Theodore Wilson, a television and movie actor who appears in the upcoming Mel Brooks film Life Stinks, died Sunday of a stroke. He was 47.
Wilson played Earl the postman in the situation comedy That’s My Mama, starred as Phil Wheeler on The Sanford Arms and appeared in other TV shows including Crazy Like a Fox, Good Times, The Redd Foxx Show, Roll Out and You Can’t Take it With You.
In addition to Life Stinks, his film credits included That’s My Life, A Fine Mess, The River Niger, Carny, The Hunter and the upcoming Blood In, Blood Out.
He made guest appearances on the television series Quantum Leap, L.A. Law and Gabriel’s Fire. On stage, he was a member of New York’s Negro Ensemble Company.
