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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bert Freed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1919-11-03
- event Death Date 1994-08-02
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 10.2
- info Birth Place The Bronx, New York USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Bert Freed
8.3
Paths of Glory
1957-10-25
5.9
The Goddess
1958-06-24
8
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31
5.9
Billy Jack
1971-05-01
7
Detective Story
1951-11-01
6.2
Madigan
1968-03-29
6.8
Nevada Smith
1966-06-10
5.9
The Company She Keeps
1951-01-27
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
4.2
Barracuda
1978-10-16
5.9
Wild in the Streets
1968-05-29
5.8
Halls of Montezuma
1951-01-04
7.2
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950-07-07
7
The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05
6.2
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954-05-07
5.8
The Cobweb
1955-06-07
5.2
The Atomic City
1952-05-01
5
Why Must I Die
1960-06-01
6.5
Fate Is the Hunter
1964-11-08
5.2
P.J.
1968-03-27
6.1
Red Mountain
1951-11-01
4.9
Evel Knievel
1971-09-10
0
Skag
1980-01-06
7.1
Norma Rae
1979-03-02
5.2
Then Came Bronson
1969-03-24
4.8
The Subterraneans
1960-06-23
6.1
Key to the City
1950-02-02
6.9
The Gazebo
1960-01-15
6.3
Till Death
1978-02-01
5.9
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964-10-14
6.7
The Andersonville Trial
1970-05-17
0
The Plot to Kill Stalin
1958-09-25
6
Invaders from Mars
1953-04-22
8.2
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1977-09-26
5.9
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952-10-08
6.9
Boomerang!
1947-02-28
6.9
No Way Out
1950-08-16
0
Are You My Mother?
1986-03-05
0
Breakout
1970-08-12
6.9
Hang 'em High
1968-04-12
3.5
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1977-09-24
6.3
711 Ocean Drive
1950-07-01
7.5
The Strike
1954-06-07
6.1
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01
0
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981-07-12
5
Tangier Incident
1953-02-01
6.6
Death Scream
1975-09-26
0
Incident at Vichy
1973-12-06
5.8
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956-05-03
6.7
Shock Treatment
1964-07-22
5.7
Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
6.8
The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19
6.7
Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13
5.5
The Swinger
1966-11-13
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
7
The Rookies
1972-09-11
5
Bourbon Street Beat
1959-10-05
8
The Munsters
1964-09-24
7.6
Knight Rider
1982-09-26
6.4
Route 66
1960-10-07
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
6.6
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
6.5
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
5
Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
6.5
Cannon
1971-09-14
0
Lincoln
1974-09-06
5.6
Johnny Staccato
1959-09-10
7.9
Get Smart
1965-09-18
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
7.5
The Fall Guy
1981-11-04
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974-09-13
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
3.5
Target: The Corruptors!
1961-09-29
4.4
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06
7
Vega$
1978-09-20
7.2
Run for Your Life
1965-09-13
7.1
Police Story
1973-03-20
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
4.7
Lancer
1968-09-24
6.5
Peter Gunn
1958-09-22
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
7.6
The Thin Man
1957-09-20
5.2
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
6.1
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
5.7
The Loner
1965-09-18
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972-01-15
6.7
Tarzan
1966-09-08
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03
6.2
Decoy
1957-10-14
7
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
5.7
The Dakotas
1963-01-07
5.7
Ben Casey
1961-10-02
5.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08
6.5
Mr. Novak
1963-09-24
6.3
Riverboat
1959-09-13
6
Law of the Plainsman
1959-10-01
5.6
The Detectives
1959-10-16
5.5
Tightrope
1959-09-08
5.4
Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27
6
Shane
1966-09-10
6.3
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21
6.3
Paper Moon
1974-09-12
5.2
The Outsider
1968-09-18
7.1
The Green Hornet
1966-09-09
6.2
Bronk
1975-04-17
5.9
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959-09-29
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
1965-09-17
5.4
Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27
6.1
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
6.1
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963-09-16
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.1
The Lucy Show
1962-10-01
6
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960-05-29
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
6.9
Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28
