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TV Shows
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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.
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Movies
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TV Shows
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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.
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
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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Gender
Male
Birthday
August 31, 1903
Died
March 16, 1983
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
1950
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
4 for Texas
1963
Citizens Band
1977
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
MacArthur
1977
The Movie Orgy
1968
Rickles
1975
Catalina Island
1966
The Great Bank Hoax
1978
Flying with Arthur Godfrey
1953
Angels' Brigade
1979
The Ham's Wide World
1966
The World of Amateur Radio
2011
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Lucy Show
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Donny & Marie
1976
Ellery Queen
1975
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962
Flying High
1978
Candid Camera
1960
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Emmy Awards
1949
Your All American College Show
1968
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
1949