Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Sanford And Son' from 1970-1982:
- Demond Wilson as Lamont Sanford (1972-1977)
- Don Bexley as Bubba Bexley (1972-1977)
- Nathaniel Taylor as Rollo Larson (1972-1977)
- Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford (1972-1977)
- LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther Anderson (1973-1977)
- Whitman Mayo as Grady Wilson (1973-1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Sanford And Son':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin
With William Lanteau (Clerk), Robert Mandan (Auctioneer).
Series debut. An aging black Los Angeles junk dealer and his 32-year-old son provide the comedy ingredients in a series based on the long-running British series "Steptoe and Son". Redd Foxx makes his series debut in the lead role. In the first show (taped before a live audience) a porcelain figurine appears to be an object that could provide a windfall for the junk dealers.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin
With Stefanianna Christopherson (Hat Check Girl), Jack Manning (Man in Restaurant), Eddie Carroll (Bartender), Harold Fong (Waiter).
In honor of his 65th birthday, Fred gets treated to a night on the town by his son Lamont. But neither a Chinese restaurant nor a movie seems to please Fred.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin
With Alvin Childress (Minister), Paulene Myers (Mother), Royce Wallace (Aunt Rosetta), Lance Taylor Sr. (Uncle Edgar), Lillian Randolph (Aunt Hazel), Carol Speed (Crystal), Bardu Ali (Father).
Fred protests loudly as his son Lamont is about to get married, and when the youth steps to the altar, his bride-to-be has a surprise for him.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin
With Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Leonard Stone (Otto), Clancy Cooper (Kelly).
Fred is suspicious of a man selling copper, but son Lamont makes the purchase after checking the Wall Street Journal.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Aaron Ruben D: George Tyne
With Lillian Lehman (Receptionist), Noreen Gammill (Nurse).
Fred is convinced he has tuberculosis after son Lamont persuades him to be tested.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Aaron Ruben D: Coby Ruskin
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Jenny Sullivan (Lady Interviewer).
After he accidentally breaks his son's porcelain and glass collection, Fred hides the debris and claims they were robbed.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bob Lahendro
With Judyann Elder (Darlene), Tangerine Sublett (Ernestine), Lynn Hamilton (Landlady).
Angered at his dad for interrupting his dates, Lamont decides to move out. Then Fred finds himself beseiged by the neighborhood widows.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Dick Van Patten (Mr. Hamlin), Patrick Campbell (Process Server), Lee Duncan (Deputy #1), Dennis Robertson (Deputy #2).
Fred and Lamont are trapped in their home without food, gas or electricity when two bill collectors arrive.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Aaron Ruben D: Charles S. Dubin
With Slappy White (Melvin), James Wheaton (Nelson B. Davis).
Fred insists on sleeping outside when his son brings two coffins into the house.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Aaron Ruben D: Charles S. Dubin
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Slappy White (Melvin).
Fred is about to remarry, despite the wishes of his son Lamont, who claims no one can take the place of his mother.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Slappy White (Melvin), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Peter Bonerz (Doctor).
When his father is stricken with amnesia, Lamont feels guilty for buying a sports car instead of the new color television set Fred wanted.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell D: Peter Baldwin
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Gabriel Dell (Gunman), Florida Friebus (Woman).
Lamont brings home a suitcase he found in an alley and Fred discovers it's filled with money. Then the mobster who lost it shows up.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Slappy White (Melvin), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Sheila).
Fred woos widow Harris once again, but son Lamont threatens retaliation.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Aaron Ruben D: Bruce Bilson
With Lester Fletcher (Man), Rick Hurst (Policeman).
The Sanfords are given a piano on the condition that they move it out of an apartment, and son Lamont is suspicious of the donor's motives.
September 15, 1972: By The Numbers
Season 2, episode 1
W: Terry Ryan D: Peter Baldwin
With Beah Richards (Aunt Ethel), David Moses (Robber).
The second season starts with Fred wanting to place a bet after having a "special dream", but son Lamont refuses to allow it.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Rick Edelstein
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Dick O'Neill (Mr. Sanderson), Davis Roberts (Dr. Caldwell), Kelly Thordsen (Lt. Driscoll).
After Fred has an accident in the pickup truck, he decides he is suffering from whiplash -- especially when friend Bubba tells him he's sitting on a gold mine.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney D: Jack Shea
With Albert Reed (Grady), Margueritte Ray (Margaret), Gladys Perry (Betty Jean), Kathrine McKee (Alberta).
When Fred learns that his cousin's stepdaughter has inherited $10,000, he's convinced she should marry Lamont.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell D: Jack Shea
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Roscoe Lee Browne (Osgood Wilcox).
Fred gets jealous when his girl friend, widowed nurse Donna Harris, brings along a patient to dinner.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Adell Stevenson D: Peter Baldwin
With Sid McCoy (Dentist #1), Hal England (Dentist #2), Ella Edwards (Receptionist), Ray Oliver (Hypnotist).
