Actor
Godfrey Cambridge
February 26, 1933 · 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."
Notable work
Often works with
Zohra Lampert
2 titles together
Splendor in the Grass, Bye Bye Braverman
Phyllis Diller
2 titles together
Splendor in the Grass, Love, American Style
Raymond St. Jacques
2 titles together
Cotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back, Charleston Blue
D'Urville Martin
2 titles together
Watermelon Man, Five on the Black Hand Side
Karl Lukas
2 titles together
Watermelon Man, Whiffs
Joan Darling
2 titles together
The President's Analyst, The Troublemaker
Full filmography · 22
Scott Joplin
as Tom Turpin
1977
Friday Foster
as Ford Malotte
19756.1
Whiffs
as Dusty
1975
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Mr. Jenkins
1975
Five on the Black Hand Side
as Godfrey Cambridge
1973
Come Back, Charleston Blue
as Gravedigger Jones
1972
Beware! The Blob
as Chester Hargis
19724.5
The Biscuit Eater
as Willie Dorsey
1972
Cotton Comes to Harlem
as Gravedigger Jones
19706.2
Watermelon Man
as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
19706.3
Bye Bye Braverman
as Taxi Driver
1968
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead
1968