Bert Freed
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1919, The Bronx, New York USA
- Died
- August 2, 1994
- Movies
- 54
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 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 |
| 1959 | The Gazebo | Joe 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 | Detective Story | Det. Dakis |
| 1951 | Red Mountain | Sgt. Randall |
| 1951 | The Company She Keeps | Smitty |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Slattery |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Rocky Miller (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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