Demond wilson where is he now

LaWanda Page Aunt Esther was a sweetheart. Some of my favorite episodes are the ones that team you and Whitman Mayo when Redd Foxx was on strike during his contract dispute.

They wanted me to do publicity shots with Whitman Mayo, and I refused. Redd chose to leave after the sixth season. Was that a mutual decision?

I never confronted him or broached the subject of why. That was his choice. I was never part of Hollywood.

I worked there, and I went home. You walked away from performing career in I was burnt out. And the Lord came into my heart, so I scoured the country and the world for 15 years doing what the Lord commissioned. Hollywood is not very creative. They jump on the bandwagon. And 48 years later, Sanford And Son is still playing in something like 40 countries.

Yes, sir. He was right. Redd had a percentage of the show and I had a percentage of the show. JET reported in that Wilson once missed two weeks of filming, and NBC did not know why he declined to appear on set. The magazine could not confirm the reason. However, the outlet did speculate that his disappearance was an attempt to get a salary increase as he was not satisfied with his earnings and that the network would not make a spinoff series about him.

It turns out Wilson was following in the footsteps of his onscreen father, as Foxx had done the same thing the previous year and won a salary increase. But it seems Wilson was not as successful in his attempt. Although it might be thought that the actors' respective absenteeism would hinder filming efforts by the network, Cathy Banks, the then- NBC publicity director, stated the show went on without each of them during their disappearance from the set.

While Foxx was gone, the show filmed segments without him, and when Wilson was gone their filmed two segments without him. They filmed what they needed from the absent actor when he made his return to set.

During a interview with Ebony magazine, Wilson and Foxx both discussed what it was like acting and developing their characters. The outlet also outlined their working relationship and different details of the show. Both men were candid about taking the time to characterize and develop their respective characters. During the first season, Foxx admitted that although he knew a lot about Fred, he was still searching as eight weeks was a short time to develop a character.

Similarly, Wilson shared that he knew enough about his character, Lamont, to call on him for a scene, but he felt he had not realized the character's full potential.

He wanted to explore him more and deal with him in the way he dealt with himself. Wilson shared that the onscreen father and son had never met before the pilot, so it took some time to figure out each other's timing.

However, after a few episodes, they figured it out as he said :. You can see the warmth in our later shows. Of course, their working relationship only developed as the show progressed. In the midst of all he had, Wilson felt totally alone. Soon he became an evangelist. The former actor and also the current writer became a minister of religion in He has also appeared in some commercials and is the founder of Restoration House of America, a center near Lynchburg, Virginia, that helps rehabilitate prison inmates since Today, he says he has repaired the damage his acting career and extramarital affairs did to his marriage to Cicely Johnston.

They have been married for 47 years, and they live peacefully ever since Demond changed his life. Wilson says many people find it weird that he gave up acting good life to become an itinerant evangelist, but not for him. Women with Will. TV Shows.