Celebrity Biographies
John witherspoon
In the United States he is remembered as the father of Ice Cube in “Friday”, since he was very successful there, but he has a long filmography. Actor John Witherspoon passed away on October 29, 2019, at the age of 77. “He was a legend in show business, and a father figure to all who knew him,” explains the statement made public by his widow and his children.
Born on January 27, 1942 in Detroit, John Weatherspoon had a great passion for music since he was a child, when he learned to play the trumpet. After a brief journey as a model, the African-American became a successful stand-up comic, changing his name to John Witherspoon , the same as one of the fathers of the country, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Despite the coincidence of surnames, he also has nothing to do with the actress Reese Witherspoon .
He participated as a supporting role in numerous films such as The Prince of Women and A Vampire Loose in Brooklyn , but was typecast as the head of the family in the aforementioned Friday, debut by F. Gary Gray . In 2008 he returned to his roots with a comedy tour on stage. In 1988, he married Angela Robinson, with whom he had two sons, John David and Alexander.