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Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Born: 1933-02-26 • New York City, New York, USA

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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Filmography
Best of Enemies poster
Best of Enemies
2015 • Self (archival)
No Image
But... Seriously
1994 • Self (archive footage)
Scott Joplin poster
Scott Joplin
1977 • Tom Turpin
Friday Foster poster
Friday Foster
1975 • Ford Malotte
Whiffs poster
Whiffs
1975 • Dusty
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men poster
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
1975 • Mr. Jenkins
Dead Is Dead poster
Dead Is Dead
1974 • Host - Himself
Five on the Black Hand Side poster
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973 • Godfrey Cambridge
Come Back, Charleston Blue poster
Come Back, Charleston Blue
1972 • Gravedigger Jones
Beware! The Blob poster
Beware! The Blob
1972 • Chester Hargis
The Biscuit Eater poster
The Biscuit Eater
1972 • Willie Dorsey
Watermelon Man poster
Watermelon Man
1970 • Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
Cotton Comes to Harlem poster
Cotton Comes to Harlem
1970 • Gravedigger Jones
Bye Bye Braverman poster
Bye Bye Braverman
1968 • Taxi Driver
The Biggest Bundle of Them All poster
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968 • Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead
The President's Analyst poster
The President's Analyst
1967 • Don Masters
The Busy Body poster
The Busy Body
1967 • Mike
Lionpower from MGM poster
Lionpower from MGM
1967 • Self - Benny (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Troublemaker poster
The Troublemaker
1964 • Fire Inspector
Gone Are the Days! poster
Gone Are the Days!
1963 • Gitlow Judson
Splendor in the Grass poster
Splendor in the Grass
1961 • Chauffeur (uncredited)