When Fred Sanford gets a toothache, he insists that Lamont find a white dentist to treat him.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Ron Glass (Hucklebuck), Thalmus Rasulala (Skeeter Matthews), David Moses (Rooster).
Fred is convinced that Lamont's card-playing buddies are trying to get him for every cent he's got, but Lamont won't believe him.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Adell Stevenson D: Rick Edelstein
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), William Hansen (Pawnbroker), Paula Victor (Customer), Dilart Heyson (Burglar).
Lamont and Rollo come home late and find a burglar in the house. They scare him off, but he leaves his gun behind. Rollo convinces Fred and Lamont that they could make some money if they pawn the gun.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Peter Baldwin
With Slappy White (Melvin), Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Larry J. Blake (Mr. Watkins).
Fred is upset because his new neighbor is operating a competing junkyard, but he's even more upset because his neighbor is Puerto Rican.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Peter Baldwin
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Leo Fuchs (Herman Goldstein), Laurence Haddon (Ronald Hart).
After an argument with his neighbor, Fred accidentally shoots a gun and fears he's killed him.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Peter Baldwin
With Roger E. Mosley (Norman Blood), Vernon Weddle (Mr. Clifford).
Lamont gets Fred into an awkward situation when he seeks employment elsewhere, forcing Fred to look for a new partner.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney D: Rick Edelstein
With Ja'net DuBois (Juanita), Emily Yancy (Alice).
Fred's old flame, Juanita, brings her daughter Alice to dinner and it's love at first sight for Lamont.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Ilunga Adell D: Jack Shea
With Liam Dunn (Gus), Davis Roberts (Dr. Caldwell).
Fred and Lamont find a derelict in their yard who claims he was pushed by Fred and intends to sue them for everything they've got.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Lloyd Garver, Ken Hecht D: Rick Edelstein
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Kim Hamilton (Carol Davis).
When Fred invites his fiancee Donna and a door-to-door saleslady to dinner on the same night, Lamont is confused by his father's attempts to keep the women apart.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Lee Kalcheim, Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Mary Wickes (Mary), Beah Richards (Aunt Ethel).
When Fred receives a slight injury in a car mishap, Lamont finds himself waiting on his father hand and foot.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Odie Hawkins, Aaron Ruben D: Jack Shea
With Gabriel Dell (Leader), Danny 'Big Black' Rey (Duane).
Faced with more bills than they can pay, Fred and Lamont hit upon the zany idea of having a neighborhood party -- and charging admission.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Jack Shea
With Lena Horne (Herself), John Amos (Luther), Joan Prather (Tour Guide), Robert Munk (Chauffeur), Arthur Mathews (Art), Billy Allyn (Billy), Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Ernest Mayhand (Skillet).
Fred Sanford discovers Lena Horne's car in the parking lot while touring NBC Studios in Burbank. He then has an overwhelming desire to meet "the first lady of his dreams".
Season 2, episode 17
W: Ilunga Adell D: Jack Shea
With Paula Kelly (Olaiya).
Fred thinks that Lamont's fascination with Africa is ludicrous, until he meets a Nigerian woman with definite ideas about parental respect.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Lloyd Garver, Ken Hecht D: Jack Shea
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Ernest Mayhand (Skillet), Alma Beltran (Mrs. Fuentes), Migdia Varela (Maria), Harold Fong (Waiter).
Fred is aghast when Lamont dates the sister of their Puerto Rican neighbor, and begins following the couple wearing a disguise.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Aaron Ruben D: Sid McCoy
With Ketty Lester (Judy Edwards).
Fred meets a new flame and her son, but the fire doesn't last long when he discovers Lamont used to date her.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Rick Edelstein
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), James Wheaton (Nelson B. Davis), Cardella Di Milo (Woman), Joaquin Garay (Waiter).
Fred becomes annoyed with Lamont for spending so much time with their neighbor, Julio.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Burt Mustin (Mr. Malloy), Maida Severn (Miss Ecker), Cha-Cha Hogan (Old Man).
Fred is caught in a series of amusing but frustrating situations when he becomes a resident of a senior citizens' home.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Aaron Ruben D: Peter Baldwin
With Herb Voland (Mr. Osborne), Jonathan Harris (Emile Bonnet).
Lamont outsmarts himself when he buys what he believes is a rare antique commode for $50.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell D: Jack Shea
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Lincoln Kilpatrick Jr. (Jason), Marcene Harris (Mother).
Lamont discovers his 9-year-old friend Jason has sneaked a ride on his truck and asks Fred to let the lad play in their yard.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Cal Wilson (Guard), Jack DeLeon (Director), Ralph James (Producer), Kelly Thordsen (Police Lieutenant), Leo G. Morrell (Detective).
Fred and Lamont almost become stars in an X-rated movie until they are faced with the "naked truth".
September 14, 1973: Lamont As Othello
Season 3, episode 1
W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Maureen Arthur (Marilyn), Jack Manning (Mr. O'Neill), Anne Driscoll (Mrs. O'Neill).
