Godfrey Cambridge

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-02-26 (43 years old)

Deathday

1976-11-29

Place of Birth

New York City

Godfrey Cambridge

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 - November 29, 1976) was an American comedian and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one of the country's four most celebrated Negro comedians." Description above from the Wikipedia article Godfrey Cambridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1975

1967

1972

Beware! The Blob

as Chester Hargis

1967

1970

Watermelon Man

as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

1961

Splendor in the Grass

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1975

Friday Foster

as Ford Malotte

1970

Cotton Comes to Harlem

as Gravedigger Jones

1968

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead

1977

Scott Joplin

as Tom Turpin

1972

Come Back, Charleston Blue

as Gravedigger Jones

1964

The Troublemaker

as Fire Inspector

1963

Gone Are the Days!

as Gitlow Judson

1975

Whiffs

as Dusty

1968

Bye Bye Braverman

as Taxi Driver

1972

The Biscuit Eater

as Willie Dorsey

1994

But... Seriously

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Dead Is Dead

as Host - Himself

1973

Five on the Black Hand Side

as Godfrey Cambridge

Production

1974

Dead Is Dead

as Producer

1974

Dead Is Dead

as Writer

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