Directed by Herbert Kenwith Written by Winston Moss   Ray Galton   Alan Simpson   Norman Lear   Cast Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford (credit only) Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford Whitman Mayo ... Grady Wilson LaWanda Page ... Aunt Esther Anderson Hal Williams ... Officer 'Smitty' Smith Howard Platt ... Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins (as Howard T. Platt) Ron Glass ... Herman Edwards Don Rickles ... Fight Announcer (voice) Produced by Norman C. Hopps   Norman Lear   Bernie Orenstein   Saul Turteltaub   Bud Yorkin

Additional Info Premiere: December 27, 1974 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 #4,523 / 20,725 Site Ranking