The third season starts. In the first episode, Lamont nearly gives his dad a real heart attack when the old man sees him choking a white woman.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Ilunga Adell D: Jack Shea
With Harvey Jason (Dr. Stewart), Vivian Bonnell (Audrey).
Lamont runs afoul of the stars in a zany astrological mixup that involves his father Fred and Aunt Esther.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Gene Farmer D: Jack Shea
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins).
Fred watches thieves rob Julio's home, but stubbornly refuses to identify the culprits.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Ernest Mayhand (Skillet), Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Sheila Ferguson (Herself), Valerie Holiday (Herself), Fayette Pinkney (Herself), Jim Cato (M.C.), Kurt Taylor (Himself), Dwan Smith (Waitress), Juan DeCarlos (Bouncer).
Over Fred's objections, Lamont and Rollo try to make big stars of a singing trio called The Three Degrees.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Gene Farmer D: Peter Baldwin
With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Bill McLean (TV Repairman), Bernie Hamilton (Officer Jones).
When his TV set goes on the blink, Fred buys a "hot" set and gets in trouble when his friend Grady tells him it's one stolen from his house.
Season 3, episode 6
W: James R. Stein, Bob Illes D: Peter Baldwin
With Davis Roberts (Dr. Caldwell), Cardella Di Milo (Lucille Pinkney), Jeannie Bell (Judy Ann).
Lamont and Fred alternately worry about each other when each gets the word they were seen entering a gay bar.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Gene Farmer D: Jack Shea
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Alma Beltran (Mrs. Fuentes), Louis Guss (Caretaker).
Fred is driven to skid row when Lamont and Julio go into the used auto parts business.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Charles T. Williams, Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Pat McCormick (Moose), Wally Taylor (Mr. Barrington), Rudy Challenger (Mr. Menton), Annazette Chase (Susan), Terry Lumley (Carol), Norma Miller (Jackie), Sherry Boucher (Wendy).
Airline personnel are horrified when Fred takes his first flight in order to collect a legacy from an uncle in St. Louis.
Season 3, episode 9
W: James R. Stein, Bob Illes D: Jack Shea
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Esther Sutherland (Aunt Minnie), Dorothy Meyer (Aunt Flossie), Alvin Childress (Reverend Trimble), DeForest Covan (Woodrow Anderson), Mel Bryant (Uncle Jake), Bobby Johnson (Uncle Edgar).
Fred succumbs to his girlfriend Donna's pressures and agrees to get married, but his family has other ideas.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Phil Mishkin D: Mark Warren
With Bryan O'Byrne (Mr. Archibald).
Fred donates a collection of jazz albums to a music library, then is shocked to learn they are valued at $500.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Winston Moss D: Jack Shea
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Ernest Mayhand (Skillet), Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Stymie Beard (Otis Littlejohn).
Lamont buys a pool table for a birthday gift and Fred's buddies turn the Sanford home into a pool hall.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Gene Farmer D: Jack Shea
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris).
Fred talks Lamont into letting his friend Grady be a boarder at the Sanford house.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Ernest Mayhand (Skillet), Betty Waldron (Fast Fanny).
Fred and his buddies beat the post-funeral blues by planning a party with "Fast Fanny" and her friends.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Ilunga Adell D: Jack Shea
With Sonny Jim Gaines (Grip).
A question arises as to whether Fred is really Lamont's father.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Gene Farmer D: Bob Lahendro
With Antonio Fargas (Sonny Cochran), Arthur Adams (Judge), Sosimo Hernandez (Lopez), Billy Allyn (Billy), Matt Beard (Otis Littlejohn).
Lamont gets a traffic ticket that he feels he does not deserve and Fred maneuvers himself into the position of his son's lawyer.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Surveyor).
Fred gets into a dispute with his neighbor Julio over the boundary dividing their properties. Lamont nags Fred to forget the whole matter but Fred hires a surveyor to settle the issue and determine the legal property line.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Ilunga Adell D: Stan Lathan
With Thalmus Rasulala (Heart Fund Man), Helen Verbit (Nurse #1), Joan Pringle (Nurse #2), Harry Basch (Dr. Jamison), Juan DeCarlos (Orderly #1), Raymond O'Keefe (Orderly #2).
Lamont takes Fred to the hospital to check out why he has so many "heart attacks" and Fred, seeking compassion, unknowingly switches charts with a patient being readied for surgery.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Gene Farmer D: Stan Lathan
With Della Thomas (Della), Angela Gibbs (Angel).
Lamont and his pal Rollo plan a romantic evening with their girlfriends but first have to get rid of Fred, who wants to do the planning.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Ilunga Adell D: Bud Yorkin
With Pamela Jones (Candy), Hugh Van Putten (Gus Thomas), Stan Haze (Jo-Jo Johnson), Casey Brown (Cookie).
Punched in the nose in a spat over a girl, Lamont takes karate lessons to get revenge.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Aaron Ruben D: Stan Lathan
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Vivian Bonnell (Betty), Talya Ferro (Rose).
