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Acting

Redd Foxx

Career

Active from 1970 to 1991, busiest in 1977 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Royal Family
The Royal Family
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Redd Foxx Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    2.8, average 5.5
  • Tension
    3.4, average 6.0
  • Melancholy
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Uncanny
    0.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sitcom 4
  • Character-Driven Comedy 3
  • Nostalgic Comfort Watch 2
  • Redd Foxx Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title · average score 74
The Royal Family
The Royal Family (1991)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Alfonso Royal

1980s

5 titles · average score 55
Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights (1989)
GoodWatch score 43

as Bennie Wilson

Ghost of a Chance
Ghost of a Chance (1987)

as Ivory Clay

The Redd Foxx Show
The Redd Foxx Show (1986)

TV show

Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper
Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983)

Writer, Executive Producer

Sanford
Sanford (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Fred Sanford

1970s

12 titles · average score 58
On Location: Redd Foxx
On Location: Redd Foxx (1978)

Writer

Flying High
Flying High (1978)

TV show · as Redd Foxx

The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour
The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour (1977)

TV show

The Brady Bunch Hour
The Brady Bunch Hour (1977)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show

Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx (1977)

TV show

Norman... Is That You?
Norman... Is That You? (1976)
GoodWatch score 46

as Ben Chambers

The Jacksons
The Jacksons (1976)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as El mismo

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

as (archive footage)

Grady
Grady (1975)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show

The Bobby Darin Show
The Bobby Darin Show (1973)

TV show

Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Fred G. Sanford

Cotton Comes to Harlem
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims

1960s

2 titles · average score 64
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Redd Foxx

All the Fine Young Cannibals
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

as Redd (uncredited)