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