While Fred is in St. Louis, Grady watches the house and business and gets involved in a case of mistaken identity with an amorous lady.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Gene Farmer D: Stan Lathan
With Fred still in St. Louis, Grady is left in charge of the house and Lamont has to put up with his tyrannical ways.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Ilunga Adell D: Bud Yorkin
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woodrow Anderson), Hilda Haynes (Aunt Minnie), Dorothy Meyer (Aunt Flossie).
Lamont and Grady have an unexpected visitor: Woody, Aunt Esther's husband, who has been thrown out of the house and asks to move in. Things get worse when Aunt Esther decides to move in instead.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt D: Hal Cooper
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Judy Pace (Judy), Norma Miller (Roxie).
Determined to get Lamont to the altar, his latest girl Judy schemes to gain the support of his godfather Grady by making advances toward him.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Bill Manhoff D: Hal Cooper
With Clarice Taylor (Cousin Emma), Kathrine McKee (Lorraine).
Grady's cousin comes to lodge at the Sanford home, which results in a plot to get her out.
September 13, 1974: The Surprise Party
Season 4, episode 1
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Norman Abbott
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Fuddle Bagley (Jesse).
The fourth season begins with Fred Sanford returning home after a long trip to St. Louis. Lamont arranges a surprise party for him, but it's Lamont who gets the shock of his life.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster
With Beverly Sanders (Nora Simpson), Cathy Cooper (Woman), Gloria Delaney (Janet), John Hawker (William).
In order to collect money bequeathed by an uncle, Fred Sanford tries to get Lamont a wife with the help of a computer dating service.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Rick Mittleman D: Bill Foster
With Frank Sinatra, Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), George O'Hanlon Sr. (Drunk), Milt Kogan (Hotel Detective), Morris Buchanan (Police Detective), Dee Carroll (Cleaning Lady).
When Fred discovers that a ring was stolen from Frank Sinatra's hotel room, he assumes that Rollo stole it and sold it to Lamont to give to Fred for his 35th anniversary in the junk business. So Fred breaks into Sinatra's room to return the ring.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Gene Farmer D: Stan Lathan
With Norma Miller (Dolly).
Fred comes between Grady and his fiancee when he learns that they plan to marry. Fred doesn't want to lose his TV-watching partner.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Jerry Ross, Earl Pomerantz D: Norman Abbott
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), Fritzi Burr (Maureen), Rai Tasco (Murray), Sarah Fankboner (Francine), Noel de Souza (Salim), Eduardo Ricard (Harry), Jayne Kennedy (Brenda).
Lamont tries to rid his father of his hatred of Mexicans, Chinese and fat people. First, Lamont leaves home when Fred refuses to allow a sensitivity group to meet at the Sanford home. Then, to get Lamont back, Fred consents to the meeting. Lamont gets the group to work on Fred's problems.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Norman Abbott
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Philip Bruns (Calvin), Basil Hoffman (Store Owner), Helene Winston (Lady Customer).
Fred fears his junk business will end when Lamont takes a job in a men's clothing store.
Season 4, episode 7
W: Ted Bergman D: Norman Abbott
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Helen Funai (Miss Funai), Yuki Shimoda (Mr. Funai), Bob Okazaki (Grandfather Masaki), Nathan Jung (Saburyo).
Fred is the lone holdout when a Japanese development company tries to buy the houses in the neighborhood.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Arnie Rosen D: Bill Foster
With Ned Wertimer (Mr. Crenshaw), Philip Bruns (Calvin).
Fred buys a broken-down horse for breeding, but when he discovers it is a gelding he puts pants on the animal in order to sell it.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Norman Abbott
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Tina Andrews (Elizabeth), Berlinda Tolbert (Delores), Ray Vitte (Lewis), Robin James (Joan).
Fred's young niece comes to town and asks to stay a few days while she gets set up to go to school. Because she looks like his deceased wife, Fred becomes attached to her.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Miriam Colon (Carlotta), Corinne Conley (Woman), Manuel Carrasco (Roberto), Graham Brown (Principal).
Fred is loudly anti-Puerto Rican until a Puerto Rican child really needs him.
Season 4, episode 11
W: Ilunga Adell D: Herbert Kenwith
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins).
Thanks to Grady, the neighborhood policemen get turned on by marijuana when they eat a salad he serves them made from Fred Sanford's garden.
Season 4, episode 12
W: Calvin Kelly D: Bill Foster
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Janee Michelle (Sandra), Diane Hill (Woman in Museum), Lester Fletcher (Man in Museum).
After a museum visit, Fred decides to get into the artistic field by assembling a "sculpture" from junk in the yard.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Herbert Kenwith
With Stymie Beard (Otis Littlejohn), Fred Scott (Mr. Hastings), John Hawker (Postman).
Through a computer error, Grady receives too many Social Security checks, and insists on keeping the money.
Season 4, episode 14
W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Danny Wells (Haywood Jones), Dick Whittington (TV Voice).
