Haywood Nelson Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$500,000

Haywood Nelson, famous for his role as Dwayne Nelson on ‘What’s Happening!!’, has a net worth of $500 thousand. Besides his acting roles in several TV series such as ‘Sanford and Son’, ‘Kojak’, and ‘The Brady Bunch Variety Hour’, he is currently working as a digital media executive at IEG.

Key facts:

Haywood Nelson started his professional acting career in the early 70s with a role on 'As The World Turns'.

He appeared in co-starring, guest starring and recurring roles in numerous shows like 'Mixed Company', 'Sanford and Son', 'Grady', 'Kojak', and 'The Brady Bunch Variety Hour'.

In 1976, he landed a role in the TV series 'What's Happening!!', which made him a household name.

In 1985, he reprised his role as Dwayne Nelson in the series, 'What's Happening Now!'

After leaving his acting career, he became a digital media executive at IEG.

Basic Information About Haywood Nelson

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor
Net worth	$500,000
Date of birth	1960-03-25 (64 years old)
Place of birth	New York City
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Haywood Nelson win?

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Haywood Nelson roles

Movie / Series	Role
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Haywood Nelson
What's Happening Now!	Dwayne Nelson 66 episodes, 1985-1988
The White Shadow	Randy Judd 1 episode, 1979
The Parkers	Self 1 episode, 2000
What's Happening!!	Dwayne Nelson 65 episodes, 1976-1979
Kojak	Bobby Moore 1 episode, 1977
Sanford and Son	Haywood Marshall, Grady's Grandson 1 episode, 1975
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour	Dwayne Nelson 1 episode, 1977

Haywood Nelson's Quotes

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day. [after handing in an assignment to his English teacher in high school]
My family was my guide to my reality.

Interesting Facts about Haywood Nelson

Has twice portrayed characters that shared his first or last name. In What's Happening!! (1976) and its spin-off, What's Happening Now! (1985), he portrayed Dwayne Nelson. In a guest appearance on Sanford and Son (1972) and that show's spin-off Grady (1975), he played Grady's grandson Haywood.
Currently a digital media executive of IEG Holding [October 2007]
A partner with an Internet Company. [March 2002]
Originally hired to play the role of "Michael Evans" in the series Good Times (1974). The producers rescinded the offer and hired Ralph Carter instead, due to his more extensive experience in front of a live audience at the time.