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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.
John Elroy Sanford was born on December 9, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised on Chicago's South Side.His father, Fred "Freddie" Sanford (1897-1944), was from Hickman, Kentucky, served during World War I in the 823rd company of U.S. Army U.S. Transportation Corps and worked as an electrician and an auto mechanic, but left his family sometime after 1930.
Sanford and Son has been hailed as the precursor to many other black American sitcoms. It was a hit through its six-season run, finishing in the Nielsen top ten five times. The series follows Fred G. Sanford, known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, and Lamont Sanford, his long-suffering, conscientious, peacemaker son.
Fred Sanford (baseball) (1919–2011), Major League Baseball pitcher Fred Sanford (musician) (1947–2000), percussionist, teacher, composer, and clinician Fred G. Sanford , fictional character in the 1972 sitcom Sanford and Son
Grady Demond Wilson [3] (born October 13, 1946) is an American actor and author. He played Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx) on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–77).
Sanford is an American sitcom television series and a sequel to the original 1972–1977 sitcom Sanford and Son. It was broadcast on NBC from March 15, 1980, to July 10, 1981. Background
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
Lynn Hamilton (born April 25, 1930) [1] is an American retired actress whose acting debut came in 1959 in John Cassavetes' Shadows.She is best known for her recurring role as Donna Harris; Fred's girlfriend and later fiancée on the sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–1977) Cousin Georgia Anderson in Roots The Next Generation, and as Verdie Foster on The Waltons.