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Al Freeman, Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor and director. Freeman made appearances in many films, such as My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, and television series such as The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Edge of Night. He is mostly recognized for his portrayal of Police Captain Ed Hall on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played from 1972 through 1985, with recurring roles in 1988 and 2000. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for that role, the first African-American actor to be so honored. He left the show briefly to appear in the network's controversial sitcom Hot L Baltimore. During that period, "Ed" was played by another actor, Arthur Pendleton. He was also a director of One Life to Live, and was one of the first, if not the first, African-Americans to direct a soap opera. After leaving One Life to Live, Freeman appeared in the motion picture Down in the Delta. His Broadway theatre credits include Look to the Lilies, Blues for Mister Charlie, and Medea. His portrayal of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in the motion picture Malcolm X earned him the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Coincidently, he had previously played Malcolm X in the 1979 miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations. Freeman also taught acting as a professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Freeman, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Down in the Delta
as Earl Sinclair

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Poppa

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Old Johnson Whittaker

Homicide: Life on the Street
as Deputy Commissioner James Harris

Boy Meets Girl
as Curtis

Malcolm X
as Elijah Muhammad

Law & Order
as Reverend Thayer

Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
as Narrator (voice)

Seven Hours to Judgment
as Danny Larwin

Perry Mason Returns
as Lt. Cooper

The Cosby Show
as Coach Ernie Scott

Roots: The Next Generations
as Malcolm X

King
as Damon Lockwood

Hot l Baltimore

Kojak
as Donald Mosher

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

A Fable
as The Leader

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

My Sweet Charlie
as Charles Roberts

Castle Keep
as Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin

The Lost Man
as Dennis Lawrence

Finian's Rainbow
as Howard

The Mod Squad

One Life to Live
as Capt. Ed Hall

The Detective
as Robbie Loughlin

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
as Self

Judd, for the Defense

Dutchman
as Clay

For Pete's Sake
as Harvey

The F.B.I.
as Alan Harmon

Ensign Pulver
as Taru

The Troublemaker
as Intern

Black Like Me
as Thomas Newcomb

The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host

The Defenders
as Charlton White

Sniper's Ridge
as Medic Gwathney

This Rebel Breed
as Satchel

Adventures in Paradise
as Para

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Taxi Man

Torpedo Run
as Sam Baker

The Broken Mask
as George

The Millionaire
as Houseboy