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