Name
Al Freeman Jr.
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-03-21
Deathday
2012-08-09 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Biography
Al Freeman, Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor and director. Freeman made appearances in many films, such as My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, and television series such as The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Edge of Night. He is mostly recognized for his portrayal of Police Captain Ed Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played from 1972 through 1985, with recurring roles in 1988 and 2000. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for that role, the first African-American actor to be so honored. He left the show briefly to appear in the network's controversial sitcom Hot L Baltimore. During that period, "Ed" was played by another actor, Arthur Pendleton. He was also a director of One Life to Live, and was one of the first, if not the first, African-Americans to direct a soap opera.
After leaving One Life to Live, Freeman appeared in the motion picture Down in the Delta. His Broadway theatre credits include Look to the Lilies, Blues for Mister Charlie, and Medea. His portrayal of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in the motion picture Malcolm X earned him the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Coincidently, he had previously played Malcolm X in the 1979 miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations.
Freeman also taught acting as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C..
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Known For
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- 1992 Malcolm X as Elijah Muhammad
- 1968 The Detective as Robbie Loughlin
- 1971 A Fable as The Leader
- 1966 Dutchman as Clay
- 1960 This Rebel Breed as Satchel
- 1968 The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' as Self
- 1998 Down in the Delta as Earl Sinclair
- 1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored as Poppa
- 1970 The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
- 1969 The Lost Man as Dennis Lawrence
- 1970 My Sweet Charlie as Charles Roberts
- 1964 The Troublemaker as Intern
- 1966 For Pete's Sake as Harvey
- 1969 Castle Keep as Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
- 1961 Sniper's Ridge as Medic Gwathney
- 1964 Black Like Me as Thomas Newcomb
- 1988 Seven Hours to Judgment as Danny Larwin
- 1993 Boy Meets Girl as Curtis
- 1958 The Broken Mask as George
- 1964 Ensign Pulver as Taru
- 1985 Perry Mason Returns as Lt. Cooper
- 1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Old Johnson Whittaker
- 1968 Finian's Rainbow as Howard
- 1958 Torpedo Run as Sam Baker
- 1972 To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- 1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice as Narrator (voice)
- 1968 One Life to Live ( 3742 episodes ) as Capt. Ed Hall
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Reverend Thayer
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Alan Harmon
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Coach Ernie Scott
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Donald Mosher
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 3 episodes ) as Deputy Commissioner James Harris
- 1975 Hot l Baltimore ( 13 episodes )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Houseboy
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Para
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Charlton White
- 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ( 1 episode ) as Taxi Man
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Stan Wallace
- 1978 King ( 3 episodes ) as Damon Lockwood
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Co-Host
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Malcolm X
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
