Nathaniel Taylor: Nathaniel Taylor, initially an electrician, portrayed Lamont's best friend, Rollo, in 'Sanford and Son.' He starred in 32 episodes of the show and reprised his role in the spin ...

Nathaniel Taylor, the actor who played Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” died Feb. 27 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. He was 80. As ...

Sanford and Son averaged 16 million viewers per episode during its first season and was in the Top 10 television shows in the U.S. every year of its six-year run.

Through 136 episodes, the show centered around the cantankerous junkyard owner Fred G. Sanford, played to the hilt by Foxx, who had already burnished his reputation as a standup comic famous for ...

Sanford and Son, which made its debut last night on NBC-TV, was a warm, funny show. Another new situation comedy series, the Don Rickles Show on CBS, had no warmth and provided only limited diversion.