John Witherspoon (actor)

 His first appearance on TV was in 1970 on Barnaby Jone's CBS television program. He played the role of a counselor for youth who are addicted to drugs. Subsequent appearances were made on Good Times and [13] What's happening! !,and The Incredible Hulk. [15] In 1977, he was an actor on the show The Richard Pryor Show, one of the NBC American comedy series. Then, he appeared on WKRP In Cincinnati's fourth season episode "Circumstantial evidence" in 1982. Witherspoon was Detective Davies. In 1981, he was also a character in Hill Street Blues, a NBC Big Police Drama, as a man who tries and buys hotdogs from Detective Belker. In 1981, he made his first appearance on L.A. Law, an NBC legal drama in the episode "On Your Honor" as Mark Steadman. He also appeared on You Again? as Osborne 227 which was an NBC comedy featuring women who lived in a predominantly black apartment, as well as The Next Thing! ! The sequel to What's Happening! !. A year later, Witherspoon appeared as the bailiff in Amen (1988), an American sitcom that aired on NBC. The show was renowned as one of the series in the 1980s which included a largely black cast.Next came appearances on Townsend Television (1993), Cosmic Slop (1994), and Murder Was The Case (1994) as an alcoholic drunk.He appeared in the Fox's Living Single (1997) episode "Three Men and a Buckeye" as Smoke Eye Howard. His most prominent role on a television series was in The Wayans Bros. (1995-1999) which aired on The WB and starred Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. They were brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams.Witherspoon was their father, John "Pops" Williams.