Actor
Bert Freed
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 televisi ...

Known For
Acting
1986 -- Are You My Mother? | Bert
1981 -- Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Carlo
1980 -- Skag | Bishop
1979 -- Norma Rae | Sam Dakin
1978 -- Barracuda | Jack
1978 -- Till Death | Dr. Sawyer
1977 -- In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | Dr. Julius Korein
1977 -- Love and the Midnight Auto Supply | Mayor John Randolph
1975 -- Death Scream | Det. Ross
1973 -- Incident at Vichy | Marchand, A Businessman
1971 -- Evel Knievel | Doc Kincaid
1971 -- Billy Jack | Mr. Stuart Posner
1970 -- Breakout | Fletcher
1970 -- There Was a Crooked Man... | Skinner
1970 -- The Andersonville Trial | Board of Military Judges
1969 -- Then Came Bronson | Editor Carson
1968 -- Wild in the Streets | Max Jacob Flatow Sr.
1968 -- Hang 'em High | Schmidt
1968 -- Madigan | Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
1968 -- P.J. | Police Lieutenant
1966 -- The Swinger | Police Captain
1966 -- Nevada Smith | Quince
1964 -- Fate Is the Hunter | Dillon
1964 -- Invitation to a Gunfighter | Sheriff
1964 -- Shock Treatment | Frank Josephson
1963 -- Twilight of Honor | Sheriff Buck Wheeler
1962 -- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Ben Golden
1960 -- The Subterraneans | Bartender
1960 -- Why Must I Die | Adler
1960 -- The Gazebo | Lt. Jenkins
1958 -- The Plot to Kill Stalin | Sokolovsky
1958 -- The Goddess | Lester Brackman
1957 -- Paths of Glory | Sgt. Boulanger
1956 -- Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers | Dayton Colonel
1955 -- The Desperate Hours | Tom Winston
1955 -- The Cobweb | Abe Irwin
1954 -- The Strike | Chick
1954 -- Men of the Fighting Lady | Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
1954 -- The Long, Long Trailer | Foreman
1953 -- Take the High Ground! | Sgt. Vince Opperman
1953 -- Invaders from Mars | Police Chief A.C. Barrows
1953 -- Tangier Incident | Kozad
1952 -- The Snows of Kilimanjaro | American Soldier (uncredited)
1952 -- The Atomic City | Emil Jablons
1951 -- Red Mountain | Sgt. Randall
1951 -- Detective Story | Det. Dakis
1951 -- The Company She Keeps | Smitty (plainclothesman)
1951 -- Halls of Montezuma | Slattery
1950 -- No Way Out | Rocky Miller - Beaver Canal Resident (uncredited)
1950 -- Where the Sidewalk Ends | Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
1950 -- 711 Ocean Drive | Steve Marshak (uncredited)
1950 -- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
1950 -- Key to the City | Emmy's Husband
1947 -- Boomerang! | Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
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