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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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Filmography (Movies)
Are You My Mother?
Character:Bert
Release Date:05/03/1986
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
Character:Carlo
Release Date:12/07/1981
Skag
Character:Bishop
Release Date:06/01/1980
Norma Rae
Character:Sam Dakin
Release Date:02/03/1979
Barracuda
Character:Jack
Release Date:16/10/1978
Till Death
Character:Dr. Sawyer
Release Date:01/02/1978
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Character:Dr. Julius Korein
Release Date:26/09/1977
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Character:Mayor John Randolph
Release Date:24/09/1977
Death Scream
Character:Det. Ross
Release Date:26/09/1975
Incident at Vichy
Character:Marchand, A Businessman
Release Date:06/12/1973
Evel Knievel
Character:Doc Kincaid
Release Date:10/09/1971
Billy Jack
Character:Mr. Stuart Posner
Release Date:01/05/1971
Breakout
Character:Fletcher
Release Date:08/12/1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Character:Skinner
Release Date:18/09/1970
The Andersonville Trial
Character:Board of Military Judges
Release Date:17/05/1970
Then Came Bronson
Character:Editor Carson
Release Date:24/03/1969
Wild in the Streets
Character:Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
Release Date:29/05/1968
Hang 'em High
Character:Schmidt
Release Date:12/04/1968
Madigan
Character:Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
Release Date:29/03/1968
P.J.
Character:Police Lieutenant
Release Date:27/03/1968
The Swinger
Character:Police Captain
Release Date:13/11/1966
Nevada Smith
Character:Quince
Release Date:10/06/1966
Fate Is the Hunter
Character:Dillon
Release Date:16/10/1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:14/10/1964
Shock Treatment
Character:Frank Josephson
Release Date:22/07/1964
Twilight of Honor
Character:Sheriff Buck Wheeler
Release Date:13/11/1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Character:Ben Golden
Release Date:31/10/1962
The Subterraneans
Character:Bartender
Release Date:23/06/1960
Why Must I Die
Character:Adler
Release Date:01/06/1960
The Gazebo
Character:Lt. Jenkins
Release Date:15/01/1960
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Character:Sokolovsky
Release Date:25/09/1958
The Goddess
Character:Lester Brackman
Release Date:24/06/1958
Paths of Glory
Character:Sgt. Boulanger
Release Date:25/10/1957
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
Character:Dayton Colonel
Release Date:03/05/1956
The Desperate Hours
Character:Tom Winston
Release Date:05/10/1955
The Cobweb
Character:Abe Irwin
Release Date:07/06/1955
The Strike
Character:Chick
Release Date:07/06/1954
Men of the Fighting Lady
Character:Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
Release Date:07/05/1954
The Long, Long Trailer
Character:Foreman
Release Date:19/02/1954
Take the High Ground!
Character:Sgt. Vince Opperman
Release Date:30/10/1953
Invaders from Mars
Character:Police Chief A.C. Barrows
Release Date:09/04/1953
Tangier Incident
Character:Kozad
Release Date:01/02/1953
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Character:American Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:17/09/1952
The Atomic City
Character:Emil Jablons
Release Date:01/05/1952
Red Mountain
Character:Sgt. Randall
Release Date:01/11/1951
Detective Story
Character:Det. Dakis
Release Date:24/10/1951
The Company She Keeps
Character:Smitty
Release Date:06/01/1951
Halls of Montezuma
Character:Slattery
Release Date:04/01/1951
No Way Out
Character:Rocky Miller (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1950
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Character:Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
Release Date:07/07/1950
711 Ocean Drive
Character:Steve Marshak (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character:Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
Release Date:01/04/1950
Key to the City
Character:Emmy's Husband
Release Date:02/02/1950
Boomerang!
Character:Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
Release Date:28/02/1947
Television Appearances
Knight Rider
Character:Anthony Solan
The Fall Guy
Character:
Vega$
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Charlie's Angels
Character:Stambler
Bronk
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:Capt. Akins
Paper Moon
Character:
Lincoln
Character:Edwin Stanton
Police Story
Character:
Barnaby Jones
Character:Det. Capt. Ben Wyatt
The Streets of San Francisco
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The Rookies
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The Sixth Sense
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Cannon
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The Partridge Family
Character:Mr. Sharp
McCloud
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The Mod Squad
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Lancer
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The Outsider
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Mannix
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The High Chaparral
Character:Telford Burris
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:
Ironside
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Mission: Impossible
Character:Leon Chandler
Mission: Impossible
Character:Gen. Brenner
Shane
Character:Rufe Ryker
The Green Hornet
Character:Police Sgt. Bert Clark
Tarzan
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Get Smart
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The Loner
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Hogan's Heroes
Character:Maj. Bernsdorf
The Big Valley
Character:Judge Ben Coulter
The Big Valley
Character:Henry Marvin
The Big Valley
Character:Homer Roberts
Run for Your Life
Character:Sheriff Parsons
The Munsters
Character:
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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Petticoat Junction
Character:Detective Horton
Mr. Novak
Character:Lorimer
The Outer Limits
Character:Joe Hayden
Arrest and Trial
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The Dakotas
Character:
Combat!
Character:Sgt. Weber
The Lucy Show
Character:Miller
The Virginian
Character:Milo Henderson
The Virginian
Character:Jason Ainsworth
Ben Casey
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Target: The Corruptors!
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Dr. Kildare
Character:Dr. Donald White
Dr. Kildare
Character:Director
Cain's Hundred
Character:Dave Reed
Route 66
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The Chevy Mystery Show
Character:Lt. Columbo
The Detectives
Character:
Bourbon Street Beat
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Adventures in Paradise
Character:Michael Dannora
Law of the Plainsman
Character:Benson
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Lieutenant
Riverboat
Character:Kester
Johnny Staccato
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Tightrope
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77 Sunset Strip
Character:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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The Rifleman
Character:
Peter Gunn
Character:
Decoy
Character:Lieutenant Rosenberg
Perry Mason
Character:Ken Woodman
Perry Mason
Character:Harry Parker
Perry Mason
Character:Carl Holman
Perry Mason
Character:Joe Marshall
The Thin Man
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Capt. Harvey Ellison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Cooper
Gunsmoke
Character:Al Clovis
Gunsmoke
Character:Chris Thornton
The Millionaire
Character:M / Sgt. Matthew Brogan
General Electric Theater
Character:Mitch Green
General Electric Theater
Character:Armstrong
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Pete Johnson
Studio One
Character:Chick
Studio One
Character:Malone
Studio One
Character:Mike Jannis
Studio One
Character:Lt. Burke
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Al Rago
The Philco Television Playhouse
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