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Godfrey Cambridge

Actor | * 02/26/1933 († 43, 11/29/1976) | New York City, New York
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians." ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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Jeff Gerber, a racist insurance agent and fitness freak, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside d ...

Watermelon Man

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1970 | 3.1/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Drama
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Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officer ...

Cotton Comes to Harlem

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1970 | 3.2/5 | 1h 37min
Action, Comedy, Crime
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At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government p ...

The President's Analyst

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1967 | 2.8/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 ...

Come Back, Charleston Blue

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1972 | 2.3/5 | 1h 40min
Crime, Action, Comedy
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ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September ...

ABC Stage 67

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1966- | 2.7/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Godfrey Cambridge

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Godfrey Cambridge as Actor(17)

as Himself (archive footage)1994 But... Seriously
as Tom Turpin1977 Scott Joplin
as Dusty1975 Whiffs
as Mr. Jenkins1975 Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Ford Malotte1975 Friday Foster
as himself1973 Five on the Black Hand Side
as Willie Dorsey1972 The Biscuit Eater
as Chester Hargis1972 Beware! The Blob
as Gravedigger Jones1972 Come Back, Charleston Blue
as Gravedigger Jones1970 Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Jeff Gerber1970 Watermelon Man
as Taxi Driver1968 Bye Bye Braverman
as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead1968 The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Don Masters1967 The President's Analyst
as Mike1967 The Busy Body
as Fire Inspector1964 The Troublemaker
as Gitlow Judson1963 Gone Are the Days!

TV Shows/Series with Godfrey Cambridge as Actor(10)

1973 Police Story
as Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh")1970 Night Gallery
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self - Husband1966 ABC Stage 67
as Self - Comedian1964 The Hollywood Palace
as himself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as George1958 Naked City
as Detective Carlisle1958 Naked City
as Self - Comedian1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Godfrey Cambridge
Born: Sunday, 02/26 1933 (February) in New York City, New York
Died: Monday, 11/29 1976 (November) in Burbank (aged: 43)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Hofstra University, Flushing High School
Spouses (current/former): Barbara Ann Teer
Godfrey Cambridge frequently works together with these people:
Sorrell Booke (9x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (8x, Actor)
Harry Belafonte (8x, Actor)
Art Carney (8x, Actor)
Diahann Carroll (8x, Actress)
Sergio Franchi (8x, Actor)
Nehemiah Persoff (7x, Actor)
Peter Falk (7x, Actor)
Polly Bergen (7x, Actress)
Robert Goulet (7x, Actor)
Count Basie (7x, Actor)
Theodore J. Flicker (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:245418, Added: 08/07/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024