© Copyright © 2012-2020 Stories People All rights reserved. While pursuing an acting career Cambridge supported himself with a variety of jobs, including "cab driver, bead-sorter, ambulance driver, gardener, judo instructor, and clerk for the New York City Housing Authority," as well as cleaning airplanes and making popcorn bunnies. Amin commented that Cambridge's death was "punishment from God." [10] Ketika dia berusia 13 tahun, Cambridge pindah lagi ke New York untuk menempuh pendidikan di Flushing High School Flushing, Queens. He was noted for comic lapses from standard educated speech to Black street-speak. He also had a small speaking part as a member of Sgt. He made his Broadway debut in the original production of Herman Wouk’s 1957 play Nature’s Way. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). Publicity Listings Having previously had occasional parts, he established himself in films in the late sixties. Cambridge appeared on several network television programs, including Car 54 Where Are You? Cambridge had a starring role in Beware!
Cambridge married actress Barbara Ann Teer in 1962; the couple divorced three years later. [10], Tahun 1949, Cambridge belajar ilmu pengobatan di Hofstra College,[3] yang dijalani selama tiga tahun, sebelum akhirnya keluar demi mengejar kariernya di dunia seni peran. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. [14], Cambridge meninggal karena serangan jantung pada usia 43 tahun di Burbank, California, saat dia masih mengerjakan proyek milik kanal ABC untuk film Victory at Entebbe, berperan sebagai Idi Amin. |
Cambridge gave an acclaimed performance alongside Tom Bosley in the episode "Make Me Laugh" of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, a story about a failed comedian who looks to a genie for a quick fix to success; the episode was directed by Steven Spielberg. Peran Godfrey dalam film paling dikenang antara lain The Last Angry Man. Dia tampil dalam The Tonight Show dan diperkenalkan dengan aktris kesukaannya, Joan Crawford dalam The Hollywood Palace. His compulsive eating probably contributed to his untimely death at 43 on the set of the television film Victory at Entebbe (1976), in which he was to have played General Idi Amin. Bilko’s platoon in The Phil Silvers Show, 1957 episode "Boys Town". [3] Dia mengawali debutnya di Broadway dalam produksi asli, naskah drama karya Herman Wouk tahun 1957 berjudul Nature's Way. In addition to acting, Cambridge had major success as a stand-up comedian. (On his 1964 album Ready Or Not, Cambridge joked he was supporting Barry Goldwater, saying that the GOP presidential nominee had "come flat out against slavery…in principle!"). Cambridge’s first role was as a bartender in the off-Broadway play Take a Giant Step. Pg. (1959), The President's Analyst (1967), di mana dia berperan sebagai agen pemerintah yang mengalami depresi, dan Watermelon Man (1970), bermain sebagai karakter utama, seorang kulit putih yang selalu berprasangka buruk, yang suatu hari bangun tidur dan menemukan warna kulitnya menjadi hitam.