Redd Foxx was actually born John Elroy Sanford on December 9, 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri, which made his starring in Sanford and Son even more meaningful for him.

Redd Foxx was born John Elroy Sanford on December 9, 1922, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents nicknamed him ‘Red’ due to his ‘ruddy’ complexion. His family was poor, and his mother, Mary ...

According to his website, Foxx was John Elroy Sanford in 1922. Named after baseball player Jimmie Foxx, the future comedian left home at 13 and played washboard with a Chicago band to pay rent.

Redd Foxx’s real name was John Elroy Sanford. He changed his name to Foxx in the mid-1900s while he was trying to grow his comedy career doing nightclub routines in New York City.

You may not know the name of John Elroy Sanford but his stage name, Redd Foxx is likely familiar to you. You must recall his raunchy nightclub acts that left many in stitches.

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Born John Elroy Sanford, raised on Chicago’s South Side, and relocated to Harlem, he was known for keeping it real. In The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), Malcolm X called “’Chicago Red ...

Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and his son Lamont (Demond Wilson) own a junk shop in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. (Columbia Films) ... John Elroy Sanford, aka Redd Foxx. ...

You might be aware of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City. But two years earlier, pioneering drag performer and gender non-conforming woman Sir Lady Java started a revolution of her own ...