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Home/People/Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge profile photo
Born
Feb 26, 1933Died: Nov 29, 1976
Lived 43 years
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

21
Movies
13
TV Shows
Also Known As
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge
IMDb Profile

Godfrey Cambridge

Acting

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Godfrey Cambridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best of Enemies poster

Best of Enemies

as Self (archival)
2015
But... Seriously poster

But... Seriously

as Self (archive footage)
1994
Scott Joplin poster

Scott Joplin

as Tom Turpin
1977
Friday Foster poster

Friday Foster

as Ford Malotte
1975
Whiffs poster

Whiffs

as Dusty
1975
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

as Mr. Jenkins
1975
Dead Is Dead poster

Dead Is Dead

as Host - Himself
1974
Five on the Black Hand Side poster

Five on the Black Hand Side

as Godfrey Cambridge
1973
Come Back, Charleston Blue poster

Come Back, Charleston Blue

as Gravedigger Jones
1972
Beware! The Blob poster

Beware! The Blob

as Chester Hargis
1972
The Biscuit Eater poster

The Biscuit Eater

as Willie Dorsey
1972
Watermelon Man poster

Watermelon Man

as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
1970
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Cotton Comes to Harlem

as Gravedigger Jones
1970
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Bye Bye Braverman

as Taxi Driver
1968
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The Biggest Bundle of Them All

as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead
1968
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The President's Analyst

as Don Masters
1967
The Busy Body poster

The Busy Body

as Mike
1967
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Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Benny (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
The Troublemaker poster

The Troublemaker

as Fire Inspector
1964
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Gone Are the Days!

as Gitlow Judson
1963