Redd Foxx Filmography

Ghost of a Chance

Actors: Redd Foxx, Dick Van Dyke

Synopsis: Ghost of a Chance is a failed TV pilot starring Redd Foxx and Dick Van Dyke. Foxx is a piano player accidentally killed by hard-hearted narcotics officer Dick Van Dyke. Since he's died before his scheduled time, Foxx is sent back to earth, where he helps Van Dyke track down genuine criminals. Read More

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sanford and Son: Sergeant Gork

Crew: Teleplay By

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Norman Is That You?

Actors: Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan, Mike Warren, Tamara Dobson

Synopsis: After wife Beatrice (Pearl Bailey) runs off to Mexico, a despondent Ben Chambers (Redd Foxx) travels to California to visit his son, Norman (Michael Warren). To Ben's dismay, Norman admits that he's gay -- and that his lover is a white man. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sanford and Son: The Stung

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

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

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

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

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

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