His style of comedy, which featured foul language and highly adult subject matter, influenced generations of comics Despite the show's success there appeared to be drama on the back end which resulted with redd foxx quitting the show He was also a television actor, star of the hit tv series sanford and son, which ran from 1972 to 1977.
SANFORD AND SON, Redd Foxx, 1972-77 Stock Photo - Alamy
Comedian redd foxx, who became a television star playing an irascible, bawdy junkman in sanford and son and returned nearly two decades later in the current cbs series the royal family, died.
Foxx was one of the premier blue humor comedians
Blue humor was very dirty, too dirty for white audiences For years his party albums were not available in white record stores In the 1960s his records became available, although marginally in white record. Redd foxx played the role of fred sanford during sanford and son's entire six seasons
Like many other tv stars, foxx became bonded with his character as the series went on, and he felt he knew his character personally Redd foxx would break records as fred sanford on 'sanford & son' for 6 seasons
