The series was notable for its racial humor and overt prejudices which helped redefine the genre of black situation comedy.
In this sitcom, Fred and Lamont were owners of a junk/salvage store in Watts, California, who dealt with many humorous situations. Sanford ("Fred Sanford" was actually Foxx's father's and brother's name), while co-star Demond Wilson played the role of his son Lamont. Sanford and Son įoxx achieved his most widespread fame starring in the television sitcom Sanford and Son, an adaptation of the BBC series Steptoe and Son. He was signed to a long-term contract and released a series of comedy albums on half a dozen record labels that quickly became cult favorites.
Foxx was one of the first black comics to play to white audiences on the Las Vegas Strip. After performing on the East Coast, his big break came after singer Dinah Washington insisted that he come to Los Angeles, where Dootsie Williams of Dootone records caught his act at the Brass Rail nightclub. Career Nightclub act įoxx's raunchy nightclub act proved successful. On September 30, 1946, Foxx recorded five songs for the Savoy label under the direction of Teddy Reig. During World War II, Foxx dodged the draft by eating half a bar of soap before his physical, a trick that resulted in heart palpitations. In Malcolm's autobiography, Foxx is referred to as "Chicago Red, the funniest dishwasher on this earth." He earned the nickname because of his reddish hair and complexion. Both men had reddish hair, so Sanford was called "Chicago Red" after his hometown and Malcolm was known as "Detroit Red". In the 1940s, he befriended Malcolm Little, later known as Malcolm X, a fellow dishwasher at Jimmy's Chicken Shack in Harlem. On July 27, 1939, Foxx performed on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show as part of the Jump Swinging Six. Foxx had an older brother, Fred Jr., who provided the name for his character on Sanford and Son. Foxx attended DuSable High School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood with future Chicago mayor Harold Washington. He was raised by his half- Seminole mother, Mary Hughes, from Ellisville, Mississippi, his grandmother and his minister. His father, Fred Sanford, an electrician and auto mechanic from Hickman, Kentucky, left the family when Foxx was four years old. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Chicago's South Side. 9.10 Master Classics Records discographyįoxx was born John Elroy Sanford on December 9, 1922, in St.Foxx was posthumously given a star on the St. During the show's five-year run, Foxx won a Golden Globe Award and received an additional three nominations, along with three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Foxx not only influenced many comedians but was often portrayed in popular culture as well, mainly as a result of his catchphrases, body language and facial expressions exhibited on Sanford and Son. In 2004, Foxx ranked 24th in Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. Is That You? (1976) and Harlem Nights (1989). His film projects included All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Norman. Sanford on the television show Sanford and Son and starred in The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub acts during the civil rights movement. John Elroy Sanford (Decem– October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor.
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