Bert Freed
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Bert Freed (November 3, 1919 — August 2, 1994) was a prolific American character actor, voice over actor, and the first actor to portray "Detective Columbo" on television.
Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Freed began acting while attending Penn State University, and made his Broadway debut in 1942. Following World War II Army service in the European Theatre, he appeared in the Broadway musical The Day Before Spring in 1945 and dozens of television shows between 1947 and 1985. His film debut occurred, oddly enough, in a musical Carnegie Hall (1947). A prominent role was as the villainous Ryker in the television series Shane, in which Freed added a unique touch of realism by beginning the show clean-shaven and growing a beard from one week to the next, never shaving again through the season.
Freed played Columbo in a live 1960 episode of the "Chevy Mystery Theatre" seven years before Peter Falk played the role. Thomas Mitchell also played the part on stage prior to Falk's version, which is probably where many of the eccentric Columbo traits originated; only a few were visible in Freed's straightforward interpretation, although the character as played by Freed is recognizably Columbo.
He appeared (sometimes more than once) in television shows such as The Rifleman, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley,The Virginian, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, Then Came Bronson, Run For Your Life, Get Smart, The Lucy Show, Hogan's Heroes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Perry Mason, Combat!, Petticoat Junction, The Outer Limits, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Route 66, Ironside, The Green Hornet, The Munsters, and many, many more. He directed one episode of T.H.E. Cat.
Freed appeared as a racist club owner in No Way Out (1950), a gangster in Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950), a Marine private in Halls of Montezuma (1951 film), an Army sergeant in Take the High Ground! (1953), the Police Chief in Invaders From Mars (1953), Sgt. Boulanger in Paths of Glory (1957), the hangman in Hang 'Em High (1968), Max's father in Wild in the Streets (1968), as Chief of Detectives in Madigan (1968), a homosexual prison guard in There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) and Bernard's father in Billy Jack (1971) in which he got "whumped" on the side of the face by Billy Jack's right foot "just for the hell of it."
He retired from acting in 1986, and died of a heart attack in Canada in 1994 while on a fishing trip with his son.
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Películas (54)
Are You My Mother?
1986 · Bert
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981 · Carlo
Skag
1980 · Bishop
Norma Rae
1979 · Sam Dakin
Barracuda
1978 · Jack
Till Death
1978 · Dr. Sawyer
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977 · Dr. Julius Korein
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1977 · Mayor John Randolph
Death Scream
1975 · Det. Ross
Incident at Vichy
1973 · Marchand, A Businessman
Evel Knievel
1971 · Doc Kincaid
Billy Jack
1971 · Mr. Stuart Posner
Breakout
1970 · Fletcher
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Skinner
The Andersonville Trial
1970 · Board of Military Judges
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Editor Carson
Wild in the Streets
1968 · Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
Hang 'em High
1968 · Schmidt
Madigan
1968 · Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
P.J.
1968 · Police Lieutenant
The Swinger
1966 · Police Captain
Nevada Smith
1966 · Quince
Fate Is the Hunter
1964 · Dillon
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · Sheriff
Shock Treatment
1964 · Frank Josephson
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Sheriff Buck Wheeler
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Ben Golden
The Subterraneans
1960 · Bartender
Why Must I Die
1960 · Adler
The Gazebo
1959 · Joe Jenkins
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958 · Sokolovsky
The Goddess
1958 · Lester Brackman
Paths of Glory
1957 · Sgt. Boulanger
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956 · Dayton Colonel
The Desperate Hours
1955 · Tom Winston
The Cobweb
1955 · Abe Irwin
The Strike
1954 · Chick
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 · Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
The Long, Long Trailer
1954 · Foreman
Take the High Ground!
1953 · Sgt. Vince Opperman
Invaders from Mars
1953 · AC Barrows
Tangier Incident
1953 · Kozad
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · American Soldier (uncredited)
The Atomic City
1952 · Emil Jablons
Detective Story
1951 · Det. Dakis
Red Mountain
1951 · Sgt. Randall
The Company She Keeps
1951 · Smitty
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Slattery
No Way Out
1950 · Rocky Miller (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
711 Ocean Drive
1950 · Steve Marshak (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
Key to the City
1950 · Emmy's Husband
Boomerang!
1947 · Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
Series (75)
Knight Rider
1982 · Anthony Solan
Darkroom
1981 · Charlie's Dad
The Fall Guy
1981
Vega$
1978
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Stambler
Bronk
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Capt. Akins
Paper Moon
1974
Lincoln
1974 · Edwin Stanton
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Det. Capt. Ben Wyatt
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Rookies
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Cannon
1971
The Partridge Family
1970 · Mr. Sharp
McCloud
1970 · Packy Keefe
The Mod Squad
1968
Lancer
1968
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967 · Telford Burris
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Leon Chandler, Gen. Brenner
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · Director
Shane
1966 · Rufe Ryker
The Green Hornet
1966 · Police Sgt. Bert Clark
Tarzan
1966
Get Smart
1965 · Badeff
The Loner
1965
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · Maj. Bernsdorf
The Big Valley
1965 · Judge Ben Coulter, Henry Marvin, Homer Roberts
Run for Your Life
1965 · Sheriff Parsons
The Munsters
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Detective Horton
Mr. Novak
1963 · Lorimer
The Outer Limits
1963 · Joe Hayden
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Dakotas
1963 · Lloyd Mitchell
Combat!
1962 · Sgt. Weber
The Lucy Show
1962 · Miller
The Virginian
1962 · Milo Henderson, Jason Ainsworth
Ben Casey
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Donald White, Director
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Dave Reed
Route 66
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Lt. Columbo
The Detectives
1959
Startime
1959 · Couver
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Michael Dannora
Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Benson
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Lieutenant
Laramie
1959 · Sgt. Abe Jordan
Riverboat
1959 · Kester
Johnny Staccato
1959
Tightrope
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Decoy
1957 · Lieutenant Rosenberg
Perry Mason
1957 · Ken Woodman, Harry Parker, Carl Holman, Joe Marshall
The Thin Man
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Capt. Harvey Ellison, Cooper
Gunsmoke
1955 · Al Clovis, Chris Thornton
The Millionaire
1955 · M / Sgt. Matthew Brogan
General Electric Theater
1953 · Mitch Green, Armstrong
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Pete Johnson
Studio One
1948 · Chick, Malone, Mike Jannis, Lt. Burke
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Al Rago