Al Freeman Jr.
- Schauspiel
- 21. März 1934 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
- 9. August 2012
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Down in the Delta · Earl Sinclair
- Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored · Poppa
- Anschlag in Westpoint · Old Johnson Whittaker
- Homicide · Deputy Commissioner James Harris
- Boy Meets Girl · Curtis
- Malcolm X · Elijah Muhammad
- Law & Order · Reverend Thayer, Stan Wallace
- Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice · Narrator (Stimme)
- Sieben Stunden Angst · Danny Larwin
- Perry Mason kehrt zurück · Lt. Cooper
- Die Bill Cosby Show · Coach Ernie Scott
- Roots - Die nächsten Generationen · Malcolm X
- King · Damon Lockwood
- Countdown at Kusini · Drehbuch
- Hot l Baltimore
- Kojak · Donald Mosher
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- A Fable · The Leader, Regie
- The Chicago Conspiracy Trial · Bobby Seale
- My Sweet Charlie · Charles Roberts
- Das Schloss in den Ardennen · Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
- The Lost Man – Es führt kein Weg zurück · Dennis Lawrence
- Der goldene Regenbogen · Howard
- Twen-Police
- Liebe, Lüge, Leidenschaft · Capt. Ed Hall
- Der Detektiv · Robbie Loughlin
- The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow' · Selbst
- Der Strafverteidiger
- Dutchman · Clay
- For Pete's Sake · Harvey
- F.B.I. · Alan Harmon
- Operation Pazifik · Taru
- The Troublemaker · Intern
- Schwarz wie ich · Thomas Newcomb
- The Merv Griffin Show · Selbst
- The Mike Douglas Show · Selbst
- Preston & Preston · Charlton White
- Sniper's Ridge · Medic Gwathney
- This Rebel Breed · Satchel
- Adventures in Paradise · Para
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Taxi Man
- Torpedo los! · Sam Baker
- The Broken Mask · George
- The Millionaire · Houseboy