George (Sherman Hemsley) and Louise (Isabel Sanford ... but I didn't see any Black people in them, and then came 'The Jeffersons' and it was a whole new thing! On the show we accepted it like ...

Sanford never forgave the affront. -Sherman Hemsley played the family’s proudly outspoken patriarch George Jefferson and learned of The Jeffersons cancellation while reading the newspaper.

Sherman Alexander Hemsley was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC ...