Sanford and Son Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle (Season 3, Episode 15)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

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Sanford and Son

Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle (Season 3, Episode 15)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy

When Lamont gets a traffic ticket, Fred convinces him to fight it in court, where the poor man's Perry Mason steps up to defend his son against the system.

Director

Bob LaHendro

Writers

Gene Farmer (teleplay by) (story by) | Paul Mooney (story by) | Ray Galton ("Steptoe and Son" created by) | Alan Simpson ("Steptoe and Son" created by)

Producer

Aaron Ruben

Editors

Ken Denisoff (video tape) | Chuck Droege (video tape)

Casting Director

Jane Murray

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 11, 1974

Release date

Jan 11, 1974 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
11 cast members

Name	Known for
Redd Foxx Fred G. Sanford Fred G. Sanford See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Demond Wilson Lamont Sanford Lamont Sanford See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Whitman Mayo Grady Wilson Grady Wilson See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Antonio Fargas Sonny Cochran Sonny Cochran See fewer	Foxy Brown (1974)
Arthur Adams Judge Mel Davis Judge Mel Davis See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Don Bexley Bubba Bexley Bubba Bexley See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Sosimo Hernandez Juan Diego Lopez Juan Diego Lopez See fewer	Norman... Is That You? (1976)
Billy Allyn Billy Billy See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard Otis Littlejohn (as Stymie Beard) Otis Littlejohn (as Stymie Beard) See fewer	Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
Ed Perry Bailiff Bailiff See fewer	The Weathered Underground (2010)
James Driskill Cop (as Jim Driskill) Cop (as Jim Driskill) See fewer	The Wild Wild West (1965)