Godfrey Cambridge

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Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (born February 26, 1933 in New York City , United States , † November 29, 1976 in Burbank , California , ibid) was an American actor .

Live and act

Before starting his acting career, Cambridge worked in various jobs, for example as a gardener, judo teacher, ambulance and taxi driver. From September 1956 he can be seen on New York off-Broadway stages (debut in Take a Giant Step ), in October 1957 he made his debut on Broadway. Almost at the same time, Cambridge made his debut in front of the television camera on the Phil Silvers Show, another year later he was brought to the cinema (in the drama The Wrath of the Righteous alongside Paul Munis, also shot in New York ). In the early 1960s, Godfrey Cambridge continued to appear on the stage (regularly until 1963) and demonstrated his comedic talent there. Cambridge received the Obie Award for his performance in Jean Genet's Die Neger .

Towards the end of the same decade, "along with the new self-confidence of blacks in the USA, which was also reflected in the film (e.g. When it gets dark in Manhattan )," the film career of the colored actor took shape, and man saw him with leading supporting roles in an abundance of films. Godfrey Cambridge died completely unexpectedly while filming the television film about the liberation of a hijacked Israeli plane in Kenya, Entebbe (Victory at Entebbe), in which he was supposed to play the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin . His part was taken over by Julius Harris . "Notorious as the butcher of humans in Uganda, Amin commented on the sudden cardiac death of 'his' actor Cambridge as" God's just punishment "."

Filmography

in movies, unless otherwise stated

  • 1957: The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
  • 1959: The wrath of the righteous ( The Last Angry Man )
  • 1960–62: Merciless City (two episodes of the series)
  • 1961: Fever in the Blood ( Splendor in the Grass )
  • 1963: Gone Are the Days
  • 1964: The troublemaker ( The Troublemaker )
  • 1966: The Biggest Bundle of Them ( The Biggest Bundle of Them All )
  • 1966: The Busy Body
  • 1966–70: The Red Skelton Show (TV series)
  • 1967: ... chases Dr. Sheefer ( The President's Analyst )
  • 1968: Bye Bye Braverman
  • 1969: When Night falls in Manhattan ( Cotton Comes to Harlem )
  • 1970: The Watermelon Man
  • 1971: The mongrel ( The Biscuit Eater )
  • 1972: The Blob (Beware! The Blob)
  • 1972: When It Gets Dark in Harlem ( Come Back, Charleston Blue )
  • 1973: Five on the Black Hand Side
  • 1975: Cash - The unstoppable career of Private Ass ( Whiffs )
  • 1975: Friday Foster ( Friday Foster )
  • 1976: Scott Joplin

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 647.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 647.

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personal data
SURNAME Cambridge, Godfrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cambridge, Godfrey MacArthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1976
Place of death Burbank , California , United States