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- In the early 1970s, while working for the New Lafayette Theatre, Norman Lear offered Mayo a role as Grady Wilson on Sanford and Son. The character's name was based on Demond Wilson, the actor who played Lamont Sanford and whose real first name is Grady.
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He played Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx) on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–77). He also portrayed Oscar Madison on The New Odd Couple (1982–83) [ 4 ] and appeared in the film Me and the Kid (1993).
Dec 30, 2021 · He is best known for playing son Lamont Sanford in the NBC hit sitcom Sanford and Son (1972-1977). Who is Demond Wilson? Demond Wilson made his big-screen debut in the 1970 action comedy film Cotton Comes to Harlem , portraying an uncredited role of a rally attendant.
Jan 31, 2023 · Wilson left Sanford and Son to portray Raymond Ellis in Baby…I’m Back! The 1978 CBS comedy focused on Wilson’s character, a compulsive gambler, who has returned after abandoning his family and being declared legally dead in an attempt to win back his wife before she remarries to another man.
Aug 24, 2024 · For six seasons, actor Demond Wilson played Lamont Sanford on "Sanford & Son." One begrudging half of the titular duo, Lamont was his father's partner in harebrained schemes as often as he was...
Demond Wilson was born on 13 October 1946 in Valdosta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Sanford and Son (1972), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The New Odd Couple (1982). He has been married to Cicely Loise Johnston since 3 May 1974. They have six children.
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Sanford and Son stars Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford, a widower and junk dealer living at 9114 South Central Avenue in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and Demond Wilson as his son Lamont Sanford.
Demond Wilson (born Grady Demond Wilson October 13, 1946) played the role of Lamont Sanford opposite Redd Foxx, who played junkman Fred G. Sanford NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son.
