Edmund Cambridge
Introduction '''Edmund James Cambridge Jr.''' (September 18, 1920 – August 18, 2001) was an American actor and director who was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) and the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theater Arts School.
Biography Cambridge was born on September 18, 1920 in Harlem, New York.At age 15, Cambridge began his professional career at Swan's Paradise in Harlem as a chorus boy. This assignment ended when his mother discovered that he was sneaking out of bed to do the job.Edmund was the President of the Original Cambridge Players, who took a Los Angeles premiere of ''The Amen Corner'' to Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in April 1965.Founding member Juanita Moore was friends with Marlon Brando and James Baldwin. It was Moore who asked Brando to lend funds ($75) for Baldwin to write ''The Amen Corner''.In 1968, Cambridge joined Robert Hooks, Douglas Turner Ward and several other actors to start the Negro Ensemble Company. He staged ''Ceremonies in Dark Old Men'', as one of the company's first productions. This Lonne Elder III play went on to win many awards, including a Drama Desk Award for the author. Other productions Cambridge directed at NEC include Steve Carter's critically acclaimed drama, ''Eden''.Cambridge was a longtime resident of Los Angeles. He died as a result of injuries sustained from a fall on August 18, 2001, in New York, New York.
Selected credits ===Acting===  Theatre roles Year Production Role Theatre(s) Notes1978''One Crack Out''EarlMarymount Manhattan Theatre1951''The Taming of the Shrew''Servant/OfficerCity Center1947''Our Lan'''ChesterRoyale Theatre Television / Film roles Year Title Role Notes 1970  ''Bracken's World'' Benjamin Bishop Episode: Will Freddy's Real Father Please Stand Up?"" 1971  ''The Bold Ones: The Lawyers'' (TV series) Charles Mobley Episode: "Hall of Justice" 1972 ''Evil Roy Slade'' Smith TV movie ''Love, American Style'' Mr. Dickerson (segment "Love and Happy Days") Episode: "Love and the Happy Days/Love and the Newscasters" ''Cool Breeze'' The Bus Driver credited as Edmund Cambridge ''Emergency!'' Paul Episode: "Crash" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''The Final Comedown'' Dr. Smalls credited as Edmund Cambridge ''Melinda'' Detective credited as Edmund Cambridge ''The Sandy Duncan Show'' George Episode: "The Importance of Being Ernestine" ''Trouble Man'' Sam film role ''The Limit'' Police captain film role ''Hit Man'' Theatis Oliver film role 1974 ''Good Times'' Leroy Jackson Episode: "Junior Gets a Patron" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''Kojak'' Waverly Episode: "Loser Takes All" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''Adam-12'' Don Hendricks Episode: "Christmas" (as Edmund Cambridge) 1975 ''Sanford and Son'' Mr. Cambridge Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''Mannix'' Scrapiron Episode: "Edge of the Web" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''Starsky and Hutch'' Roy Jones Episode: "Kill Huggy Bear" ''Friday Foster'' Jake Wayne film role 1974-1976 ''Harry O'' Joseph "Hotwire" Jackson / Benjy 2 episodes, (as Edmund Cambridge) 1976 ''The Jeffersons'' Curt Randall Episode: "Tom the Hero" (as Edmund Cambridge) ''Rich Man, Poor Man Book II'' Funeral director Episode: "Chapter XII" (as Edmund Cambridge) 1977 ''Serpico'' Lucius Episode: "One Long Tomorrow" (as Edmund Cambridge) 1980 ''The Further Adventures of Wally Brown'' Stockley Brown TV movie 1985  ''The Atlanta Child Murders'' Mr. Cobb 2 episodes 1987 ''The Spirit'' small role TV movie, Uncredited 1989 ''Tour of Duty'' Preacher Episode: "Promised Land" 1990 ''True Colors'' Episode: "Young at Heart" 1991 ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' George Washington Carver feature film role 1992 ''Deep Cover'' Crackhead #2 feature film role ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' Lou Episode: "Mommy Nearest" (as Ed Cambridge Jr.) 1993  ''The Gifted'' minor role feature film 1994 ''One Woman's Courage'' Commander TV movie ''ER'' Victor Episode: "Day One" ''Jack Reed: A Search for Justice'' Minister TV movie ''Inferno on US 17'' Andrew TV movie 1996 ''Soul of the Game'' Bellhop TV movie ''Living Single'' Carriage Driver Episode: "The Engagement: Part 1"  1997 ''The Beautician and the Beast'' Elderly Man film role ''The Good News'' Associate Pastor Blake Episode: "Pilot" ''Sister, Sister'' Mr. Knox Episode: "It's My Party" 1998 ''Veronica's Closet'' Elderly Man #3 Episode: "Veronica's Mole" 2000 ''Waking the Dead'' Old Man from Letter film role ''City of Angels'' Bertram Episode: "Unhand Me" 2001 ''The Bernie Mac Show'' Grandfather at Airport Episode: "Pilot", (final appearance)===Directing===Country Cousins (1988) — Far from the Tree (1987)  Year Production Theatre(s) Notes1981''Nevis Mountain Dew''Los Angeles Actors Theatre1980''Eden''Los Angeles Actors TheatreLos Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award1976''Eden'' St. Mark's Playhouse1971''Behold! Cometh the Vanderkellans''Theatre de Lys1969''Ceremonies in Dark Old Men''St. Mark's Playhouse
Awards and nominations ===Awards===* 1980 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle AwardDirection, ''Eden''
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