John Witherspoon (born John Weatherspoon, January 27, 1942 - October 29, 2019) was an American actor best known for Friday, Next Friday, and Little Man.
He was married to actress Angela Robinson Witherspoon and they had two children.
Witherspoon died in 2019 at the age of 77 from a heart attack.
Film Roles
- The Jazz Singer as M.C. Cinderella Club
- Ratboy as Heavy
- Hollywood Shuffle as Mr. Jones
- Kidnapped 1987 as Pimp
- Bird as Sid
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Reverend
- House Party as Mr. Strickland
- The Five Heartbeats as Wild Rudy
- Talkin Dirty After Dark as Dukie
- Killer Tomatoes Strike Back as Evan Rood
- Boomerang (1992) as Mr. Jackson
- Bébé's Kids as Card Player #1
- The Meteor Man as Clarence James Carter III
- Fatal Instinct as Arch
- Murder Was The Case The Movie as Drunk #1
- Friday as Mr. Jones
- Next Friday as Mr. Jones
- Friday After Next as Mr. Jones
- Vampire in Brooklyn as Silas Green
- Sprung as Detective
- Fakin Da Funk as Bill
- Ride as Roscoe
- Bulworth as Rev. Morris
- I Got The Hook Up as Mr. Mimm
- I Got The Hook Up 2 as Mr. Mimm
- High Freakquency as Wes Thomas
- The Ladies Man as Scrap Lion
- Little Nicky as Street Vendor
- Dr Dolittle 2 as Zoo Bear #2
- Soul Plane as Blind Man
- Little Man as Pops
- After Sex as Gene
- The Hustle as Mr. Wikes
- Chick Magnet as John
- A Thousand Words as Blind Man
- Reality Queen as Joe the Plumber
Television Roles
- The Richard Pryor Show as various (2 episodes)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Tom (1 episode)
- What's Happening!! as D.J. (1 episode)
- Good Times as Officer Lawson (1 episode)
- Barnaby Jones as Frank Wales (1 episode)
- WKRP in Cincinnati as Det. Davies (1 episode)
- Hill Street Blues as Businessman (1 episode)
- You Again as Osborne (1 episode)
- 227 as Man #2 (1 episode)
- Whats Happening Now as Adam (1 episode)
- Amen as The Bailiff (2 episodes)
- L.A. Law as Mark Steadman (1 episode)
- Martin as Uncle Junior (1 episode)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Augustus Adams (1 episode)
- Living Single as Smoke Eye Howard (1 episode)
- The Wayans Bros. as John 'Pops' Williams
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Scofflaw (1 episode)
- The Proud Family as Oran Jones (3 episodes)
- The Tracy Morgan Show as Spoon
- Kim Possible as Wayne (1 episode)
- The Boondocks as Robert 'Granddad' Freeman
- Anger Management as Will (1 episode)
- The First Family as Grandpa Alvin (28 episodes)
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja as S. Ward Smith (3 episodes)
- Animals (2016) as Jimmy (1 episode)
- black•ish as James Brown (2 episodes)
- White Famous as Limo Driver (1 episode)
- BoJack Horseman as Franco Aplenty (1 episode)
- Black Jesus as Lloyd
