Acting
Godfrey Cambridge
- Titles
- 19movies13TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19631977
- Leading roles
- 7top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Gone Are the Days!67/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.8average 2.6
- Physical Comedy4.7average 2.5
- Satire & Parody4.4average 2.3
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Situational Comedy4.3average 2.7
- Pop Culture3.6average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Family Dynamics3.5, average 4.7
- Melancholy3.8, average 4.7
- Pathos4.4, average 5.2
- Biographical0.3, average 0.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Beah RichardsActorThe Biscuit Eater, Gone Are the Days!
Ossie DavisActorCotton Comes to Harlem, Gone Are the Days!
Raymond St. JacquesActorCotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back, Charleston Blue- TTheodore J. FlickerActorThe President's Analyst, The Troublemaker
- DDavid M. WalshCinematographerWhiffs, Scott Joplin
Movies and TV shows
221970s
13 titles · average score 62
Scott Joplin (1977)
as Tom Turpin
60
Friday Foster (1975)
as Ford Malotte
58
Whiffs (1975)
as Dusty
Dead Is Dead (1974)
Producer, Writer
72
Police Story (1973)
TV show
66
Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
as Godfrey Cambridge
55
Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
as Gravedigger Jones
59
The Biscuit Eater (1972)
as Willie Dorsey
44
Beware! The Blob (1972)
as Chester Hargis
63
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
as Gravedigger Jones
65
Watermelon Man (1970)
as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
78
Night Gallery (1970)
TV show · as Jackie Slater (segment "Make Me Laugh")
1960s
8 titles · average score 66
64
Love, American Style (1969)
TV show · as Harley
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
as Benjamin 'Benny' Brownstead
61
Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
as Taxi Driver
62
The President's Analyst (1967)
as Don Masters
63
The Busy Body (1967)
as Mike
The Troublemaker (1964)
as Fire Inspector
67
Gone Are the Days! (1963)
as Gitlow Judson
82
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
1950s
1 titles
Naked City (1958)
TV show · as George / Detective Carlisle