
Arthur Godfrey
Biography
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.
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Acting (15 movies)

The Movie Orgy
1968

Angels' Brigade
1979

The Glass Bottom Boat
1966

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968

Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
1950

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979

4 for Texas
1963

MacArthur
1977

Citizens Band
1977

The Great Bank Hoax
1978

The Ham's Wide World
1966

The World of Amateur Radio
2011

Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003

Rickles
1975

Flying with Arthur Godfrey
1953
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