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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.
As actor
Boosters LA
Reality Queen!
I Got the Hook Up 2
A Thousand Words
Chick Magnet
Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen
You Got to Coordinate
The Hustle
After Sex
Little Man
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street
Soul Plane
Laffapalooza! #2
Friday After Next
Dr. Dolittle 2
Next Friday
The Ladies Man
Little Nicky
High Freakquency
Ride
I Got the Hook-Up
Bulworth
Sprung
Fakin' Da Funk
Friday
Vampire in Brooklyn
Murder Was the Case
Cosmic Slop
Fatal Instinct
The Meteor Man