Still of Redd Foxx and Whitman Mayo in Sanford and Son (1972)
Caption: Still of Redd Foxx and Whitman Mayo in Sanford and Son (1972)
Actor
Born: November 15, 1930
Star sign: Scorpio
Known for: Sanford and Son (1972), Boyz n the Hood (1991), The Main Event (1979), Waterproof (2000)
Source: IMDB
Noted for portraying characters older than his actual age, Whitman Mayo 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...