Al Jr. Freeman
Al Jr. Freeman
The son of African American stage actor Al Freeman (1884-1956), Al Freeman Jr. made his film debut in 1960's The Rebel Breed. In 1967, Freeman co-starred with Shirley Knight in the film version of Leroi Jones' off-Broadway play Dutchman, earning excellent notices for his portrayal of a black subway passenger victimized by a crazed white woman. Three years later, he co-starred with Patty Duke in the landmark TV movie My Sweet Charlie (1970), playing a volatile New York City lawyer stranded in a jerkwater Texas town with a white unwed mother (Duke). Freeman is best known to daytime-drama fans for his lengthy stint as Lt. Ed Hall on One Life to Live a role that won him an Emmy in 1978. Freeman wrote the screenplay for director Ivan Dixon's Countdown at Kusini (1976), and directed the 1971 feature A Fable. More recently, Al Freeman Jr. portrayed Elijah Muhammed in Spike Lee's Malcolm X (1992) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Al Jr. Freeman:
- Dutchman with Shirley Knight
- Roots: The Next Generations with Georg Stanford Brown , Olivia DeHavilland , Henry Fonda , Paul Koslo , Lynne Moody , Richard Thomas , Roger E. Mosley , Irene Cara , Ruby Dee , Dorian Harewood , Beah Richards , Paul Winfield , Debbie Allen , Marlon Brando , James Earl Jones , Barbara Barrie , James Broderick , Diahann Carroll , Bernie Casey , Michael Constantine , Robert Culp , James Daly , Norman Fell , Pam Grier , Andy Griffith , Kene Holliday , Claudia McNeil , Dina Merrill , Gerald S. O'Loughlin , Brock Peters , Logan Ramsey , Howard E. Jr. Rollins , Johnny Sekka , George Voskovec , Ossie Davis , John Rubinstein
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