''Grady'' is an American

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and a spin-off of ''

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'' that aired on

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from December 4, 1975 to March 11, 1976.

Whitman Mayo Whitman Blount Mayo Jr. (November 15, 1930 – May 22, 2001) was an American actor, best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the 1970s television sitcom ''Sanford and Son''. Biography Early years Whitman Blount Mayo, Jr. was born in New Yor ...

reprises his role as Fred Sanford's

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friend Grady, who leaves

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to move in with his daughter and her family in Westwood.

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served as a

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to the show. The series never found a solid audience, and was canceled after just ten episodes. Whitman Mayo returned to ''Sanford and Son'' and would go on to star in the spinoff series ''

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''.

Cast

as Grady Wilson *

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as Ellie Wilson Marshall, Grady's daughter *

Joe Morton Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director John Sayles in ''The Brother from Another Planet'' (1984), '' City of Hope'' (1991) and '' Lone Star'' (1996). Oth ...

as Hal Marshall, Grady's son-in-law *

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as Laurie Marshall, Grady's granddaughter *

Haywood Nelson Haywood Knowles Nelson Jr. (born March 25, 1960) is an American actor. He is best known for having portrayed Dwayne Nelson in the television series ''What's Happening!!'', which aired from 1976 to 1979, as well as in its spin-off series ''What' ...

as Haywood Marshall, Grady's grandson * Jack Fletcher as Mr. Pratt

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made a special guest appearance as Fred Sanford in the first episode.

Episodes

Broadcast

The

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episode was repackaged as an episode of ''Sanford and Son'' and is a part of its

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package. An episode of this series aired on

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during a Norman Lear tribute in 2003. As of 2021, the series is streaming on

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and Tubi TV.

Home media

On July 12, 2016,

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released The Best of Grady on DVD in Region 1 as a manufacture on demand release. It has every episode excluding episode #3 "Merry Birthday, Happy Christmas".DVDs and Cover Art are Now Available for 'The Best Of Grady' ***UPDATED***

References

External links

*
''Grady'' at TVGuide.com
1970s American sitcoms 1970s American black sitcoms NBC original programming Television series about families Television series by Sony Pictures Television Television shows set in Los Angeles American television spin-offs Sanford & Son spin-offs 1975 American television series debuts 1976 American television series endings {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub