He is best remembered for his role as Willie Jones for the "Friday" series; Witherspoon also starred in films such as "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987), "Boomerang" (1992), "The Five Heartbeats" (1991), and "Vampire in Brooklyn" (1995). He has also made appearances on television shows such as "The Fresh Prince" (1994), "The Wayans Bros." (1995–99), "The Tracy Morgan Show" (2003), "Barnaby Jones" (1973), "The Boondocks" (2005–2014), and "Black Jesus" (2014–2019). 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.