Al Freeman Jr.
American actor, director and acting teacher (1934-2012) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 78
Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of Long Day's Journey Into Night and Troilus and Cressida, and films, including My Sweet Charlie,...
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Down in the DeltaFilm, Earl Sinclair1996
Once Upon a Time... When We Were ColoredFilm, Poppa1993
Homicide: Life on the StreetSeries, Deputy Commissioner James Harris
Boy Meets GirlFilm, 1993Curtis1992
Malcolm XFilm, Elijah Muhammad1990
Law & OrderSeries, Reverend Thayer1988
Seven Hours to JudgmentFilm, Danny Larwin1985
Perry Mason ReturnsFilm, Lt. Cooper1979
Roots: The Next GenerationsSeries, Malcolm X1978
KingSeries, Damon Lockwood1976
Countdown at KusiniFilm, Writer1973
KojakSeries, Donald Mosher1971
A FableFilm, Director1970
My Sweet CharlieFilm, Charles Roberts1969
Castle KeepFilm, Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin1968
One Life to LiveSeries, Capt. Ed Hall1966
DutchmanFilm, Clay1965
The F.B.I.Series, Alan Harmon1964
Black Like MeFilm, Thomas Newcomb1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1960
This Rebel BreedFilm, Satchel1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Para1958
The Broken MaskFilm, George1955
The MillionaireSeries, Houseboy1934Born21 March 1934People around Al
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Tim Reid Directed Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996)
Maya Angelou Directed Down in the Delta (1998)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Sydney Pollack Directed Castle Keep (1972)
Wesley Snipes Produced Down in the Delta (1998)
Spike Lee Produced Malcolm X (1992)
Beau Bridges Directed Seven Hours To Judgment (1988)
Amiri Baraka Also in A Fable (1971), wrote Dutchman (1966)
Joshua Logan Produced Ensign Pulver (1964)
Mary Alice Also in Malcolm X and Down in the Delta- Gordon Douglas Directed The Detective (1968)
Daniel Sackheim Produced Poison Ivy (1992)- Marvin Worth Produced Malcolm X (1993)
Dolph Sweet Also in The Lost Man and Finian's Rainbow
Aaron Rosenberg Produced The Detective (1968)- John Calley Produced Castle Keep (1972)
E.W. Swackhamer Directed Poison Ivy (1992)- Ladi Ladebo Produced Countdown at Kusini (1976)
- Martin Ransohoff Produced Castle Keep (1972)
- Robert Alan Aurthur Directed The Lost Man (1970)
- Monty Ross Produced Malcolm X (1993)
Known for
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Malcolm X 1992
The Detective 1968
Finian's Rainbow 1968
Castle Keep 1969
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 27
46 credits on file
Television 17
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of Long Day's Journey Into Night and Troilus and Cressida, and films, including My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, as well as television series The Mod Squad, Kojak, and Maude, and a long-running role on the soap opera One Life to Live.
