Weldon began his acting career in 1969, with a role in the
Oscar Brown Jr.'s musical
Big-Time Buck White starring as
Muhammad Ali. He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1970 and later became its artistic director in 2005. In 1973, he was a part of the Broadway cast of
The River Niger, with
Cicely Tyson and
James Earl Jones.
The River Niger was written by
Joseph A. Walker (playwright) and won a
Tony Award for best play. Weldon appeared in the original San Francisco production of
Hair and directed and acted in many regional theaters. For the Denver Theater Center, he appeared in twelve productions. His last project was the short film
Paris Blues in Harlem, which he co-produced and starred in with Nadhege Ptah and Michele Baldwin, who cast him in the project. Weldon starred in the role of the Jamaican Grim Reaper
(the body-snatcher) in
Sophia Romma's
(playwright and Literary Manager of the Negro Ensemble Company from 2012) allegorical satire,
The Blacklist at the 13th Street Repertory Company in 2016.
Onscreen •
Stir Crazy •
Serpico •
Malcolm X •
The Wishing Tree Negro Ensemble Company Productions • In 2016 -
A Day of Absence by
Douglas Turner Ward • In 1982 - The
Charles Fuller's
Pulitzer Prize winner play ''A Soldier's Play''. • In 1975 -
The Brownsville Raid • In 1973 -
The Great Mac Daddy by
Paul Carter Harrison • In 1973 -
The River Niger the Tony-winning Broadway production by
Joseph A. Walker. • In 1970 -
Ododo by Joseph Walker • 2013: Directed
Stealing Home about Jackie Robinson
As an actor Filmography • 1967: ''
Who's Minding the Mint?'' - Guide (uncredited) • 1972:
Trick Baby - Tough • 1975:
Police Story (TV Series) - Stack / Harry Evans / James Reed • 1975:
Rooster Cogburn - Bailiff (uncredited) • 1975:
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) - J.W. Flowers • 1976:
Kojak (TV Series) - 'Shotgun Willie' Baine • 1976:
Dynasty (TV Movie) - Sam Adams • 1976:
The River Niger - Skeeter • 1976:
Kiss Me, Kill Me (TV Movie) - Leonard Hicks • 1976:
Sanford and Son (TV Series) - Miss Wallace / Alex Hacker • 1978:
A Woman Called Moses (TV Series) - Shadrack Davis • 1979:
The Rockford Files (TV Series) - Watkins • 1979:
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Mini-Series) - Doxey Walker • 1980:
Stir Crazy • 1981-1982:
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) - Connelly / Lt. Clayton Shaw • 1982:
American Playhouse (TV Series) - Beau Willie • 1982:
Fast-Walking - Officer Jackson • 1983: ''Another Woman's Child'' (TV Movie) - Roland • 1984:
Gimme a Break! (TV Series) - Good Ol' Charlie Johnson • 1985:
The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Mini-Series) - John Bell • 1985:
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) - Andrew Turner • 1986:
L.A. Law (TV Series) - Cop #1 • 1987:
Simon & Simon (TV Series) - Doug Belton • 1988:
Case Closed (TV Movie) • 1989:
The Women of Brewster Place (TV Series) - Tenant #5 • 1990-1999:
Law & Order (TV Series) • 1992:
Malcolm X - Follower at Temple #7 • 1994:
Drop Squad - Uncle Omar • 1994:
New York Undercover (TV Series) - James Hampton / Croupier • 1999:
The Wishing Tree - Al 'Alfred' Brooks • 2000: ''Clockin' Green'' (Video) - Al 'Alfred' Brooks • 2001:
Hoop Soldiers (Video) • 2005:
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) - Juror #2 • 2018:
Diane - Tom • 2018:
Paris Blues in Harlem (Short) - Pop Pop (final film role) ==Awards==