Acting Career
DeGruy was a regular on The New Bill Cosby Show for the 1972-3 season and appeared in shows as diverse as Room 222 to Hill Street Blues. His first role was on The Young Lawyers in 1970 and in 2008 he completed work as a supporting actor in Zero Option based on a true story.
In Good Times in 1974 Degruy was featured in a two-part episode "JJ and the Gang". JJ is forced into a gang led by Mad Dog (DeGruy) who wounds JJ. After the trial Mad Dog is confronted by his mother who confesses "I never thought I could feel this way about my child, but I hate you" and the two exchange emotional arguments over the missing husband/father. JJ's father, James, ultimately feels sympathy for Mad Dog witnessing the family argument over the absent father.
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