Nathaniel Taylor (March 31, 1938 – February 27, 2019) was an American television and film actor best known for portraying Rollo Lawson on the 1970s sitcoms Sanford and Son, Grady and the 1980s sitcom Sanford. He acted in several movies and TV shows and later created a performing arts studio. Some of the major shows he acted in are The Redd Foxx Show, Police Story and What's Happening!! . Taylor also appeared in the films Trouble Man (1972), Willie Dynamite (1974), and Passing Through (1977). Description above from the Wikipedia article Nathaniel Taylor (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.