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Al Freeman Jr.
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Al Freeman Jr.
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-03-21,San Antonio, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Freeman, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.6

Malcolm X
1992-11-18

5.9

The Detective
1968-05-28

4.5

A Fable
1971-03-20

4.8

Dutchman
1966-12-28

This Rebel Breed

6.75

This Rebel Breed
1960-03-19

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

0

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
1968-01-01

Down in the Delta

6.268

Down in the Delta
1998-12-25

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

4.167

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996-01-26

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

6

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970-10-04

4.2

The Lost Man
1969-07-11

My Sweet Charlie

6.8

My Sweet Charlie
1970-01-20

The Troublemaker

5.7

The Troublemaker
1964-06-22

For Pete's Sake

7.5

For Pete's Sake
1966-10-14

5.705

Castle Keep
1969-07-23

7

Sniper's Ridge
1961-02-01

6.182

Black Like Me
1964-05-20

Seven Hours to Judgment

4.429

Seven Hours to Judgment
1988-09-16

10

Boy Meets Girl
1993-01-01

The Broken Mask

0

The Broken Mask
1958-06-01

6.588

Ensign Pulver
1964-07-31

Perry Mason Returns

7.2

Perry Mason Returns
1985-12-01

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

6.286

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994-02-26

Finian's Rainbow

5.898

Finian's Rainbow
1968-10-09

6.077

Torpedo Run
1958-10-24

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

7

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972-01-20

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

0

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989-10-24

One Life to Live

7.316

One Life to Live
1968-07-15

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

5.64

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.982

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

6.074

The Mod Squad
1968-09-24

7.146

Kojak
1973-10-24

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.098

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

Hot l Baltimore

4.6

Hot l Baltimore
1975-01-24

The Millionaire

5.75

The Millionaire
1955-01-19

Adventures in Paradise

6.143

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

Judd, for the Defense

7.7

Judd, for the Defense
1967-09-08

6.273

The Defenders
1961-09-16

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

6.75

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

6.615

King
1978-02-12

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

Roots: The Next Generations

7.429

Roots: The Next Generations
1979-02-18

The Merv Griffin Show

6.6

The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01