which made his starring in Sanford and Son even more meaningful for him. In detailing how the change in name came, he told British interviewer Bobbie Wygant, "I was searching for a name that could ...

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 ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Redd Foxx (left) and Demond Wilson are shown in a scene from the NBC sitcom “Sanford and Son.” NBC/File Share LOS ANGELES — When Demond Wilson heard ...