Nathaniel Taylor played the part of Rollo on both Sanford and Son and on the Sanford spinoff.
Nathaniel Taylor (born March 31, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri) played the part of Rollo Lawson, the best friend of Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson) and Fred's nemisis on Sanford and Son. Nathaniel reprised the role of Rollo on its spinoff series Sanford. Nathaniel has appeared in number of guest roles on other sitcoms, most notably as Rerun's (Fred Berry) brother-in-law "Ike" in the ABC-TV sitcom What's Happening!!. Taylor's character "Rollo" once referred to Redd Foxx's character "Fred G. Sanford" as, "One cold-blooded old dude."