Died of heart attack on set of TV movie Victory at Entebbe (1976), where he was set to
play Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Amin claimed Cambridge's death was
"punishment from God."
Was originally set to star in The Partners (1971) but left during filming of the pilot because he did not get along with Don Adams.
In 1962 he co-founded the Committee for the Employment of Negro Performers with Charles Gordon and Hugh Hurd.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award for Best Supporting or
Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Purlie Victorious," a role he recreated
in the film version titled Gone Are the Days! (1963).
As a child he was sent to Nova Scotia, Canada to live with his grandparents while attending primary school.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 86-87. New
York: Facts on File, 1992.
ISBN 0816023387
Cousin of Edmund Cambridge.
Has an old sister Sandine (b. 26 January 1929).
Raised at 33-20 100 St in Corona, Queens, New York.
Father Alexander Boston Cambridge was born 14 January 1901 in Anna Regina, British Guyana. He married Sarah Olivia Muller in April 1926.
Graduated from Flushing High School in Flushing, Queens, New York.