Fred balks when Lamont and Julio want to combine their junk business into one "junk pile".
Season 4, episode 15
W: Winston Moss D: Herbert Kenwith
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Ron Glass (Herman), Don Rickles (Announcer).
Lamont invites an ex-convict friend to stay at the Sanford home, but Grady is fearful that he will steal the family valuables.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster
With Scatman Crothers (Bowlegs), Joe Silver (Mr. Stone), Al Williams (Al), Bernie Orenstein (Stan Taylor), Billy Eckstine (Nightclub Singer).
Fred and Lamont have to sub for one of Fred's performing friends who sprains his back just before a nightclub appearance.
Season 4, episode 17
W: Ted Bergman D: Norman Abbott
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), Daxson Thomas (Newsman), Margaret Avery (Denise), Richard Balin (Newscaster), Brunetta Barnett (Harriet Radner).
Lamont tosses his hat into the political ring and runs for office. It's also to impress a politically-minded girlfriend.
Season 4, episode 18
W: Ted Bergman D: Norman Abbott
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), John Barbour (Harry Monty), June Christopher (Brenda).
Fred Sanford, dressed as a gorilla, and Grady, dressed as a ballerina, participate in a TV game show. They become contestants on "Wheel and Deal", hosted by John Barbour, in order to win a birthday gift for Lamont.
Season 4, episode 19
W: George Yanok, Bob Garland D: Norman Abbott
With David Doyle (Clancy Fitzgerald), Hank Rolike (Yerby), Barry Wright (Junior).
For $50, Yerby sells Fred "a million-dollar deal", co-management of Junior Joe Louis, a 300-pounder who eats better than he fights.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Ted Bergman D: Norman Abbott
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Allan Drake (Rodney Victor), Mary Alice (Frances Victor), Ancel Cook (Stereo Delivery Man).
Fred anxiously awaits a visit from his sister and her new husband until he finds out the husband is white.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Arnie Rosen D: Bill Foster
With Robert DoQui (Psychologist), Darrell Zwerling (Pediatrician), Frances Nealy (Lady Patient).
A psychiatrist tells Lamont that he has headaches because he hates his father.
Season 4, episode 22
W: George Yanok, Bob Garland D: Alan Rafkin
With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Fritzi Burr (Miss Cogley), Richard Ward (Al Banks), George Reynolds (Arms).
Fred asks a professional gambler to teach Lamont and his friends a lesson. Fred's friend pretends to be a naive card player but ends up winning all the money from Lamont, Julio and Rollo.
Season 4, episode 23
W: Ted Bergman D: Alan Rafkin
With Kim Hamilton (Grace), Brenda Sutton (Louise), Kathryn Jackson (Mabel), Lillian Randolph (Lady Customer).
Fred starts scheming when Lamont falls for Grace, a woman several years his senior. To show Lamont he is being ridiculous, Fred brings his own older woman to the house to meet Lamont.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Matt Robinson D: Stan Lathan
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), Keene Curtis (Dr. Goodman), Odessa Cleveland (Audrey), Dick Bass (Messenger), Carol Jean Owens (Lady in Doctor's Office).
A doctor gives Fred six months -- to pay his bill. Lamont overhears only part of the conversation and becomes convinced that Fred is dying.
Season 4, episode 25
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bud Yorkin
With Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Bradley), Joe Morton (Hal Marshall), Carol Cole (Ellie Marshall), Rosanne Katon (Laurie Marshall), Haywood Nelson (Haywood Marshall), Rod Colbin (Coach Bradley), Howard Hesseman (Professor Stoneham), Dennis Kort (Roger), Michael Talbot (Pete), John Kirby (Herb), Julie Payne (Terestia).
Grady moves out of Watts and into a fashionable area to live with his daughter and her family. Pilot for a new series.
September 12, 1975: Earthquake II
Season 5, episode 1
W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster
With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Reva Rose (Mrs. Johnson), Britt Leach (Mr. Johnson), Barry Wright (Jackpot Winner), Steve Lawrence (Himself), Eydie Gorme (Herself), Merv Griffin (Himself).
The fifth season starts with several earthquakes rocking the Sanford home, following some announcements made by Russian seismologists.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Ted Bergman D: Alan Rafkin
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Hannah Dean (Jackie).
Fred plays cupid to try to reconcile Aunt Esther and Uncle Woody after Esther moves in with Fred and Lamont, and her presence begins driving Fred up the wall.
Season 5, episode 3
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Roscoe Orman (Al), Charles Thomas Murphy (Melvin), Roy Stuart (Reporter), Tom Scott (Mr. Phillips), Bill Henderson (Harvey), Cal Wilson (Doctor #1), Skip Cunningham (Doctor #2).
Trying to get a loan to open a boarding house, Fred is taken hostage during a bank robbery.
Season 5, episode 4
W: Ted Bergman D: Mark Warren
With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Arnold Johnson (Hutch), George Wyner (Percy), Ta-Tanisha (Janet), Cal Gibson (Roger).
