Directed by Norman Abbott   Written by Ted Bergman   Ray Galton   Alan Simpson   Norman Lear   Cast Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford Hal Williams ... Officer 'Smitty' Smith Howard Platt ... Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins (as Howard T. Platt) Allan Drake ... Rodney Victor Mary Alice ... Frances Victor Ancel Cook ... Stereo Delivery Man Produced by Norman C. Hopps   Norman Lear   Bernie Orenstein   Saul Turteltaub   Bud Yorkin

Additional Info Premiere: February 14, 1975 DVD Release: March 30, 2004 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 -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,528 / 20,914 Site Ranking