Before his breakout role in “Sanford and Son,” Wilson had guest-starring roles on series like “Mission: Impossible” and in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On "Sanford and Son," Demond Wilson, left, played a comedic foil to his cantankerous junk-dealing father, played by Redd Foxx, ...

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The late actor played Lamont Sanford from 1972 to 1977.

To a generation of 1970s television watchers, Demond Wilson was simply known as Lamont, the beleaguered son of Redd Foxx’s Fred Sanford in the NBC hit “Sanford and Son.” Wilson, who went on to become ...

Demond Wilson, the actor best known for portraying Lamont Sanford, the perpetually put-upon son on NBC’s classic 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79. Wilson died Friday at his home in ...

Grady Demond Wilson, who starred as Lamont Sanford, the son of Redd Foxx’s Fred G. Sanford, in the classic 1970s sitcom ...

The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died ...

Demond Wilson, who starred alongside Redd Foxx and answered to “Hey, Dummy” for six seasons on the wildly popular 1970s NBC sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79. Wilson died Friday of ...