# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-witherspoon-q1702204
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:06:41.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-witherspoon-q1702204"
name: "John Witherspoon"
slug: "john-witherspoon-q1702204"
description: "John Witherspoon was an American actor and comedian who performed in various television shows and films. He played Willie Jones in the Friday series, and starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), The Five Heartbeats (1991), and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). In addition, Witherspoon made appearances on television shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994), The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999), The Tracy Morgan Show (2003), Barnaby Jones (1973), The Boondocks (2005–2014), and Black Jesus (2014–2019)."
tagline: "American actor (1942–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnWithersppon2019_(Cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-01-27"
deathDate: "2019-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.303473472529031
  historical:           15.71595866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "john_pops_spoon"
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    handle:    "johnnywitherspoon"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump