Godfrey Cambridge

★ Acting #46,051

1933 - 1976 (age 43) • Acting

Born: 2/26/1933 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 11/29/1976 (age 43)

Known for: Acting

Godfrey Cambridge

★ Acting #46,051

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."

Known For

Night Gallery

78%

Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh")

1970

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

Cotton Comes to Harlem

62%

Gravedigger Jones

1970

Watermelon Man

63%

Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

1970

Friday Foster

61%

Ford Malotte

1975

The President's Analyst

59%

Don Masters

1967

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

68%

Self (uncredited)

1968

The Ed Sullivan Show

68%

Self

1948

Best of Enemies

72%

Self (archival)

2015

But... Seriously

85%

Self (archive footage)

1994

Scott Joplin

66%

Tom Turpin

1977

Friday Foster

61%

Ford Malotte

1975

Whiffs

73%

Dusty

1975

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

100%

Mr. Jenkins

1975

Dead Is Dead

60%

Host - Himself

1974

Dead Is Dead

60%

Producer

1974

Dead Is Dead

60%

Writer

1974

Five on the Black Hand Side

72%

Godfrey Cambridge

1973

Police Story

70%

Unknown

1973

Come Back, Charleston Blue

48%

Gravedigger Jones

1972

Beware! The Blob

45%

Chester Hargis

1972

The Biscuit Eater

62%

Willie Dorsey

1972

Night Gallery

78%

Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh")

1970

Cotton Comes to Harlem

62%

Gravedigger Jones

1970

Watermelon Man

63%

Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber

1970

Love, American Style

62%

Harley

1969

Bye Bye Braverman

67%

Taxi Driver

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

68%

Self (uncredited)

1968

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

56%

Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead

1968

The President's Analyst

59%

Don Masters

1967

The Busy Body

72%

Mike

1967

Lionpower from MGM

63%

Self - Benny (archive footage) (uncredited)

1967

ABC Stage 67

68%

Self - Husband

1966

The Troublemaker

57%

Fire Inspector

1964

The Hollywood Palace

50%

Self - Comedian

1964

The Danny Kaye Show

70%

Self

1963