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Godfrey Cambridge

Acting Born Feb 26, 1933 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

Biography

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."

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Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Love, American Style (1969) as Harley
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Naked City (1958) as George
  • Naked City (1958) as Detective Carlisle
  • Night Gallery (1970) as Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh")
  • The Monkees (1966) as Mexican Parking Lot Attendant (uncredited)
  • Police Story (1973)
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
  • The Hollywood Palace (1964) as Self - Comedian
  • The Danny Kaye Show (1963) as Self
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966) as Self - Husband
  • Splendor in the Grass (1961) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
  • Beware! The Blob (1972) as Chester Hargis
  • Friday Foster (1975) as Ford Malotte
  • Watermelon Man (1970) as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
  • Best of Enemies (2015) as Self (archival)
  • Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) as Gravedigger Jones
  • The Busy Body (1967) as Mike
  • Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Benny (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Scott Joplin (1977) as Tom Turpin
  • The President's Analyst (1967) as Don Masters