John Witherspoon was an AfricanAmerican 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 199499 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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