Officer Hoppy's mother becomes a tenant and a troublemaker in Fred and Lamont's new rooming house venture.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: James Sheldon
With Jack Somack (Gabey), Robert Guillaume (Albert Brock), Corey Fischer (Anthony Marvinowsky), Rik Pierce (Mac John), John Larroquette (Murray Steinberg), Albert Hall (Bernie Taub), Jane Lambert (Aunt Ethel), Larry Wilde (Saul Green), Lou Jacobi (Steinberg).
Fred and Lamont sue the television network for doing a series about them with Jewish characters.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster
With Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Cha-Cha Hogan (Heckler), Dap Sugar Willie (Theater Manager), Timmie Rogers (Smiley Rogers), Mary Alice (Frances Victor), Allan Drake (Rodney Victor).
Fred goes into show business to get his white brother-in-law out of his house and out of his hair.
Season 5, episode 7
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Mark Warren
With Arnold Johnson (Hutch), Della Reese (Herself), Paul Roman (Bob Williams), Marvin Jenkins (Piano Player).
A campaign worker for a political candidate talks Fred into letting her use his house for her headquarters.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: James Sheldon
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Arthur Adams (Mel), Elma Jackson (Mrs. Harris).
Fred is given an ultimatum by Donna -- marry her or else, because Mel has proposed to her.
Season 5, episode 9
W: Jerry Ross D: James Sheldon
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Jackie Toles (Lucille Brown), Tina Dixon (Mabel Johnson), Ronnell Bright (Piano Player).
Like Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady", Fred Sanford decides to transform a lowly person, in this case Aunt Esther, into an elegant lady.
Season 5, episode 10
W: Ted Bergman, Garry Shandling D: Mark Warren
With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), Arnold Johnson (Hutch), Al Stevenson (Mr. Logan), Tommy Butler (Mr. Walker), Dorothy Meyer (Mrs. Walker).
Fred turns his living room into a Japanese restaurant after he finds out how well Ah Chew can cook.
Season 5, episode 11
W: Madelyn Pugh Davis, Bob Carroll Jr. D: Mark Warren
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Percy Rodrigues (Lou Turner).
Fred goes out for the Senior Olympics to compete for Donna's affection because Olympic champion Lou Turner has intentions of becoming Donna's new romantic interest.
Season 5, episode 12
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: James Sheldon
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Herb Ellis (Landlord), Kathryn Jackson (Mother), Jay Riley (Mr. Small), Adrian Ricard (Mrs. Small), Marc Copage (Fredsie), Eric Laneuville (Ron).
Despite the attempts of his friends and family to spread Christmas cheer, Fred become more and more of a "Scrooge".
Season 5, episode 13
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: James Sheldon
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Dick O'Neill (Commissioner), Roy Stuart (Martinson), Wally Taylor (Bill), Al Stevenson (Bert), Gloria Delaney (Nurse), Paul Harris (Daniel Tracy).
Fred witnesses an attempted slaying -- a fact known by the perpretrator. He is also injured when it occurs, is hospitalized and given police protection.
Season 5, episode 14
W: Joni Rhodes D: Mark Warren
With Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Arnold Johnson (Hutch), Danny Wells (Danny Taylor), Cesare Danova (Cavorting Connoisseur), Ta-Tanisha (Janet).
Fred uses Lamont's savings to buy a supply of Whopper Choppers that he cannot sell.
Season 5, episode 15
W: Jerry Ross D: Sid McCoy
With Rozelle Gayle (Dan), Lee Weaver (Mr. Quincy).
Fred organizes a circus in order to keep an elephant he has acquired.
Season 5, episode 16
W: Jay Burton D: James Sheldon
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Fritzi Burr (Nurse), Bonnie Banfield (Louella), Skip Cunningham (Don).
When Fred rents a room to a pregnant lady nearing delivery, he winds up having to take her to the hospital where a nurse mistakes him for the father.
Season 5, episode 17
W: Jerry Ross D: Mark Warren
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Graham Jarvis (Dr. Simmons).
Lamont tries to have Fred cured of his addiction to television through hypnosis.
Season 5, episode 18
W: Ted Bergman D: Alan Rafkin
With Marlene Clark (Janet), Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Buddy Kennedy (David).
After a burly, threatening man comes to the Sanford home looking for Lamont's new girlfriend, Fred and Aunt Esther launch an investigation.
Season 5, episode 19
W: Jerry Ross D: Alan Rafkin
With Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Willis), Arnold Johnson (Hutch), George Wiltshire (Elroy), Helen Martin (Lady #1), Betty Cole (Maxine), Frances E. Nealy (Lady #2).
Fred decides to open his own escort service, and winds up with dates with three woman at different tables in the same restaurant.
Season 5, episode 20
W: Ted Bergman D: Lewis Gomavitz
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Marlene Clark (Janet), Frank Nelson (Salesman), Derek Triplett (Roger).
