Coffin Ed Johnson

CTL-W-0942 · Work

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Harlem detective; Grave Digger's partner

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• Also known as: portrayed by Raymond St. Jacques
• Work type: character

Relationships

• Cotton Comes to Harlem — featured in
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Sources

• https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/cotton-comes-to-harlem (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Coffin Ed Johnson is a Harlem police detective in the film Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), partner of Gravedigger Jones. Coffin Ed Johnson is performed by Raymond St. Jacques (Harvard Film Archive: 'Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques star as detectives "Gravedigger" Jones and "Coffin Ed" Johnson'). The character was created by Chester Himes in his series of Harlem crime novels (Harvard Film Archive), supporting the novel side of the stored creator credit; the film was directed by Ossie Davis.

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