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Bert Freed‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Bert Freed

The Bronx, New York USA

Bert Freed

The Bronx, New York USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1919-11-03

Popularity

star4.4

Biography

​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.

Movie Credits

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory‌
star8.3
calendar 1957

The Goddess

The Goddess‌
star5.9
calendar 1958

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?‌
star7.9
calendar 1962

Billy Jack

Billy Jack‌
star5.9
calendar 1971

Detective Story

Detective Story‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Madigan

Madigan‌
star6.1
calendar 1968

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith‌
star6.8
calendar 1966

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...‌
star6.8
calendar 1970

Barracuda

Barracuda‌
star4.1
calendar 1978

Wild in the Streets

Wild in the Streets‌
star5.9
calendar 1968

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

Men of the Fighting Lady

Men of the Fighting Lady‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

The Cobweb

The Cobweb‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Atomic City

The Atomic City‌
star5.2
calendar 1952

Why Must I Die

Why Must I Die‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter‌
star6.4
calendar 1964

P.J.

P.J.‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

Red Mountain

Red Mountain‌
star6.1
calendar 1951

Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel‌
star4.9
calendar 1971

Skag

Skag‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Norma Rae

Norma Rae‌
star7.1
calendar 1979

Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson‌
star5.2
calendar 1969

The Subterraneans

The Subterraneans‌
star4.8
calendar 1960

Key to the City

Key to the City‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

The Gazebo

The Gazebo‌
star6.9
calendar 1960

Till Death

Till Death‌
star6.3
calendar 1978

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Invitation to a Gunfighter‌
star5.9
calendar 1964

The Andersonville Trial

The Andersonville Trial‌
star6.7
calendar 1970

The Plot to Kill Stalin

The Plot to Kill Stalin‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan‌
star8.2
calendar 1977

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

Boomerang!

Boomerang!‌
star6.9
calendar 1947

No Way Out

No Way Out‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother?‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Breakout

Breakout‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply

Love and the Midnight Auto Supply‌
star3.5
calendar 1977

711 Ocean Drive

711 Ocean Drive‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

The Strike

The Strike‌
star7.5
calendar 1954

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Tangier Incident

Tangier Incident‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Death Scream

Death Scream‌
star6.6
calendar 1975

Incident at Vichy

Incident at Vichy‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment‌
star6.7
calendar 1964

Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground!‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer‌
star6.8
calendar 1954

Twilight of Honor

Twilight of Honor‌
star6.7
calendar 1963

The Swinger

The Swinger‌
star5.4
calendar 1966

Tv Credits

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Cain's Hundred

Cain's Hundred‌
star4.7
calendar 1961

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

The Munsters

The Munsters‌
star8.0
calendar 1964

Knight Rider

Knight Rider‌
star7.5
calendar 1982

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Combat!

Combat!‌
star7.6
calendar 1962

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Lincoln

Lincoln‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Johnny Staccato

Johnny Staccato‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Get Smart

Get Smart‌
star7.9
calendar 1965

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy‌
star7.5
calendar 1981

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker‌
star7.6
calendar 1974

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!‌
star3.5
calendar 1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Lancer

Lancer‌
star4.7
calendar 1968

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

McCloud

McCloud‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

The Thin Man

The Thin Man‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The Big Valley

The Big Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Loner

The Loner‌
star5.7
calendar 1965

Tarzan

Tarzan‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Decoy

Decoy‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett‌
star5.7
calendar 1967

Mr. Novak

Mr. Novak‌
star6.5
calendar 1963

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

The Detectives

The Detectives‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

Shane

Shane‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Paper Moon

Paper Moon‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

The Outsider

The Outsider‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet‌
star7.2
calendar 1966

Bronk

Bronk‌
star6.2
calendar 1975

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

The Big Valley

The Big Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

The Big Valley

The Big Valley‌
star6.0
calendar 1965

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

The Chevy Mystery Show

The Chevy Mystery Show‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star5.6
calendar 1948

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1973