Lamont and Janet are engaged to be married and Fred is happy until Lamont announces that they don't plan to live with him. To keep Lamont home, Fred tells Janet that Lamont is a heavy drinker and a compulsive gambler.
Season 5, episode 21
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With George Foreman (Himself), Adam Wade (Mr. Creeley), George Wiltshire (Elroy), Dave Turner (Eugene).
Lamont allows Fred to attend his acting class -- just to get a look at George Foreman -- if he promises to be quiet, but when the director of the class quits, Fred decides to take over.
Season 5, episode 22
W: Rick Mittleman D: Alan Rafkin
With Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Tim Herbert (Panjib), Lance Taylor (President), Ernest Anderson (Doctor).
Fred's back ailment threatens to dampen the festivities when he is named Watts Businessman of the Year.
Season 5, episode 23
W: Ted Bergman D: Bill Wyse
With Fritzi Burr (Helga), Frank Nelson (Soldier), Edward Crawford (Roger), Pat Morita (Colonel Hiakowa), Martin Kosleck (General).
Fred tells his future grandson about his heroism during World War II.
Season 5, episode 24
W: Garry Shandling D: Alan Rafkin
With Carol Arthur (Miss Barnes), Deborah Berns (Girl Scout #1), Teri Hermosillo (Girl Scout #2), Susan Newmark (Girl Scout #3), Kimberly Zuckert (Girl Scout #4), Tifni Carson (Girl Scout #5), Janine Williams (Girl Scout #6).
When Fred and Lamont go on a camping trip, their truck breaks down and they are stranded in the wild. Sensing their fate, they watch their lives pass before their eyes (via flashbacks to earlier shows).
September 24, 1976: The Hawaiian Connection (1)
Season 6, episode 1
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Frank Nelson (Co-Pilot), Fritzi Burr (Woman on Plane), Sandra Kerns (Stewardess), Sheldon Leonard (Davis), Teddy Wilson (Messenger), James Gregory (Commander), Barbara Rhoades (Gladys), David Huddleston (Cop #1), Howard Storm (Bellboy), Danny Kamekona (Cop #2), Greg Morris (Freddy Wells).
Fred and Lamont accept an expense-paid trip to Hawaii and unwittingly become involved in a jewel-theft scheme.
Season 6, episode 2
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Sheldon Leonard (Davis), James Gregory (Commander), Barbara Rhoades (Gladys), David Huddleston (Cop #1), Peter Leeds (Suitcase Courier), Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Hula Teacher), Danny Kamekona (Cop #2), Greg Morris (Freddy Wells).
The Sanfords are enjoying their vacation in Hawaii, unaware they're being used in a jewel-theft scheme.
Season 6, episode 3
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Frank Nelson (Co-Pilot), Fritzi Burr (Woman on Plane), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Robert Kino (Japanese Tourist), Danny Kamekona (Cop #2), Sandra Kerns (Stewardess), Sheldon Leonard (Davis), Don Ho (Himself), Greg Morris (Freddy Wells), James Gregory (Commander), Pat Paulsen (Percy), Barbara Rhoades (Gladys), David Huddleston (Cop #1).
Jewelry thieves chase Fred all over Honolulu, thinking he has their loot in his possession.
Season 6, episode 4
W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Norman Abbott
With Patrick Campbell (Professor Miller), Ross Martin (Aram).
Fred goes on a spree when an Arab oil executive assures him that there is oil under his garden in the junkyard.
Season 6, episode 5
W: Earl Barret D: Norman Abbott
With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Charles Weldon (Miss Wallace/Hacker), Rozelle Gayle (Sergeant Perkins).
Fred is bewildered when the new lady tenant at the Sanford Arms, to whom he is more than mildly attracted, turns out to be a thief -- and no lady.
Season 6, episode 6
W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Alan Rafkin
With Marlene Clark (Janet), Edward Crawford (Roger), Leonard Stone (Mr. Grayson), Royce Wallace (Mrs. Gordon).
To impress Lamont's future mother-in-law, Fred decides to get into the official book of world records.
Season 6, episode 7
W: Bob DeVinney D: Alan Rafkin
With Danny Dayton (Timmy).
A pair of con men talk Fred into a shady promotion for his business.
Season 6, episode 8
W: Garry Shandling D: Chuck Liotta
With Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Channing), Edward Andrews (Sam Jordan), Sosimo Hernandez (Mr. Rodriguez), Ronnie Schell (Mr. Wilkens).
Fred has been named to the Watts community relations council -- and a businessman tries to bribe him.
Season 6, episode 9
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Marlene Clark (Janet), Mel Carter (Bank Officer), Milton Frome (Maitre' d), Barry Wright (Bruno).
Fred borrows $6,000 from a bank to help Lamont with his financial problems, then takes a second job as a busboy to pay back the loan.
Season 6, episode 10
W: Earl Barret D: Alan Rafkin
With Spo-De-Odee (Carol Rhodes), Pat Cranshaw (Bank Guard), Cinque Attucks (Jake).
An unexpected visitor claiming to be an old friend has Fred drawing a blank until mention is made of their former alliance in crime -- a $150,000 bank robbery committed years before.
