Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical) "Sanford and Son" 1972
1991 Starred as a grandfather in TV series "The Royal Family" (produced by his protegee Eddie Murphy)
1991 Died a few hours after suffering a heart attack on "The Royal Family" set during a rehearsal
1989 IRS raided his Las Vegas home, taking his car and other possessions after Foxx made an estimated $500,000 for his appearance in "Harlem Nights" (1989)
1977 Hosted "The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour"
1970 Feature film debut, "Cotton Comes to Harlem"
1964 First network TV appearance on "Today" show, hosted by Hugh Downs
1954 Recorded the first of his scatological "blue" records; "The Life of the Party" became his first underground hit
1939 - 1941 Member of amateur musical group the Bon Bons, Chicago
1938 Hopped a freight train to New York with his band; changed his name to Redd Foxx (from his red hair and Foxx from his stylish ways and the spelling of slugger Jimmie Foxx's name)
1935 Ran away from home at age 13 and joined a street-corner washboard band
Grew up in Chicago
Did a short time in jail at Rikers Island for heisting a bottle of milk
Played the black vaudeville circuit, also known as the "chitlin circuit"
Worked as nightclub comedian
Teamed in comedy act with Slappy White
Began appearing on TV and in Las Vegas during the 1960s
Guest performer on "The Lucy Show", "The Addams Family", "Mr. Ed", "Green Acres" and "The Name of the Game" in the late 1960s
Starred as junkman Fred G Sanford in "Sanford and Son"
Returned as Fred Sanford on "Sanford and Son"
Owned five homes, a TV production company, a theatrical managament firm, a Los Angeles nightclub and a Hollywood beauty parlor during "Sanford and Sons" heyday