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Confidence30 · 10-20-2021, 09:41 AM

In the show Fred was 65 in the first season. Did he look decades younger?

TMC · 01-26-2022, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Confidence30

In the show Fred was 65 in the first season. Did he look decades younger?

Well, to put things into perspective, Redd Foxx was in reality, about 15 years younger than Fred Sanford. He was born in 1922, so he would've been about 50 years old when Sanford and Son started in 1972.

Yong Fang · 03-11-2022, 08:52 AM

Whitman Mayo who was only in his early 40's during Sanford and Son, looked and acted like an elderly man in his late 60's. The makeup artists did the same for Redd Foxx, making him wear a scraggly beard and putting white in his hair. I didnt really know how young Foxx really was until a few years ago because of the internet. Mayo being so young also surprised me. Foxx would wear heavy shoes to mimic an "old man walk".

10-20-2021, 09:41 AM	#1
Confidence30 Member Senior Member Join Date: May 24, 2021 Location: Florida Posts: 1,246	Did Fred look younger than 65? In the show Fred was 65 in the first season. Did he look decades younger?

03-11-2022, 08:52 AM	#3
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Whitman Mayo who was only in his early 40's during Sanford and Son, looked and acted like an elderly man in his late 60's. The makeup artists did the same for Redd Foxx, making him wear a scraggly beard and putting white in his hair. I didnt really know how young Foxx really was until a few years ago because of the internet. Mayo being so young also surprised me. Foxx would wear heavy shoes to mimic an "old man walk".