Redd Foxx

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African-American comedian film actor human recording artist stand-up comedian television actor voice actor

Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."

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Surface form Occurrences
Fred G. Sanford – Redd Foxx 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African-American comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
birthName John Elroy Sanford ⓘ
burialPlace Palm Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-12-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-10-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
film Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ
Harlem Nights ⓘ
genre blue comedy ⓘ
insult comedy ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
influenced Chris Rock ⓘ
Eddie Murphy ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
knownFor pioneering African-American television stardom ⓘ
raw and explicit stand-up comedy ⓘ
movement Chitlin' Circuit ⓘ
notableRole Fred G. Sanford NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Sanford and Son ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
performedAt Apollo Theater ⓘ
Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Dooto Records ⓘ
releasedAlbum Laff of the Party ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Betty Jean Harris ⓘ
Evelyn Killebrew ⓘ
Ka Ho Cho ⓘ
Yun Chi Chung ⓘ
stageName Redd Foxx self-link ⓘ
televisionSeries Sanford and Son ⓘ
The Redd Foxx Show ⓘ
The Royal Family ⓘ

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Sanford and Son → characterActor → Redd Foxx ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fred G. Sanford – Redd Foxx
Fox → hasNotableBearer → Redd Foxx ⓘ
Richard Pryor → influencedBy → Redd Foxx ⓘ
Sanford and Son → portrayedBy → Redd Foxx ⓘ
Redd Foxx → stageName → Redd Foxx self-link ⓘ
Harlem Nights → starring → Redd Foxx ⓘ