Haywood Nelson

Haywood Nelson (born March 25, 1960]) is an American actor. He is best known for having portrayed Dwayne Nelson on the television series What's Happening!!from 1976–1979,[1] and its spin-off series What's Happening Now!! 1985–1988.
== Biography ==
Nelson, who grew up in Garden City Park, Long Island, New York, was a child star, appearing in many national commercials and in a movie, Mixed Company.[2]From 1973 to 1974, he performed on Broadway alongside Marlo Thomas in Thieves.[3] At the age of 14, he guest starred on Sanford and Son as Grady's grandson; at 15, he was in the cast of a spin-off of Sanford and Son called Grady(1975). The show was short-lived. The next year, in 1976, at the age of 16, he landed the role of Dwayne on What's Happening!!, the first African-American teen sitcom.[4] As a "teenage heartthrob" on a popular television series, Nelson was one of the first African-American teen idols.[4][5][6] In 1977, Nelson guest starred on Kojak in the episode "The Godson" as Bobby Moore.
Nelson is now a main point advisor in his wife's oil/petroleum technology corporation, Skyewood. His wife Khnadya Skye, who is Arabic Egyptian, is listed as Nelson's attorney at SAG-AFTRA and IMDb. She is directly related to the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia and Dubai. Nelson is rarely seen in the public sector and is extremely private. He has gone on record to state that he hasn't seen or spoken to his former What's Happening!! castmates since 2014.[7]
== Filmography ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1971–74	As the World Turns 	Jerry Smith 	Unknown episodes
1974 	Mixed Company 	Freddie 	Feature film
1975 	Sanford and Son 	Haywood Marshall	Episode: "The Family Man"
1975–76	Grady 	Haywood Marshall	Main cast (10 episodes)
1976–79	What's Happening!! 	Dwayne Nelson 	Main cast (65 episodes)
1977 	Kojak 	Bobby Moore 	Episode: "The Godson"
1977 	The Brady Bunch Hour 	Dwayne Nelson 	Episode #1.8
1979 	The White Shadow 	Randy Judd 	Episode: "Sudden Death"
1981 	Evilspeak 	Kowalski 	Feature film
1983-84	That Teen Show 	Haywood Nelson 	Co-host
1985–88	What's Happening Now!! 	Dwayne Nelson 	Main cast (66 episodes)
1990 	Dragnet 	Lyle Peters 	Episode: "The Book"
2000 	The Parkers 	Himself (cameo) 	Episode: "Whassup with Heyyy?
2003 	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Himself (cameo) 	Feature film