John Witherspoon
Acting • Born 1942-01-27 – Died 2019-10-29
Biography
John Witherspoon was an African-American comedian and actor who has roles in over 20 movies and television shows. Acting for over three decades, Witherspoon starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), and the Friday film series. He also made appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones (1973), The Wayans Brothers (1994-99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), and Boondocks (2005). He has also taken his success in acting into screenwriting a movie called From the Old School where he takes the role as an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club. Witherspoon released The John Witherspoon Collection, a line of comical greeting cards known as Spoon Cards.
Filmography
71 credits
Friday
Movie • 1995
Mr. Jones
Next Friday
Movie • 2000
Mr. Jones
Boomerang
Movie • 1992
Mr. Jackson
Vampire in Brooklyn
Movie • 1995
Silas Green
Little Man
Movie • 2006
Pops
Soul Plane
Movie • 2004
Blind Man
Hollywood Shuffle
Movie • 1987
Mr. Jones
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Movie • 2006
Real Santa/Christmas Singer on a Radio (voice)
Sprung
Movie • 1997
Detective
You Got to Coordinate
Movie • 2008
Self
Fakin' Da Funk
Movie • 1997
Bill
The Ladies Man
Movie • 2000
Scrap Iron
The Hustle
Movie • 2008
Mr. Wikes
The Five Heartbeats
Movie • 1991
Wild Rudy
High Freakquency
Movie • 1998
Wes Thomas
Boosters LA
Movie • 2022
Luther
Ride
Movie • 1998
Roscoe
Laffapalooza! #2
Movie • 2004
Self
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Movie • 1988
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
Movie • 1991
Evan Rood
Cosmic Slop
Movie • 1994
Homeless Man #1 (segment 'The First Commandment')
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Movie • 1987
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Movie • 1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Movie • 1989
After Sex
Movie • 2007
Gene
Friday After Next
Movie • 2002
Mr. Jones
Dr. Dolittle 2
Movie • 2001
Zoo Bear #2 (voice)
Kidnapped
Movie • 1988
Pimp
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1980
M.C. Cinderella Club
A Thousand Words
Movie • 2012
Blind Man
Ratboy
Movie • 1986
Heavy
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie • 1988
Reverend
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
Movie • 2010
John
Little Nicky
Movie • 2000
Street Vendor
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
Movie • 1991
Dukie
Sunday in Paris
Movie • 1991
Fredic Dickson
I Got the Hook-Up
Movie • 1998
Mr. Mimm
I Got the Hook Up 2
Movie • 2019
Mr. Mimm
Reality Queen!
Movie • 2020
Joe The Plumber
Bebe's Kids
Movie • 1992
Card Player #1 (voice)
House Party
Movie • 1990
Mr. Strickland
Chick Magnet
Movie • 2011
John (uncredited)
Fatal Instinct
Movie • 1993
Arch
Bird
Movie • 1988
Sid
The Meteor Man
Movie • 1993
Clarence James Carter III
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Reverend Morris
Murder Was the Case
Movie • 1995
Drunk #1
Boondocks Pilot
Movie • 2004
Robert Jebediah 'Granddad' Freeman (voice)
Good Times
TV • 1974
Martin
TV • 1992
Uncle Junior
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Mark Steadman
What's Happening!!
TV • 1976
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Augustus Adams
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
John 'Pops' Williams
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Wayne (voice)
The Tracy Morgan Show
TV • 2003
Spoon
227
TV • 1985
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
The Boondocks
TV • 2005
Robert Freeman (voice)
The Richard Pryor Show
TV • 1977
Black Jesus
TV • 2014
Lloyd
Gotham Comedy Live
TV • 2012
Self - Host
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
TV • 2012
S. Ward Smith (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Scofflaw (voice)
black-ish
TV • 2014
James Brown
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Franco Aplenty (voice)
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Tom
The First Family
TV • 2012
Grandpa Alvin
Anger Management
TV • 2012
Will
White Famous
TV • 2017
Limo Driver