Al Freeman Jr.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1934
- Died
- August 9, 2012 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- 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.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Freeman, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Down in the Delta
Movie · as Earl Sinclair
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Movie · as Poppa
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie · as Old Johnson Whittaker
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · as Curtis
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Deputy Commissioner James Harris · 3 eps
Malcolm X
Movie · as Elijah Muhammad
Law & Order
TV · as Reverend Thayer, Stan Wallace · 1 ep
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Seven Hours to Judgment
Movie · as Danny Larwin
Perry Mason Returns
Movie · as Lt. Cooper
The Cosby Show
TV · as Coach Ernie Scott · 1 ep
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Malcolm X · 1 ep
King
TV · as Damon Lockwood · 3 eps
Hot l Baltimore
TV · 13 eps
Kojak
TV · as Donald Mosher · 1 ep
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
A Fable
Movie · as The Leader
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Movie · as Bobby Seale
My Sweet Charlie
Movie · as Charles Roberts
The Lost Man
Movie · as Dennis Lawrence
Castle Keep
Movie · as Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
The Detective
Movie · as Robbie Loughlin
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
Movie · as Self
Finian's Rainbow
Movie · as Howard
One Life to Live
TV · as Capt. Ed Hall · 3742 eps
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
Judd, for the Defense
TV · 1 ep
Dutchman
Movie · as Clay
For Pete's Sake
Movie · as Harvey
The F.B.I.
TV · as Alan Harmon · 1 ep
The Troublemaker
Movie · as Intern
Black Like Me
Movie · as Thomas Newcomb
Ensign Pulver
Movie · as Taru
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sniper's Ridge
Movie · as Medic Gwathney
The Defenders
TV · as Charlton White · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep
This Rebel Breed
Movie · as Satchel
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Para · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Taxi Man · 1 ep
The Broken Mask
Movie · as George
Torpedo Run
Movie · as Sam Baker
The Millionaire
TV · as Houseboy · 1 ep