Whitman Mayo

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-11-15 (71 years old)

Deathday

2001-05-22

Place of Birth

-

Whitman Mayo

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.

Acting

1981

1991

Boyz n the Hood

as The Old Man

1985

1979

1985

2000

Waterproof

as Sugar

2001

Boycott

as Reverend Banyon

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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