Al Freeman Jr.

Known for ActingBorn 1934-03-21Died 2012-08-09San Antonio, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Boy Meets Girl

Homicide: Life on the Street

Malcolm X

Judd, for the Defense

Roots: The Next Generations

Law & Order

For Pete's Sake

Perry Mason Returns

One Life to Live

Kojak

The Cosby Show

Countdown at Kusini

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Sniper's Ridge

My Sweet Charlie

King

This Rebel Breed

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Down in the Delta

Ensign Pulver

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

The Merv Griffin Show

The Defenders

Black Like Me

The Mod Squad

Adventures in Paradise

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

Torpedo Run

The Detective

Finian's Rainbow

The Mike Douglas Show

Castle Keep

The Troublemaker

The Millionaire

The F.B.I.

Dutchman

Hot l Baltimore

Seven Hours to Judgment

A Fable

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

The Lost Man

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

The Broken Mask