The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died Friday from complications related to cancer, his publicist said.

Grady Demond Wilson was the son in “Sanford and Son.” He starred in that classic ‘70s TV sitcom with comedy legend Redd Foxx -- playing cool, calm Lamont Sandford to Foxx’s irascible Fred Sanford, proprietor of a Los Angeles salvage business.