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Redd Foxx (I) (1922–1991)
Date of Birth: 9 December 1922, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of Death: 11 October 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Birth Name: John Elroy Sanford
Nicknames: Chicago Red,Zorro,King of the Party Records
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Redd Foxx began doing stand-up comedy on the infamous "Chitlin' Circuit" in the 1940s and 1950s.
Foxx was one of the premier "blue humor" comedians. Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white
audiences. For years his party albums were not available in white record stores. In the 1960s his
records became available, although marginally in white record stores, leading to minor comedy
work on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (aka "The Ed Sullivan Show") and The Red Skelton Hour (1951),
among other classic variety shows of the time. Foxx developed a fan base in the 1960s that led to
increased notoriety. He received his own television series in 1972 called Sanford and Son (1972),
which was a reworking of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962). Foxx's character, Fred Sanford
(was actually Foxx's brother's name), was a cranky old man who was set in his ways and would insult
both friends and strangers at the drop of a hat. He ran a junkyard in Watts, a bad neighborhood in
Los Angeles, with his son Lamont (played by Demond Wilson). The show broke down racial stereotypes
and was a huge success, making Foxx and the show household names. Foxx fought a very public
battle with the writers and producers of the show, claiming that they did not do enough to promote
the black experience, and in general complained there were not enough black writers or producers
in the entertainment industry. These highly publicized disputes led to the show faltering artistically,
but not in the ratings. Foxx left the show in 1977 to accomplish his dream on ABC: his own variety show,
which lasted less than a year. He also starred in the controversial film Norman... Is That You? (1976).
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