John Witherspoon
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.
72 acting credits
Acting · 72
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
BoJack Horseman
2014
Hill Street Blues
1981
black-ish
2014
Kim Possible
2002
L.A. Law
1986
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Martin
1992
The Boondocks
2005
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Anger Management
2012
227
1985
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
The Wayans Bros.
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Good Times
1974
Friday
1995
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
Little Man
2006
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
What's Happening!!
1976
The First Family
2012
Little Nicky
2000
A Thousand Words
2012
Black Jesus
2014
Soul Plane
2004
After Sex
2007
The Tracy Morgan Show
2003
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Next Friday
2000
Boomerang
1992
Friday After Next
2002
White Famous
2017
Bulworth
1998
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
House Party
1990
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
The Meteor Man
1993
Bird
1988
Bebe's Kids
1992
Fatal Instinct
1993
The Ladies Man
2000
Ride
1998
The Jazz Singer
1980
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Cosmic Slop
1994
Ratboy
1986
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
The Hustle
2008
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
2006
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
I Got the Hook-Up
1998
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
2010
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1991
Chick Magnet
2011
I Got the Hook Up 2
2019
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
Sprung
1997
Murder Was the Case
1995
Kidnapped
1988
Sunday in Paris
1991
Laffapalooza! #2
2004
Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
1991
High Freakquency
1998
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
You Got to Coordinate
2008
Reality Queen!
2020
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
Boosters LA
2022
Boondocks Pilot
2004