John Witherspoon
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.
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Full filmography
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- BoJack Horseman (2014) as Franco Aplenty (voice)
- Kim Possible (2002) as Wayne (voice)
- L.A. Law (1986) as Mark Steadman
- black-ish (2014) as James Brown
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Tom
- The Boondocks (2005) as Robert Freeman (voice)
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012) as S. Ward Smith (voice)
- Martin (1992) as Uncle Junior
- Anger Management (2012) as Will
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) as Augustus Adams
- The Wayans Bros. (1995) as John 'Pops' Williams
- Good Times (1974)
- 227 (1985)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Scofflaw (voice)
- WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
- Little Man (2006) as Pops
- What's Happening!! (1976) as DJ
- Gotham Comedy Live (2012) as Self - Host
- Friday (1995) as Mr. Jones
- The First Family (2012) as Grandpa Alvin
- Soul Plane (2004) as Blind Man
- Little Nicky (2000) as Street Vendor