Bert Freed
Born in The Bronx, New York USA — Nov 03 1919• Died Aug 02 1994
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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, odd…
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Perry Mason
Ken Woodman
Mission: Impossible
Leon Chandler
Knight Rider
Anthony Solan
Ironside
Mannix
Charlie's Angels
Stambler
Get Smart
Combat!
Sgt. Weber
The Virginian
Milo Henderson
Hogan's Heroes
Maj. Bernsdorf
Petticoat Junction
Detective Horton
Studio One
Chick
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Donald White
The Rifleman
The Philco Television Playhouse
Al Rago
The High Chaparral
Telford Burris
Cannon
Ben Casey
The Outer Limits
Joe Hayden
Route 66
The Lucy Show
Miller
The Big Valley
Judge Ben Coulter
The Rookies
Barnaby Jones
Det. Capt. Ben Wyatt
McCloud
Packy Keefe
The Fall Guy
77 Sunset Strip
Vega$
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Capt. Harvey Ellison
The Munsters
Adventures in Paradise
Michael Dannora
Peter Gunn
Run for Your Life
Sheriff Parsons
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Mod Squad
The Partridge Family
Mr. Sharp
Gunsmoke
Al Clovis
The Streets of San Francisco
Tarzan
Lancer
Police Story
Tightrope
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Mr. Novak
Lorimer
Cain's Hundred
Dave Reed
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lieutenant
The Millionaire
M / Sgt. Matthew Brogan
Arrest and Trial
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Capt. Akins
The Detectives
Bronk
The Thin Man
The Loner
Riverboat
Kester
The Green Hornet
Police Sgt. Bert Clark
Decoy
Lieutenant Rosenberg
The Sixth Sense
The Outsider
The Chevy Mystery Show
Lt. Columbo
Johnny Staccato
Shane
Rufe Ryker
Target: The Corruptors!
The Dakotas
Paths of Glory
Sgt. Boulanger
Bourbon Street Beat
Law of the Plainsman
Benson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pete Johnson
Lincoln
Edwin Stanton
T.H.E. Cat
Directing
Hang 'em High
Schmidt
Paper Moon
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Ben Golden
General Electric Theater
Mitch Green
Detective Story
Det. Dakis
Death Scream
Det. Ross
The Cobweb
Abe Irwin
Nevada Smith
Quince
Norma Rae
Sam Dakin
No Way Out
Rocky Miller (uncredited)
Madigan
Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
Skag
Bishop
The Long, Long Trailer
Foreman
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
American Soldier (uncredited)
Key to the City
Emmy's Husband
The Gazebo
Lt. Jenkins
The Company She Keeps
Smitty
Take the High Ground!
Sgt. Vince Opperman
Boomerang!
Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
There Was a Crooked Man...
Skinner
Twilight of Honor
Sheriff Buck Wheeler
P.J.
Police Lieutenant
Wild in the Streets
Max Jacob Flatow, Sr.
Halls of Montezuma
Slattery
The Desperate Hours
Tom Winston
Evel Knievel
Doc Kincaid
Men of the Fighting Lady
Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
The Swinger
Police Captain
Barracuda
Jack
Red Mountain
Sgt. Randall
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Sheriff
Shock Treatment
Frank Josephson
The Goddess
Lester Brackman
Fate Is the Hunter
Dillon
711 Ocean Drive
Steve Marshak (uncredited)
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
Carlo
Invaders from Mars
Police Chief A.C. Barrows
Then Came Bronson
Editor Carson
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Sokolovsky
Billy Jack
Mr. Stuart Posner
Why Must I Die
Adler
The Atomic City
Emil Jablons
The Andersonville Trial
Board of Military Judges
Tangier Incident
Kozad
Breakout
Fletcher
The Subterraneans
Bartender
Incident at Vichy
Marchand, A Businessman
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Mayor John Randolph
The Strike
Chick
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
Dr. Julius Korein
Are You My Mother?
Bert
Till Death
Dr. Sawyer
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
Dayton Colonel