John Witherspoon
Actor
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
Little Nicky
as Street Vendor 2000
Little Man
as Pops 2006
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Zoo Bear #2 (voice) 2001
A Thousand Words
as Blind Man 2012
Next Friday
as Mr. Jones 2000
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Silas Green 1995
Boomerang
as Mr. Jackson 1992
Soul Plane
as Blind Man 2004
Friday After Next
as Mr. Jones 2002
Bird
as Sid 1988
Bulworth
as Reverend Morris 1998
House Party
as Mr. Strickland 1990
After Sex
as Gene 2007
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Reverend 1988
The Meteor Man
as Clarence James Carter III 1993
Fatal Instinct
as Arch 1993