1903-08-31 ( 121 years old ) in New 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.
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Movies
The World of Amateur Radio
2011-10-24
Muppets Magic From 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003-01-01
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979-02-10
Angels' Brigade
1979-02-01
The Great Bank Hoax
1978-11-01
MacArthur
1977-07-15
Citizens Band
1977-05-18
Rickles
1975-11-19
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968-04-10
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966-06-09
Catalina Island
1966-06-09
The Ham's Wide World
1966-01-01
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
Flying with Arthur Godfrey
1953-12-15
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
1950-06-27
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