like. With Bubba's encouragement, Fred decides to shout "whiplash" (it rhymes with "get cash") and sue the other Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: By the Numbers

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Beah Richards, David Moses

Synopsis: In this first episode of Sanford and Son's second season, junk dealer Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) yearns for the "good old days" when he could gamble on the numbers game without interference. Alas, Fred's son Lamont (Demond Wilson) is strictly against his dad frittering his money away. When Fred Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Jealousy

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: Nurse Donna Harris (Lynn Hamilton), erstwhile fiancée of Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx), invites one of her patients to Fred's house for dinner. Said patient, a virile smooth-talker named Wilcox (Roscoe Lee Browne), wastes no time in making Fred look like a washout by comparison. On the verge of Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: The Dowry

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Albert Reed, Marguerite Ray, Gladys Perry

Synopsis: Fred's cousin Grady (Albert Reed) pays a visit, accompanied by his new wife Margaret (Marguerite Ray) and stepdaughter Betty Jean (Gladys Perry). Anxious to divest himself of the corpulent Betty Jean, Grady offers a dowry of 10,000 dollars to any eligible bachelor that will take her off his hands. Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Season 02

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Hal Williams, Howard Platt

Synopsis: A confirmed hit in its inaugural 14-episode season, the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son returned to its familiar Friday-night berth for a second batch of 24 episodes beginning September 15, 1972. In true "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" tradition, producer Norman Lear made virtually no changes in the Read More

1972
Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Actors: Charles Durning, Barbara Hershey, Buzzy Linhart, John Lithgow, Robert F. Lyons, Demond Wilson

Synopsis: Years before Coma, Jurassic Park, and Twister made him a household name, Michael Crichton co-wrote this amiable drug-oriented comedy, based on a novel Crichton co-authored with his brother Douglas under the pen name Michael Douglas. Peter (Robert F. Lyons) is a shaggy but straightlaced Harvard law Read More

1972
Sanford and Son [TV Series]

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, LaWanda Page, Marlene Clark, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: Like his previous smash hit All in the Family, producer Norman Lear's NBC sitcom Sanford and Son was based on a British original, in this instance Steptoe and Son, the story of an elderly, irascible cockney junk dealer and his cloddish bachelor son and business partner. In the initial development Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Season 01

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Hal Williams, Noam Pitlik, Lynn Hamilton

Synopsis: With All in the Family reaping huge ratings and even huger controversy on CBS, producer Norman Lear was able to sell another "chancy" sitcom project to rival network NBC. Like Family, which was inspired by the British comedy series Till Death Us Do Part, Lear's Sanford and Son was based on a Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Tooth or Consequences

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Don Bexley, Raymond Oliver, Sid McCoy

Synopsis: Rather than shell out good money at the dentist's office, Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) tries hypnosis to cure a toothache. When this inevitably fails, son Lamont (Demond Wilson) orders Fred to pay a visit to a free dental clinic. But even here, Fred refuses to plant himself in the chair unless he is Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Ja'net DuBois, Emily Yancy

Synopsis: Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) panics when his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) falls in love with Alice (Emily Yancy), the daughter of Fred's old flame Juanita (Ja'net DuBois). The reason? Juanita has just told Fred that Alice is his own daughter. This episode was co-written by comedian Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: The Light Housekeeper

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Mary Wickes, Beah Richards

Synopsis: Recuperating from a broken arm suffered in an accident, Fred (Redd Foxx) is unable to do any housework. To alleviate the problem, Fred's son Lamont (Redd Foxx) agrees to hire a maid -- at bargain prices. The inimitable Mary Wickes guest-stars as abrasive housekeeper Mary, who, need we add, turns Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Lynn Hamilton, Kim Hamilton

Synopsis: Once again, would-be Romeo Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) loves neither wisely nor well, but too often. Inadvertently inviting both his fiancée Donna (Lynn Hamilton) and his new girlfriend Carol (Kim Hamilton) to dinner on the same evening, Fred must do some fancy "juggling" to avoid catastrophe. Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: A Guest in the Yard

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Liam Dunn, David Roberts

Synopsis: In this variation on the old "Man Who Came to Dinner" routine, Fred and Lamont Sanford (Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson) kick a homeless man named Gus (Liam Dunn) out of their junkyard. Pretending to be injured, Gus threatens to sue unless the Sanfords tend to his every need. Figuring that the bum is Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Blood is Thicker Than Junk

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Roger E. Mosley, Vernon Weddle

Synopsis: Upset that his dad Fred (Redd Foxx) isn't doing his share of the work around the junkyard, Lamont (Demond Wilson) storms off to seek out another job. This forces Fred to hire a new partner, an unsavory character named Norman Blood (Roger E. Mosley). Meanwhile, Lamont has troubles of his own with Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: Have Gun, Will Sell

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Hal Williams, Nathaniel Taylor, Dilart Heyson

Synopsis: After scaring off a burglar, Lamont (Demond Wilson) and Rollo (Nathaniel Taylor) discover that the crook has left his gun behind. They'd like to turn the weapon over to the police, but are afraid to do so. Thus, our heroes try to sell the gun without getting in trouble with the authorities -- a Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: The Card Sharps

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Ron Glass, Thalmus Rasulala, David Moses

Synopsis: Every time Lamont (Demond Wilson) plays poker with his buddies, he ends up several dollars lighter. Lamont's dad Fred (Redd Foxx) is convinced that his son is being cheated. To prove this, Fred summons up a few old card tricks of his own. This Sanford and Son episode was loosely adapted from "Full Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: The Puerto Ricans are Coming!

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Gregory Sierra, Slappy White, Larry Blake

Synopsis: Gregory Sierra makes his first appearance as Puerto Rican junk dealer Julio Fuentes. Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) is outraged that Julio, and his pet goat, have moved in next door to the Sanford's junk shop. Before the episode is over, Fred's bigoted anger matches, if not surpasses, that of another Norman Lear Read More

1972
Sanford and Son: The Shootout

Actors: Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson, Leo Fuchs, Hal Williams, Howard Platt

Synopsis: Fooling around with his son Lamont's newly (and expensively) purchased antique gun -- which dates back to the Revolutionary War -- Fred (Redd Foxx) accidently fires the weapon into the window of his neighbor Goldstein (Leo Fuchs). Ensuing circumstances convince Fred that he has killed his Read More

1972
The Organization

Actors: Lani Miyazaki, Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald O'Loughlin, Sheree North, Fred Beir

Synopsis: Police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) returns to finds himself in hot water with the police over his acceptance of help from a neighborhood anti-drug group. The group has done some things which are far from textbook legal, such as stealing and destroying a large shipment of drugs. Though Read More

1971
All in the Family: Edith Writes a Song

Actors: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Cleavon Little

Synopsis: Archie's insistence upon purchasing a gun to protect his household backfires when a couple of burglars named Coke and Horace break into the Bunker household. Keeping Archie at bay with his own gun, the two thieves reveal a lot about themselves -- and, in the course of the evening, genially Read More

1971
Mission: Impossible: Underwater

Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Fritz Weaver

Synopsis: $75 million in stolen diamonds is hidden somewhere on the ocean floor. Only Frederick Hoffman (Jeremy Slate) knows the actual whereabouts of the gems, and Hoffman is currently the prisoner of sadistic master criminal George Berlinger (Fritz Weaver). The IMF must recover the diamonds before Hoffman Read More

1971

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