Demond Wilson had a recurring role as Lynn's biological father on Girlfriends

In the '90s and early 2000s, stars from the Seventies often showed up on sitcoms and dramas. Demond Wilson, famous to older viewers as Lamont Sanford from Sanford and Son, became known to a younger audience as Kenneth Miles, Lynn's biological father on Girlfriends.

Lynn discovered she was adopted, though the show didn’t fully explain the details. Viewers watched her search for her identity by looking for her birth parents. In the episode "The Mummy Returns," she meets her biological mother, Sandy, for the first time, but Sandy doesn’t know who Lynn’s father is.

This happened in season three. In season four, Lynn finally meets her father, Kenneth, after traveling to New York to find him. Because her parents were in an interracial relationship, they faced challenges that led to Lynn being put up for adoption. Wilson’s character appeared in four episodes and revealed he had a wife and a son.

For classic TV lovers, it was warming to see Wilson still working and thriving, decades after Sanford and Son ended. The actor died on January 30, 2026, but leaves behind a legacy that will live on forever.