Biography
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 β 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.
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Filmography
all 37
self 24
TV Shows 19
Movies 18
Narrator 2
Waterman (2022)
The World of Amateur Radio (2011)
Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority (2008)
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!' (2003)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)
Angels' Brigade (1979)
The Great Bank Hoax (1978)
Flying High (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
MacArthur (1977)
Citizens Band (1977)
When Television Was Young (1977)
Donny & Marie (1976)
Rickles (1975)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Your All American College Show (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Catalina Island (1966)
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966)
The Ham's Wide World (1966)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
4 for Texas (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Candid Camera (1960)
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-08-31
Deathday1983-03-16 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
SiblingsKathy Godfrey
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey, Peabody Awards, National Aviation Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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