Portrait of Whitman Mayo

Whitman Mayo

Acting

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whitman B. Mayo (November 15, 1930 – May 22, 2001) was an American actor best known for his character Grady Wilson on the 1970s television sitcom Sanford and Son. Noted for portraying characters older than his actual age, Mayo was in his 40s when he played Grady on Sanford and Son. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitman Mayo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: November 15, 1930

Filmography

2001
Boycott

as Reverend Banyon

2000
Waterproof

as Sugar

1996
Kenan & Kel

as Uncle Raymond

1994
ER

as Jesse Morgan

1992
1991
Boyz n the Hood

as The Old Man

1989
Family Matters

as Fletcher

1988
The Van Dyke Show

as Doc Sterling

1985
1985
Hell Town

as One Ball

1985
1985
1981
1979
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978
1977
Sanford Arms

as Grady Wilson

1975
Grady

as Grady Wilson

1972
Sanford and Son

as Grady Wilson