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Two film adaptations of the series were released in cinemas, Steptoe and Son (1972) and Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973). The series focused on the inter-generational conflict of father and son. Albert Steptoe , a "dirty old man", is an elderly rag-and-bone man, set in his grimy and grasping ways.
Sanford and Son was a ratings hit through its six-season run on NBC. Despite airing in the so-called Friday night death slot, it managed to peak at No. 2 in the ratings (behind All in the Family, and ranked less than one ratings point behind All in the Family during the 1974–75 season).
It is attended by senior members of British royalty. The 1963 edition included a Steptoe and Son sketch and was broadcast on ITV on 10 November 1963. [4] [5] The audio of this sketch was also released by Pye Records. [6] A film recording of this sketch exists.
Harold Albert Kitchener Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett) was born in 1925 (Corbett's birth date) in the 1960s series, or around 1930 in the 1970s series.In the episode "Loathe Story" he says he was aged 10 just before the outbreak of the Second World War, which would indicate a birth year in 1928 or 1929, and in the episode "A Star is Born" he claims to be the same age as Sean Connery, (born 25 ...
Her film roles include: The Shakedown (1959), The Night Caller (1965), The Last Shot You Hear, Walk a Crooked Path (both 1969), The Fast Kill, and Virgin Witch (both 1972). [ 2 ] In 1969, Haines guested in the final ever episode of The Saint , (S6, E20 'The World Beater'), as Kay Collingwood, a scheming businesswoman (and rally co-driver) who ...
Fred G. Sanford is a fictional character portrayed by actor/comedian Redd Foxx on the 1972–1977 NBC sitcom Sanford and Son [1] and the 1980–1981 NBC sitcom Sanford. [2]Foxx, whose real name was John Elroy Sanford, [3] modeled the character after his real-life older brother, Fred Glenn Sanford, Jr., who had died in 1965, seven years before the show premiered.
Sanford and Son is an American sitcom based on the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son. It aired every Friday from 8:00–8:30 PM (EST) on NBC from January 14, 1972 to March 25, 1977. . The show starred Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in the leading rol
Steptoe and Son (also known as Steptoe & Son) is a 1972 British comedy drama film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. [5] It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The film centres on a flashback to about four years earlier detailing Harold's short-lived marriage to Zita, a stripper.