Arthur Godfrey
Age: 79 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1903-08-31 21:28:43
Death: 1983-03-16 21:28:43
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 4
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname, "The Old Redhead". No television personality of the 1950s enjoyed more clout or fame than Godfrey until an on-camera incident undermined his folksy image and triggered a gradual decline; the then-ubiquitous Godfrey helmed two CBS-TV weekly series and a daily 90-minute television mid-morning show through most of the decade but by the early 1960s found himself reduced to hosting an occasional TV special. Arguably the most prominent of the medium's early master commercial pitchmen, he was strongly identified with many of his many sponsors, especially Chesterfield cigarettes and Lipton Tea. After many years for Chesterfield (during which Godfrey came up with the idea and slogan "Buy 'em by the carton"), he severed the relationship during one of his television programs, when his doctors convinced him that his lung cancer was due to smoking. Subsequently, he became a prominent spokesman for anti-smoking education. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Godfrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
MacArthur
(1977) Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Emmy Awards
(1949) Self
Catalina Island
(1966) Self/Narrator
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
(1950) Narrator
The Ham's Wide World
(1966) NarratorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Himself | |
| 2003 | Himself | |
| 1979 | Uncle Wally | |
| Himself | ||
| 1978 | Maj. Bryer (Ret.) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Himself (voice) | |
| Ned Dunkmuller | ||
| Self (archive sound) (uncredited) | ||
| 1976 | Self | |
| 1975 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| The Bishop: The 'In' Group | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1967 | Self | |
| 1966 | Self/Narrator | |
| Axel Nordstrom | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1964 | Self - Host | |
| 1963 | Mr. Godfrey (uncredited) | |
| Sheriff Tinsley | ||
| 1962 | Self - Guest Host | |
| N/A | ||
| Cameo | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1950 | Narrator | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
