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Al Freeman Jr.

Actor / Screenwriter / Film Director / Teacher | * 03/21/1934 († 78, 09/09/2012) | San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) 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, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, as well as television series and soap operas, such as One Life to Live, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Edge of Night. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | TV Movies

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A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nati ...

Malcolm X

PG-13

1992 | 3.8/5 | 3h 22min
Drama, History
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During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans. ...

Castle Keep

R

1969 | 2.9/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Drama, War
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One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and on the internet as a web series on Hulu and i ...

One Life to Live

TV-PG

1968 | 3.6/5 | 1h per episode
Soap / Telenovela, Drama
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Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdal ...

Roots: The Next Generations

Certification unknown

1979 | 3.7/5 | 1h 36min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Al Freeman Jr. as Actor(24)

as Earl Sinclair1998 Down in the Delta
as Poppa1996 Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Old Johnson Whittaker1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Elijah Muhammad1992 Malcolm X
as Narrator (voice)1989 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
as Danny Larwin1988 Seven Hours to Judgment
as Lt. Cooper1985 Perry Mason Returns
1972 To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as The Leader1971 A Fable
1970 The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
as Charles Roberts1970 My Sweet Charlie
as Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin1969 Castle Keep
as Dennis Lawrence1969 The Lost Man
as Robbie Loughlin1968 The Detective
as Howard1968 Finian's Rainbow
as himself1968 The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Clay1967 Dutchman
as Harvey1966 For Pete's Sake
as Thomas Newcomb1964 Black Like Me
as Intern1964 The Troublemaker
as Taru1964 Ensign Pulver
as Medic Gwathney1961 Sniper's Ridge
as Satchel1960 This Rebel Breed
1958 Torpedo Run

TV Shows/Series with Al Freeman Jr. as Actor(17)

as Deputy Commissioner James Harris1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as Reverend Thayer1990 Law & Order
as Stan Wallace1990 Law & Order
1984 The Cosby Show
1979 Roots: The Next Generations
as Malcolm X1979 Roots: The Next Generations
as Damon Lockwood1978 King
1975 Hot l Baltimore
as Donald Mosher1973 Kojak
1968 The Mod Squad
as Capt. Ed Hall1968 One Life to Live
1967 Judd for the Defense
as Alan Harmon1965 The F.B.I.
as Charlton White1961 The Defenders
as Taxi Man1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Para1959 Adventures in Paradise
as Houseboy1955 The Millionaire

Movies with Al Freeman Jr. as Crew(2)

Writing/Screenplay1976 Countdown at Kusini
Directing/Director1971 A Fable

Full Name: Al Freeman
Born: Wednesday, 03/21 1934 (March) in San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 09/09 2012 (September) in Washington, D.C. (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: Howard University
Other names for Al Freeman Jr. (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Al Freeman"
"Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr."
"Albert C. Freeman Jr."
"Al Freeman junior"
Al Freeman Jr. frequently works together with these people:
Dabbs Greer (12x, Actor)
Murray Hamilton (12x, Actor)
Val Avery (12x, Actor)
Simon Oakland (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Robert Duvall (10x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (10x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (10x, Actor)
Fritz Weaver (10x, Actor)
J.D. Cannon (10x, Actor)
Scott Marlowe (10x, Actor)
Spike Lee (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:310023, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024