Season 6, episode 11
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Robin Braxton (Mrs. Sherman).
Fred plays an important role when Aunt Esther tries to adopt a child -- he stands in for her drunken husband.
Season 6, episode 12
W: Warren S. Murray D: Bill Foster
With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Marlene Clark (Janet), Bob Goldstein (Mr. Trild).
Fred collects insurance on the furniture his friends and family secretly removed for reupholstering.
Season 6, episode 13
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Al Rabin
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Eric Laneuville (Daniel).
Aunt Esther has a fit and turns her newly adopted son out of her home when she learns that he doesn't believe in God.
Season 6, episode 14
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Allan Drake (Rodney Victor), Jack Deleon (Sven), Roy Stuart (Barton), Margie McGlory (Vocalist), Don S. Davis (Marvin), Paul Zegler (Charlie), Tracee Lyles (Panelist #1), Al Hansen (Panelist #2), Bob Goldstein (Panelist #3), Jackie Toles (Receptionist), Carl McCarthy (Stage Manager), Albert Popwell (Doctor), Sivi Aberg (Gong Show Hostess), Chuck Barris (Himself).
The Sanfords and Bubba perform a song-and-dance act on "The Gong Show", and spring into action as the panelists are about to give them the gong.
Season 6, episode 15
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster
With Fritzi Burr (Miss Rock), Debraca Foxx (Doris Martin), Benny Rubin (Man), Dap Sugar Willie (Phil Tellman), Prince Spencer (Rob Baxter), Dave Turner (Harold Harrison), Jack Carter (Marvin).
Fred Sanford's accountant tries to get him to complete his income tax forms and avoid a late payment penalty, but all Fred is interested in is winning a Redd Foxx look-alike contest.
Season 6, episode 16
W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Russ Petranto
With Frank Nelson (Salesman), Philip Ahn (Chinese Man), Hazel Medina (Alice).
Grady tries an Oriental magic trick and shackles Fred to Aunt Esther, but the directions for releasing the locks are written in Chinese.
Season 6, episode 17
W: John T. Bell D: Russ Petranto
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Fuddle Bagley (Doctor), Helen Martin (Nurse).
Fred pretends to be deaf to win the sympathy of his girlfriend, Donna, whom he suspects of having another romantic interest.
Season 6, episode 18
W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Russ Petranto
With Marlene Clark (Janet), Frank Nelson (Waiter), Edward Crawford (Roger), James A. Watson Jr. (John).
Lamont is in for a big surprise just as he and his fiancee, Janet, are about to tie the knot -- Janet's ex-husband turns up asking for a second chance.
Season 6, episode 19
W: Jim Belcher D: Russ Petranto
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Sammy Shore (Bishop Lovelace), Freeman King (Policeman), Darrow Igus (Walter).
To avoid paying taxes, Fred gets himself ordained as a minister of the Divine Prophet Church, but when the bishop arrives to collect his share, Fred starts his own religion.
Season 6, episode 20
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Russ Petranto
With Raymond Allen, Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Eric Laneuville (Daniel), Julius Harris (Doctor).
Convinced that he is at death's door after being knocked cold by Aunt Esther's purse, Fred summons family and friends for an emotional reading of his will.
Season 6, episode 21
W: Richard Freiman, Stephen Young D: Russ Petranto
With Mel Stewart (Clarence), Taurean Blacque (Honest Hank), Helen Martin (Millie), Hilda Haynes (Rose), George Reynolds (Prisoner), Tony Burton (Guard).
Fred Sanford is turned into a crusader for the rights of senior citizens after he is refused credit to purchase a stereo because of his age.
Season 6, episode 22
W: Joseph Henderson D: Russ Petranto
With Sonny Jim Gaines (Dan), Skip Cunningham (Marvin), Prince Spencer (Messenger).
Fred and Lamont need $4,000 in a hurry to buy the Sanford Arms, so Fred decides to go gambling.
Season 6, episode 23
W: Joseph Feinstein D: Russ Petranto
With John Hawker (Mailman), Jim Mendenhall (Customer #2), Will Gill Jr. (Customer #1), Milton Selzer (Sam Gittleman).
Fred's search for his own "roots" leads him to a shady genealogical research outfit that tells him he is both Jewish and a descendent of King Solomon.
Season 6, episode 24
W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Russ Petranto
With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Basil Hoffman (Maitre 'd), B.B. King (Himself), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Edmond), Happy Hairston (Man), Hannah Dean (Woman).
Buoyed by his success in an amateur songwriting contest, Fred tries to peddle some of his songs to blues singer B.B. King, but B.B.'s got the blues because the woman he once loved ran away with a junkman from St. Louis.
Season 6, episode 25
W: Rick Mittleman D: Carl McCarthy
With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Sarah Jane Miller (Doris Chandler), Barry Wright (Herman Barry).
Fred's disappearances have his friends worried until they discover he's going to night school. (Last show of the series.)