Whitman Mayo
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1930
Country: USA
Biography: Noted for portraying characters older than his actual age, he was in his early 40s in the early 1970s when he first played the sexagenarian "Grady" on "Sandford & Son" -- a role that popularized the expression "Good Goobily Goop!" Nearly thirty years later his "Grady" role had just about caught up with him in terms of age and, in terms of Americana, had assumed something of a cult status. In 1996, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" hosted a tongue-in-cheek "Where's Grady" search for the actor who s
Total Credits at Criticker: 9 (Actor)
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Boycott (2001) - TV Movie
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You Must Remember This (1992) - TV Movie
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Sanford and Son (1972) - TV Series
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son. (imdb)
And the Children Shall Lead (1985) - TV Movie
Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.
Grady (1975) - TV Series
In this spinoff of "Sanford and Son", Fred Sanford's pal Grady Wilson has moved out of Watts and into the middle-class neighborhood where his daughter Ellie and her family resides. Hal was Grady's hard-working son-in-law, and Laurie and Haywood were his grandchildren.