Arthur Godfrey

Known for ActingBorn 1903-08-31Died 1983-03-16New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The World of Amateur Radio

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'

Fifty Years Before Your Eyes

The Ham's Wide World

The Emmy Awards

Ellery Queen

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Donny & Marie

Arthur Godfrey and His Friends

The Lucy Show

Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine

What's My Line?

The Dick Cavett Show

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Movie Orgy

Flying High

MacArthur

The Love Boat

The Glass Bottom Boat

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Mike Douglas Show

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

The Great Bank Hoax

Citizens Band

4 for Texas

The Hollywood Palace

Candid Camera

Angels' Brigade

Rickles

Your All American College Show

Catalina Island

Flying with Arthur Godfrey