It has also earned praise for inspiring numerous Black comedies. So, are any Sanford and Son cast members still alive? Foxx’s final project was The Royal Family, in which he portrayed Alfonso Royal.

When Demond Wilson heard that Redd Foxx was going to star in a TV sitcom, the actor brushed it off as a joke. Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that Wilson figured to ...

Tabor also called Sierra "a brilliant actor," noting that he was still ... in Sanford and Son. He held the recurring role for 12 episodes from 1972 to 1975. In 1979, Sierra joined the cast of ...

He must have made his point, because he was cast alongside Redd Foxx ... Created while Sanford and Son was still on the air, this first spin-off focused on Fred Sanford's best friend, Grady ...

He was 80. As part of the recurring cast on “Sanford and Son,” Taylor appeared in 32 episodes from 1972 through 1977. Taylor’s character, Rollo Lawson, was Lamont Sanford’s best friend and ...