Sanford and Son

Filming was halfway through the fourth season when Redd Foxx, without warning, didn’t show up. No call, no explanation. Panic set in. The network feared […]

He wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed—but he had the biggest heart. Played with lovable charm by Whitman Mayo, Grady Wilson was Fred Sanford’s […]

Bible in one hand, insults in the other—nobody clapped back like Aunt Esther. Let’s get one thing straight: Aunt Esther (played by LaWanda Page) wasn’t […]

She brought elegance, warmth, and quiet strength to Sanford and Son. Lynn Hamilton’s portrayal of Donna Harris, Fred Sanford’s steady girlfriend and later fiancée, brought […]

When people think of Sanford and Son, they usually picture Fred Sanford faking heart attacks or Lamont trying to hold his temper. But behind all […]

To viewers, Sanford and Son was a riot—a father and son bickering in a junkyard, trading insults faster than bullets. But off-camera, the real drama […]

More than 50 years after its debut, Sanford and Son still holds up as one of television’s boldest and funniest shows. But what keeps fans […]

While Fred Sanford got the biggest laughs, it was Demond Wilson as Lamont who held Sanford and Son together. As the patient, hard-working son constantly […]

When Sanford and Son premiered in 1972, few could have predicted just how much of a cultural phenomenon Fred Sanford would become. Played by the […]

In the chaotic, joke-packed world of Sanford and Son, there were few things more reliable than Fred Sanford yelling at the cops. But every time […]