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Al Freeman Jr.
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American actor, director and acting teacher (1934-2012)
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It sits within the topics 1934 births, 2012 deaths and 20th-century African-American male actors.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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San 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…
Known for
- Down in the Delta — Earl Sinclair1998
- Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored — Poppa1996
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker — Old Johnson Whittaker1994
- Boy Meets Girl — Curtis1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street — Deputy Commissioner James Harris1993
- Malcolm X — Elijah Muhammad1992
- Law & Order — Reverend Thayer1990
- Law & Order — Stan Wallace1990
- Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice — Narrator (voice)1989
- Seven Hours to Judgment — Danny Larwin1988
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Freeman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Antonio
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- teacher
- Employer
- Howard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Al Freeman, Jr. 1975.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- date of birth
- 1934-03-21
- date of death
- 2012-08-09
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