Sanford and Son (1972)


Sanford and Son
Release Date14 January 1972
GenreComedy
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsStage 4, Stage 1, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeSeries
Film ClassDomestic Comedy
ThemesFathers and Sons, Generation Gap
TonesWry, Earthy
TagsJunk Dealer, Junkyard

Sanford and Son is an American situation comedy that premiered on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972, and was broadcast for six seasons. The final original episode aired on March 25, 1977. The show is based on the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Fred G. Sanford

Lamont Sanford

Aunt Esther Anderson

Bubba Bexley

Grady Wilson

Rollo Larson

Donna Harris

Officer 'Smitty' Smith

Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Julio Fuentes

Woman on the Plane 

Raymond Allen
Uncle Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson

Ah Chew

Noam Pitlik
Officer 'Swanny' Swanhauser

Marlene Clark
Janet Lawson

Co-Pilot 

Slappy White
Melvin

Mrs. Hopkins

George F. 'Hutch' Hutton

Leroy Daniels
Leroy

Ernest Mayhand
Skillet

Church Sister #1 

Barry Wright
Bruno 

Dap Sugar Willie
Himself 

Allan Drake
Rodney Victor

Davis Roberts
Dr. Caldwell

Norma Miller
Dolly 

Danny Wells
Danny Taylor 

Daniel 

Roy Stuart
Barton 

Dorothy Meyer
Aunt Flossie 

Otis Littlejohn 

Edward Crawford
Roger Lawson

Skip Cunningham
2nd Doctor 

Dave Turner
Eugene 

John Hawker
Mailman 

Billy Allyn
Billy 

Gunman 

Aunt Ethel

Heart Fund Man 

Patrick Campbell
Process Server 

Kim Hamilton
Carol Davis 

James Wheaton
Nelson B. Davis

George Wiltshire
Elroy

Jack Manning
Man in Restaurant 

Alma Beltran
Mrs. Fuentes

Mr. Grayson 

David Moses
Robber 

Vivian Bonnell
Audrey 

Arthur Adams
Judge 

Commissioner 

Beverly Hope Atkinson
Girl #1 

Herman 

Kathrine McKee
Alberta 

Minister 

Wally Taylor
Bill 

Cardella Di Milo
Lucille Pinkney 

Fuddle Bagley
Doctor 

Sonny Jim Gaines
'Big Money' Grip Madlock 

Frances Victor

Rozelle Gayle
Dan 

Sid McCoy
Customer #2 

Lester Fletcher
Man 

Jack DeLeon
Director 

Brenda Sutton
Girl #2 

Lance Taylor Sr.
President 

Royce Wallace
Aunt Rosetta 

Harold Fong
Waiter

Sosimo Hernandez
Lopez 

Aunt Hazel 

Margueritte Ray
Margaret 

Cha-Cha Hogan
Heckler 

Cal Wilson
1st Doctor 

Hilda Haynes
Aunt Minnie 

Hannah Dean
Jackie 

First Cop

Al Stevenson
Bert 

Prince C. Spencer
Messenger 

Kelly Thordsen
Lt. Driscoll 

George Reynolds
Arms 

Ta-Tanisha
Janet

Kathryn Jackson
Mabel 

MC & Voice Over 

Mel Bryant
Pacing Man 

Commander

Renny Roker
Customer #1 

Jackie Toles
Lucille Brown 

Juan DeCarlos
Bouncer 

Bob Goldstein
Panelist #3 

Willis

Stewardess

Danny Kamekona
2nd Cop

Maida Severn
Miss Ecker 

Calvin

Tina Andrews
Elizabeth 

Esther Sutherland
Aunt Minnie 

Maitre'd 

Bernie Orenstein
Stan Taylor 

Frances E. Nealy
Lady #2 

Joanie Rhodes
TV Voice #2 

Gloria Delaney
Janet 

Paul Harris
Daniel Tracy

Moe Keale
Davis' Thug

Director

Peter Baldwin

Alan Rafkin

Jack Shea

Bill Foster

Norman Abbott

Russ Petranto

Mark Warren

Stan Lathan

James Sheldon

Rick Edelstein

Herbert Kenwith

Bob LaHendro

Charles S. Dubin

Sid McCoy

Hal Cooper

Writer

Bernie Orenstein

Saul Turteltaub

Aaron Ruben

Ilunga Adell

Ted Bergmann

Gene Farmer

Jerry Ross

Allan Katz

Don Reo

Alan Eisenstock

Larry Mintz

James Fritzell

Everett Greenbaum

James R. Stein

Bob Illes

Rick Mittleman

Lloyd Garver

Ken Hecht

Adell Stevenson

Winston Moss

Arnie Rosen

Robert Garland

George Yanok

Earl Barret

Producer

executive producer

Norman C. Hopps
associate producer

Bernie Orenstein
producer

Aaron Ruben
producer

Saul Turteltaub
producer

executive producer

Original Music

Editor

Steven Orland

Jerry Ross

Casting Director

Jane Murray

Art Director

Edward Stephenson

Costume Designer

Rita Riggs

Makeup Department

Harry Blake
makeup artist

Production Manager

production supervisor

Bill Palmerston
production manager

Andrew J. Selig
unit manager

Art Department

Larry Vigus
carpenter

Sound Department

Ernie Dellutri
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Reed Howard
camera operator

Roy Holm
camera operator

Victoria Walker
camera operator

Jim Kilgore
lighting director

Steven Castaneda
electrician

Dick Pickens
lighting director

Editorial Department

Ken Denisoff
editor: video tape

Music Department

composer: theme music "Street Beater"

composer: additional music

Other Crew

Ilunga Adell
story editor

Ted Baker
stage manager

Ted Bergmann
story supervisor

Bob Chic
stage manager

Katy Dowdalls
assistant to producers

Alan Eisenstock
story editor

Anne Hopkins
assistant to producer

Gerren Keith
stage manager

Larry Mintz
story editor

Sue Nevens
production assistant

Bernie Orenstein
story consultant

Doug Quick
stage manager

Aaron Ruben
story consultant

Les Shaw
video

O. Tamburri
technical director

Saul Turteltaub
story consultant

Production Company

Bud Yorkin Productions
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Norman Lear/Tandem Productions
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NorBud Productions
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National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Distributor

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Columbia Pictures Television
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Columbia TriStar Domestic Television

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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Columbia TriStar Television
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Embassy Telecommunications
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P*I*T*S Films
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Sony Pictures Television

Miscellaneous

NBC Studios, Burbank
taping location






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