Redd Foxx

John Elroy Sanford, 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 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.

9 December 1922

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Albert Weisbord • Ashleigh Brilliant • Bob Hawke • Dennis Dunaway • Jim Slater (ice hockey) • Joan Armatrading • Joan Blos • Joel Chandler Harris • Joseph Pilates • Mardy Fish • Martin de Porres • Milt Campbell • MyKayla Skinner • Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado

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