Sanford and Son: Bank on This
04:00 am - 04:30 am, Friday, October 31 on WYOU get (Great Entertainment Television) (22.3)
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Bank on This
Season 5, Episode 3
Julio has moved out of his house and Fred and Lamont decide to buy it and turn it into a boarding house and call it The Sanford Arms. To get enough money for the project, Fred and Lamont go down to the bank to apply for a loan but soon find themselves hostages in a bank robbery attempt.
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1975
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Redd Foxx
(Actor)
.. Fred Sanford
Demond Wilson
(Actor)
.. Lamont Sanford
Howard Platt
(Actor)
.. Off. Hopkins
Tom Scott
(Actor)
.. Phillips
Charles Thomas Murphy
(Actor)
.. Melvin
Bill Henderson
(Actor)
.. Harvey
Raymond Allen
(Actor)
Don Bexley
(Actor)
Marlene Clark
(Actor)
Cal Wilson
(Actor)
.. 1st Doctor
Roscoe Orman
(Actor)
Alan Rafkin
(Actor)
More Information
Did You Know..
Redd Foxx
(Actor)
.. Fred Sanford
Born:
December 09, 1922
Died: October 11, 1991
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: October 11, 1991
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Trivia:
Born John Sanford, this scratchy-voiced, bulldog-faced black comedian and actor entered show business while still in his teens; over several decades, he worked as a "blue humor" comic in nightclubs and theaters around the country. From 1951-55 he teamed with comic Slappy White. He made 54 "party records" (comedy records with plenty of four-letter words and blue humor, popular mostly in the black community) and established himself as the dean of blue comedy. In the '60s his audience expanded, and he got guest shots on a number of TV shows. After debuting onscreen in Ossie Davis's unexpectedly successful film Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Foxx was signed to star in the TV series Sanford and Son the show was a hit and lasted from 1972-77, making him a household name. He went on to appear in the sitcoms Sanford, The Redd Foxx Show and in the variety show The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour and continued appearing regularly as a stand-up comic in Las Vegas.
Demond Wilson
(Actor)
.. Lamont Sanford
Born:
October 13, 1946
Birthplace: Valdosta, Georgia, United States
Birthplace: Valdosta, Georgia, United States
Trivia:
Began his acting career at the age of 4 with an appearance in the Broadway play Green Pastures. Was drafted by the Army and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. Guest-starred on an Emmy-winning episode of All in the Family, which helped him earn a lead role on the popular sitcom Sanford and Son. Scaled back his acting work after experiencing a spiritual awakening and becoming a minister in 1983. Is also a writer whose works include several children's books and the memoir Second Banana: The Bitter Sweet Memoirs of the Sanford & Son Years.
Howard Platt
(Actor)
.. Off. Hopkins
Born:
June 05, 1938
Trivia:
For years, character actor Howard Platt qualified as one of the small screen's most familiar faces. Devoted viewers of 1970s television will easily remember Platt; he played Hoppy the Cop, the quintessentially weird, by-the-book white police officer who made frequent stops at Fred Sanford's junkyard on the hit NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Additional recurring roles included Dr. Phil Newman on The Bob Newhart Show and Marvin the Jewelry Salesman on Alice. Platt briefly enjoyed a main starring role as airline pilot Captain Doug March on the CBS adventure drama Flying High (1978) opposite Pat Klous and Connie Sellecca; unfortunately, it was canceled in late January 1979, soon after it premiered. He remained active for the following several decades, however, and extended his work into occasional features such as The Cat from Outer Space (1978), Nixon (1995), and The Rock (1996) while establishing himself as a nearly constant presence in theater as an actor and director. In 2008, Platt starred opposite Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams in the Iraq veteran-themed drama The Lucky Ones.
Tom Scott
(Actor)
.. Phillips
Born:
January 01, 1948
Trivia:
Tom Scott was a predominantly '70s African-American lead actor who appeared sporadically on television and in films beginning in the late 1960s. He last appeared in a 1999 low-budget sci-fi thriller entitled Age to Age.
Charles Thomas Murphy
(Actor)
.. Melvin
Born:
May 03, 1941
Bill Henderson
(Actor)
.. Harvey
Born:
March 19, 1926
Trivia:
African-American actor Bill Henderson may not be the same Bill Henderson listed in the British Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), but he definitely did appear in Mother, Jugs and Speed (1976), Inside Moves (1980) and Smart Alec (1986). Those who have catalogued the many failed TV series of Tim Conway will recall Henderson as Mello, blind nightclub pianist in 1983's Ace Crawford Private Eye. At least Ace Crawford made it to the airwaves; 1987's Kingpins, a comedy set in a bowling alley which featured Henderson in a supporting role, never got past the pilot stage. Bill Henderson's most prominent recent screen performance was as one of several "dude" participants of a cattle drive (he's the father in the father-son team) in the 1991 Billy Crystal comedy City Slickers.
Raymond Allen
(Actor)
Don Bexley
(Actor)
Born:
March 10, 1910
Died: April 15, 1997
Died: April 15, 1997
Marlene Clark
(Actor)
Born:
December 19, 1937
Died: May 18, 2023
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: May 18, 2023
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Trivia:
Marlene Clark, a black supporting actress and occasional lead, appeared on screen beginning in the '70s.
Cal Wilson
(Actor)
.. 1st Doctor
Born:
October 05, 1970
Roscoe Orman
(Actor)
Born:
June 11, 1944
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Alan Rafkin
(Actor)
Born:
July 23, 1928
Died: August 06, 2001
Died: August 06, 2001
