Sanford and Son Was Even More Interesting Behind The Scenes

Wilson the Ballet Dancer

While you might be getting tired of Demond Wilson by now, out of everyone on the cast of Sanford & Son, he has definitely had the most interesting life. He grew up in New York City where he studied tap dance and ballet as a child. That education landed him a role on Broadway at the age of four.

He spent his summers at his grandmother’s Pentecostal church where he considered becoming a minister, but he had an itch to act in Hollywood, so he left for California. It’s funny how everything comes back around. Wilson is now the minister he never (always?) wanted to be.