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Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians."
Birth Name
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge
Born
Sunday, 26 February 1933
Died
Monday, 29 November 1976
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self - Actor and Activist | 2018 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Self (clip from Chiquita Banana commercial) | 2016 |
| Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal | Self - Comedian | 2015 |
| But... Seriously | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Scott Joplin | Tom Turpin | 1977 |
| Victory at Entebbe | President Idi Amin (rehearsed only) | 1976 |
| Friday Foster | Ford Malotte | 1975 |
| Whiffs | Dusty | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 1968: The Year That Changed America | Self - Actor and Activist | 2018 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Self (clip from Chiquita Banana commercial) | 2016 |
| Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal | Self - Comedian | 2015 |
| But... Seriously | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1993 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Scott Joplin | Tom Turpin | 1977 |
| Victory at Entebbe | President Idi Amin (rehearsed only) | 1976 |
| Friday Foster | Ford Malotte | 1975 |
| Whiffs | Dusty | 1975 |
| Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
| Five on the Black Hand Side | Godfrey Cambridge | 1973 |
| The $10,000 Pyramid | Himself - Celebrity Contestant | 1973 |
| Police Story | The Cut Man / Willis Johnson | 1973 |
| Jack Paar Tonite | Self | 1973 |
| Come Back Charleston Blue | Gravedigger Jones | 1972 |
| Beware! The Blob | Chester Hargis | 1972 |
| The Biscuit Eater | Willie Dorsey | 1972 |
| The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine | Self - Guest | 1971 |
| The Ice Palace | Self | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Win Ethan | 1971 |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Grave Digger Jones / Gravedigger Jones | 1970 |
| Watermelon Man | Jeff Gerber | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh") | 1969 |
| The Joe Namath Show | Self | 1969 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Harley (segment "Love and the Champ") | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| This Is Tom Jones | Self | 1969 |
| The Joan Rivers Show | Self | 1968 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Guest Panelist / Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist | 1968 |
| Black Journal | (segment, "Mass Media Satire") | 1968 |
| Bye Bye Braverman | Taxi Driver | 1968 |
| The Biggest Bundle of Them All | Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead / Benny Brownstead | 1968 |
| The President's Analyst | Don Masters | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Busy Body | Mike | 1967 |
| The Pat Boone Show | Self - comedic actor | 1966 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Self - Husband | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Mexican Parking Lot Attendant | 1966 |
| Daktari | Mills | 1966 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| I Spy | Cetshyayo | 1965 |
| The Troublemaker | Fire Inspector | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| Oh My Word | Self | 1965 |
| Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Comedian | 1964 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963 |
| Gone Are the Days! | Gitlow Judson | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Portly | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
| The Jack Paar Program | Self / Self - Guest | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Comedian / Self - Comedian | 1961 |
| Splendor in the Grass | Chauffeur | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Harry Bond | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Webster | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Guard | 1961 |
| The Last Angry Man | Nobody Home | 1959 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| Naked City | Detective Carlisle / Garage Attendant / George | 1958 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Pvt. Tow / Private Tow | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Willie Dorsey | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Preston Goodfellow / Laugh a Minute Louie / Joe Broadway / Himself - Plumber | 1951 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Comedian | 1948 |
