Derek Tripplett appears as Roger in the episode "Lamont in Love" in Season 5.
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 Roger Lawson, Janet's son, played by Edward Crawford. | ||||
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Young son of Janet, Lamont's fiancee, whom Fred warms up to and allows to play and help out in the Sanford junkyard | |||
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| Related to: | Janet Lawson (mother) Sgt. John Lawson (father) Mrs. Gordon (grandmother) | |||
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| Appeared on: | Sanford and Son | |||
| Character played by: | Edward Crawford/Derek Tripplett | |||
Roger Lawson was a twelve year old son (played in 2 episodes, first played by Edward Crawford, then by Derek Tripplett) of Janet Lawson, a divorcee who Lamont meets and then becomes engaged to in the Sanford and Son episode titled The Engagement Man Always Rings Twice (Season 5, episode #20).
About Roger[]
When Fred seeks to set a new Guinness Book Record for most consecutive hours without sleep in the Season 5 episode "I Dream of Choo-Choo Rabinowitz", Roger, who had been dribbling a ball in the junkyard and Bubba both offer moral support; when Fred falls short of the new record, Both Roger and Bubba are given good news by Mr. Grayson, a representative for the Guinness Book; they've both set new records -- he for dribbling 5 straight days, and Bubba for singing over 5,000 verses of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"!