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23 Photos. Al Freeman, Jr. was an actor and director who was the first African American to win a Daytime Emmy Award for acting. His most famous role was that of Police Captain Ed Hall in the soap opera One Life to Live (1968), which brought him the Emmy in 1979.
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- San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor, director, and educator.
Al Freeman, Jr. was an actor and director who was the first African American to win a Daytime Emmy Award for acting. His most famous role was that of Police Captain Ed Hall in the soap opera One Life to Live (1968), which brought him the Emmy in 1979.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- August 9, 2012
- March 21, 1931
Aug 15, 2012 · Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was born on March 21, 1934, in San Antonio. After his parents, Albert and Lottie, divorced, he recalled, he spent much of his childhood shuttling between San...
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Sevara Clemon and Al Freeman Jr. were married for 52 years before Al Freeman Jr. died aged 78. About. American Actor Al Freeman Jr. was born Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. on 21st March, 1934 in San Antonio, Texas, USA and passed away on 10th Aug 2012 Washington, D.C., USA aged 78. He is most remembered for One Life to Live.
On January 8, 1960, Freeman married Sevara E. Clemon; they later divorced. Most of Freeman's roles during the period "were as an angry young militant." For Freeman, acting in such roles demonstrated his commitment to the civil rights struggle and to the values in which he believed.
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Al Freeman, Jr., M.Ed. (born Albert Cornelius Freeman, Jr. on March 21, 1934, in San Antonio, Texas) is an African-American actor and director. Freeman has 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 ...
