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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 21, 1934
Died
August 9, 2012
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Al Freeman
- Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr.
- Albert C. Freeman Jr.
Al Freeman Jr.
0.3 Popularity
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
6.4
Earl Sinclair
Down in the Delta
1998
4.2
Poppa
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996
6.2
Old Johnson Whittaker
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
8.1
Deputy Commissioner James Harris
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
0.0
Boy Meets Girl
1993
7.5
Elijah Muhammad
Malcolm X
1992
7.4
Reverend Thayer
Law & Order
1990
7.4
Stan Wallace
Law & Order
1990
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
1989
3.8
Danny Larwin
Seven Hours to Judgment
1988
Credits
Down in the Delta
as Earl Sinclair
1998
6.4
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Poppa
1996
4.2
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Old Johnson Whittaker
1994
6.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Deputy Commissioner James Harris
1993
8.1
Boy Meets Girl
1993
0.0
Malcolm X
as Elijah Muhammad
1992
7.5
Law & Order
as Reverend Thayer
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Stan Wallace
1990
7.4
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
as Narrator (voice)
1989
0.0
Seven Hours to Judgment
as Danny Larwin
1988
3.8
Perry Mason Returns
as Lt. Cooper
1985
7.0
The Cosby Show
as Coach Ernie Scott
1984
7.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as Malcolm X
1979
7.4
King
as Damon Lockwood
1978
6.9
Hot l Baltimore
1975
4.3
Kojak
as Donald Mosher
1973
7.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
5.0
A Fable
as The Leader
1971
1.0
🎬
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1970
6.0
My Sweet Charlie
as Charles Roberts
1970
6.2
Castle Keep
as Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin
1969
5.7
The Lost Man
as Dennis Lawrence
1969
4.0
Finian's Rainbow
as Howard
1968
5.8
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
One Life to Live
as Capt. Ed Hall
1968
7.4
The Detective
as Robbie Loughlin
1968
5.9
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Self
1968
0.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Dutchman
as Clay
1966
4.6
🎬
For Pete's Sake
as Harvey
1966
6.0
The F.B.I.
as Alan Harmon
1965
5.5
Ensign Pulver
as Taru
1964
6.6
The Troublemaker
as Intern
1964
5.1
Black Like Me
as Thomas Newcomb
1964
5.9
The Defenders
as Charlton White
1961
6.2
Sniper's Ridge
as Medic Gwathney
1961
5.0
This Rebel Breed
as Satchel
1960
6.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Para
1959
5.7
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Taxi Man
1959
6.3
Torpedo Run
as Sam Baker
1958
5.9
The Broken Mask
as George
1958
0.0
The Millionaire
as Houseboy
1955
5.0