Directed by Alan Rafkin   Written by Saul Turteltaub   Bernie Orenstein   Ray Galton   Alan Simpson   Norman Lear   Cast Redd Foxx ... Fred G. Sanford Demond Wilson ... Lamont Sanford Howard Platt ... Officer 'Hoppy' Hopkins Roscoe Orman ... Al Robinson Charles Thomas Murphy ... Melvin Herman Roy Stuart ... Reporter Don Martinson Tom Scott ... R.L. Phillips Bill Henderson ... Harvey Cal Wilson ... 1st Doctor Skip Cunningham ... 2nd Doctor Produced by Norman C. Hopps   Norman Lear   Bernie Orenstein   Saul Turteltaub   Bud Yorkin

Additional Info Premiere: September 26, 1975 DVD Release: September 14, 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 #4,530 / 20,982 Site Ranking