Birthday
1919/11/03
Day of death
1994/08/02 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York USA
Also know as
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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 televisi...Read more
(1957) Paths of Glory
as Sgt. Boulanger
(1958) The Goddess
as Lester Brackman
(1962) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Ben Golden
(1971) Billy Jack
as Mr. Stuart Posner
(1951) Detective Story
as Det. Dakis
(1968) Madigan
as Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
(1966) Nevada Smith
as Quince
(1951) The Company She Keeps
as Smitty (plainclothesman)
(1970) There Was a Crooked Man...
as Skinner
(1978) Barracuda
as Jack
(1968) Wild in the Streets
as Max Jacob Flatow Sr.
(1951) Halls of Montezuma
as Slattery
(1950) Where the Sidewalk Ends
as Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
(1955) The Desperate Hours
as Tom Winston
(1954) Men of the Fighting Lady
as Lt. (jg) Andrew Szymanski
(1955) The Cobweb
as Abe Irwin
(1952) The Atomic City
as Emil Jablons
(1960) Why Must I Die
as Adler
(1964) Fate Is the Hunter
as Dillon
(1968) P.J.
as Police Lieutenant
(1951) Red Mountain
as Sgt. Randall
(1971) Evel Knievel
as Doc Kincaid
(1980) Skag
as Bishop
(1979) Norma Rae
as Sam Dakin
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as Editor Carson
(1960) The Subterraneans
as Bartender
(1950) Key to the City
as Emmy's Husband
(1960) The Gazebo
as Lt. Jenkins
(1978) Till Death
as Dr. Sawyer
(1964) Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Sheriff
(1970) The Andersonville Trial
as Board of Military Judges
(1958) The Plot to Kill Stalin
as Sokolovsky
(1953) Invaders from Mars
as Police Chief A.C. Barrows
(1977) In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
as Dr. Julius Korein
(1952) The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as American Soldier (uncredited)
(1947) Boomerang!
as Herron, a Man in Alley Mob
(1950) No Way Out
as Rocky Miller (uncredited)
(1986) Are You My Mother?
as Bert
(1970) Breakout
as Fletcher
(1968) Hang 'em High
as Schmidt
(1977) Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
as Mayor John Randolph
(1950) 711 Ocean Drive
as Steve Marshak (uncredited)
(1954) The Strike
as Chick
(1950) Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Dutch (Third New York Henchman)
(1981) Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
as Carlo
(1953) Tangier Incident
as Kozad
(1975) Death Scream
as Det. Ross
(1973) Incident at Vichy
as Marchand, A Businessman
(1956) Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
as Dayton Colonel
(1964) Shock Treatment
as Frank Josephson
(1953) Take the High Ground!
as Sgt. Vince Opperman
(1954) The Long, Long Trailer
as Foreman
(1963) Twilight of Honor
as Sheriff Buck Wheeler
(1966) The Swinger
as Police Captain
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Dave Reed
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1964) The Munsters
as ---
(1982) Knight Rider
as Anthony Solan
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Detective Horton
(1976) Charlie's Angels
as Stambler
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Al Clovis
(1957) Perry Mason
as Ken Woodman
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Chick
(1962) Combat!
as Sgt. Weber
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mitch Green
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Leon Chandler
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1974) Lincoln
as Edwin Stanton
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1965) Get Smart
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Pete Johnson
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1981) The Fall Guy
as ---
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Capt. Akins
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Capt. Harvey Ellison
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Sheriff Parsons
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Telford Burris
(1955) The Millionaire
as M / Sgt. Matthew Brogan
(1962) The Virginian
as Milo Henderson
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1957) The Thin Man
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Judge Ben Coulter
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Michael Dannora
(1965) The Loner
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Al Rago
(1957) Decoy
as Lieutenant Rosenberg
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Lorimer
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Benson
(1959) Riverboat
as Kester
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Donald White
(1966) Shane
as Rufe Ryker
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lieutenant
(1974) Paper Moon
as ---
(1968) The Outsider
as ---
(1966) The Green Hornet
as Police Sgt. Bert Clark
(1975) Bronk
as ---
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as ---
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Maj. Bernsdorf
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Director
(1965) The Big Valley
as Henry Marvin
(1965) The Big Valley
as Homer Roberts
(1962) The Virginian
as Jason Ainsworth
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Chris Thornton
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Joe Hayden
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Armstrong
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Miller
(1960) The Chevy Mystery Show
as Lt. Columbo
(1957) Perry Mason
as Harry Parker
(1957) Perry Mason
as Carl Holman
(1957) Perry Mason
as Joe Marshall
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Cooper
(1948) Studio One
as Malone
(1948) Studio One
as Mike Jannis
(1948) Studio One
as Lt. Burke
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Gen. Brenner
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Det. Capt. Ben Wyatt