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- Category: Radio
- Star rank: 1450
- Address:
6241 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101753, -118.325621
Arthur Godfrey
Biography
Arthur Godfrey
Source: findagrave.com
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 a famous on-the-air 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.
Fact file
- Born: August 31, 1903 New York City, New York, U.S.
- Died: March 17, 1983 (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation: Entertainer
- Years active: 1934 – 1979
- Spouse: Mary Bourke (1938–1983)
Read more about Arthur Godfrey at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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6638 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Cherokee and Schrader -
For television
1599 Vine St Vine St, west side, between Selma and Sunset
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Argyle and Vine
Nearby you will also find Spring Byington, Linda Hopkins, Bette Davis, Theodore Bikel, Pierre Cossette, Joshua Logan, Edward G. Robinson, Billy Joel, and many others.