ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE Who's Who in American Comedy
An African American comedian who became an actor, he was popular in the late 1960's and early 1970's, appearing on the Tonight Show and guesting on talk shows. His film roles include Watermelon Man, where he played the role of a white bigot who wakes up one day to find his skin has turned black. Sorry, but there are no clips of Cambridge available.
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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