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{{Short description|American comedian and actor (1922–1991)}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name          = Redd Foxx 
| image         = Redd Foxx 1966.JPG
| caption       = Foxx in 1966
| birth_name    = John Elroy Sanford<ref name=starr>Starr, Michael Seth. ''Black and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story'', Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, p. 1. {{ISBN|978-1557837547}}.</ref>
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1922|12|9}}<ref name="starr" />
| birth_place   = [[St. Louis]], Missouri, U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1991|10|11|1922|12|9}}
| death_place   = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
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| resting_place = Palm Eastern Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nevada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/may/10/final-resting-place-11-celebs-buried-las-vegas/|title=Final resting place: 11 celebs you might not know are buried in Las Vegas - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper|first=Chris|last=Kudialis|date=May 10, 2016|website=lasvegassun.com}}</ref>
| education     = [[DuSable High School]]
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* Actor
* comedican
* screenwriter
* television producer}}
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| medium        = {{hlist|[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]]|[[television]]}}
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| residence     = St Louis, Missouri
                  New York City, New York
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| years_active  = 1935–1991 
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Word play]]|[[observational comedy]]|[[black comedy]]|[[blue comedy]]| [[insult comedy]]}}
| subject       = {{hlist|[[African-American culture]]|[[human sexuality]]|[[race relations]]|[[everyday life]]}}
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Evelyn Killebrew<br />|1948|1951|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Betty Jean Harris<br />|1956|1975|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Joi Yun Chi Chung<br />|1976|1981|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Ka Ho Cho<br />|1991}}
}}
| notable_works = [[Fred G. Sanford]] in ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' and ''[[Sanford (TV series)|Sanford]]''
| website       = {{URL|reddfoxx.com}}
}}
	
'''John Elroy Sanford'''<ref name="starr" /> (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Redd Foxx''', was an American [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy [[nightclub act]] before and during the [[civil rights movement]]. Known as the "King of the [[party record|Party Records]]", he performed on [[#Discography|more than 50 records]] in his lifetime. He portrayed [[Fred G. Sanford]] on the television show ''[[Sanford and Son]]''<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Redd Foxx, Cantankerous Master of Bawdy Humor, Is Dead at 68|first=Nick|last=Ravo|date=October 13, 1991|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/13/nyregion/redd-foxx-cantankerous-master-of-bawdy-humor-is-dead-at-68.html}}</ref> and starred in ''[[The Redd Foxx Show]]'' and ''[[The Royal Family (TV series)|The Royal Family]]'', where he played the husband of [[Della Reese]] and grandfather of [[Larenz Tate]]. 

His film projects included ''[[All the Fine Young Cannibals]]'' (1960), ''[[Cotton Comes to Harlem]]'' (1970), ''[[Norman... Is That You?]]'' (1976), and ''[[Harlem Nights]]'' (1989).

In 2004, Foxx ranked 24th in ''[[Comedy Central]] Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time''.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time |url=http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/100greatest/list.jhtml |access-date=September 21, 2016 |series=Comedy Central Presents |network=Comedy Central |date=April 17, 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605175309/http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/100greatest/list.jhtml |archive-date=June 5, 2004}}</ref> Foxx not only influenced many comedians<ref name=NYT/> but was often portrayed in [[popular culture]] as well, mainly as a result of his [[catchphrase]]s, [[body language]] and [[facial expression]]s exhibited on ''Sanford and Son''. During the show's six-year run, Foxx won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and received an additional three nominations, along with three [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Redd Foxx|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/redd-foxx|website=GoldenGlobes.org|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Redd Foxx|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/redd-foxx|website=Emmys.com|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref> Foxx was posthumously given a star on the [[St. Louis Walk of Fame]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees|last=St. Louis Walk of Fame|publisher=stlouiswalkoffame.org|access-date=April 25, 2013|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807211546/http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|url-status=dead}}</ref>