Godfrey Cambridge
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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.
Known for
Credits
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
as Gravedigger Jones
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Don Masters
Friday Foster (1975)
as Ford Malotte
Beware! The Blob (1972)
as Chester Hargis
Best of Enemies (2015)
as Self (archival)
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
as Gitlow Judson
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead
Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
as Godfrey Cambridge
Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
as Gravedigger Jones
The Biscuit Eater (1972)
as Willie Dorsey
Watermelon Man (1970)
as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Benny (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scott Joplin (1977)
as Tom Turpin
The Busy Body (1967)
as Mike
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1975)
as Mr. Jenkins
But... Seriously (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
as Taxi Driver
Whiffs (1975)
as Dusty
The Troublemaker (1964)
as Fire Inspector
Dead Is Dead (1974)
as Host - Himself