Episodes By the Numbers September 15, 1972 Whiplash September 22, 1972 The Dowry September 29, 1972 Jealousy October 6, 1972 Tooth or Consequences October 13, 1972 The Card Sharps October 27, 1972 Have Gun, Will Sell November 3, 1972 The Puerto Ricans Are Coming! November 10, 1972 The Shootout November 17, 1972 Blood Is Thicker Than Junk November 24, 1972 Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three December 1, 1972 A Guest in the Yard December 8, 1972 Fred & Carol and Fred & Donna December 15, 1972 The Light Housekeeper December 22, 1972 The Big Party January 5, 1973 A Visit from Lena Horne January 12, 1973 Lamont Goes African January 19, 1973 Watts Side Story January 26, 1973 The Infernal Triangle February 2, 1973 Pops 'n' Pals February 9, 1973 Home Sweet Home for the Aged February 16, 1973 Pot Luck February 23, 1973 The Kid March 9, 1973 Rated X March 16, 1973 Directed by Peter Baldwin Rick Edelstein Jack Shea Sid McCoy Written by Terry Ryan   Ray Galton   Alan Simpson   Norman Lear   Allan Katz   Don Reo   Richard Pryor   Paul Mooney   Everett Greenbaum   James Fritzell   Ilunga Adell   Aaron Ruben   Lloyd Garver   Ken Hecht   Lee Kalcheim   Odie Hawkins   Cast Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford (24 episodes) Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford (24 episodes) Don Bexley ... Bubba Bexley (6 episodes) Hal Williams ... Officer 'Smitty' Smith (4 episodes) Nathaniel Taylor ... Rollo Larson (3 episodes) Gregory Sierra ... Julio Fuentes (3 episodes) Beah Richards ... Aunt Ethel (2 episodes) David Moses ... Man-Robber (2 episodes) Noam Pitlik ... Officer 'Swanny' Swanhauser (2 episodes) Davis Roberts ... Dr. Caldwell (2 episodes) Kelly Thordsen ... Lt. Driscoll (2 episodes) Lynn Hamilton ... Donna Harris (2 episodes) Howard Platt ... Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins (2 episodes) LaWanda Page ... Aunt Esther Anderson (2 episodes) Leroy Daniels ... Lucky Leroy (2 episodes) Ernest Mayhand ... Slick Skillet (2 episodes) (as Ernest Skillet Mayhand) Dick O'Neill ... Mr. Sanderson Albert Reed ... Grady Marguerite Ray ... Margaret Gladys Perry ... Betty Jean Kathy McKee ... Alberta (as Kathrine McKee) Roscoe Lee Browne ... Osgood Wilcox Hal England ... 2nd Dentist Ellaraino ... Receptionist (as Ella Edwards) Sid McCoy ... Dr. Rogers Ray Oliver ... Hypnotist Professor Sylvester Poe Thalmus Rasulala ... Skeeter Matthews Ron Glass ... Hucklebuck William Hansen ... Pawnbroker Paula Victor ... Customer Dilart Heyson ... Burglar Slappy White ... Melvin Larry J. Blake ... Mr. Watkins (as Larry Blake) Leo Fuchs ... Herman Goldstein Laurence Haddon ... Ronald Hart Roger E. Mosley ... Norman Blood (as Roger Mosley) Vernon Weddle ... Mr. Clifford Ja'net DuBois ... Juanita Grismore (as Jánet DuBois) Emily Yancy ... Alice Grismore Liam Dunn ... Gus Kim Hamilton ... Carol Davis Mary Wickes ... Mary (as Mary Wickes) Gabriel Dell ... Leader Danny 'Big Black' Rey ... Duane (as Danny 'Big' Black) Billy Allyn ... Billy Lena Horne ... Lena Horne John Amos ... Luther Joan Prather ... Tour Guide Robert Munk ... Chauffeur Arthur Matthews ... Art Paula Kelly ... Olaiya Alma Beltran ... Providencia Fuentes Migdia Skarsgård Chinea ... Maria Fuentes (as Migdia Varela) Harold Fong ... Waiter Ketty Lester ... Judy Edwards James Wheaton ... Nelson B. Davis Cardella Di Milo ... Woman (as Cardella DeMilo) Joaquin Garay ... Waiter Maida Severn ... Miss Ecker Burt Mustin ... Mr. Malloy Cha-Cha Hogan ... Old Man Jonathan Harris ... Emile Bonnet Herb Voland ... Mister Osborne Lincoln Kilpatrick Jr. ... Jason Marcene Harris ... Mother Cal Wilson ... Guard Jack DeLeon ... Director Ralph James ... Producer Leo G. Morrell ... Detective Uncredited Cast Billy Allyn ... Billy Produced by Norman C. Hopps   Norman Lear   Aaron Ruben   Bud Yorkin

Additional Info Premiere: September 15, 1972 DVD Release: February 04, 2003 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Tandem Productions Distributors National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1972-1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Amazon Prime Video   (2021) (USA) (video) (VOD) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 1) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment   (2004) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 4 and 5) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete series) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 6) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2008) (USA) (DVD) (re-release) (complete series) Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)   (1979-1995) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,529 / 20,886 Site Ranking #4,525 Sanford And Son: Season 6 (1976) #4,526 Sanford And Son: Season 3 (1973) #4,527 Sanford And Son: Season 5 (1975) #4,528 Sanford And Son: Season 4 (1974) #4,529 Sanford And Son: Season 2 (1972) #4,530 Martin: Season 4 (1995) #4,531 Goosebumps: Season 1 (2023) #4,532 Stitches (2012) #4,533 The Darwin Awards (2006)