a boy's name in a tv show - his last name i think was like wagglethorn, he was black and had a pretty mother

Question

i thought it was courtship of eddies father

Answer 1

Julia, that was her and her son's last name. The son's friend would always ask his mom if he could go play with him and he would always say the first and last name.

Answer 2

It was Julia

Julia was played by Diahann Carroll

and the son's character name was Earl J. Waggedorn

Answer 3

"Webster"