Episode 911 John Witherspoon (actor) Thu, 2019-Oct-31 00:53 UTC Length - 1:59
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With 714,390 views on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 our article of the day is John Witherspoon (actor).
John "Pops" Witherspoon (born John Weatherspoon (January 27, 1942 – October 29, 2019) was an American actor and comedian who performed in dozens of television shows and films. Best known for his role as Willie Jones for the Friday series, Witherspoon also starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992) and Vampire In Brooklyn (1995). He has also made appearances on television shows such as The Wayans Bros. (1995–99), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), Barnaby Jones (1973), The Boondocks (2005–2014), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Black Jesus (2014). He wrote a film, From the Old School, in which he played an elderly working man who tries to prevent a neighborhood convenience store from being developed into a strip club.
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