Al Freeman, Jr.
Al Freeman, Jr. ( born March 21, 1934 in San Antonio, Texas as Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr.; † 9 August 2012) was an American actor and director.
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Career
Freeman has appeared in such films as My Sweet Charlie, Finian 's Rainbow and Malcolm X and had appearances in TV series such as The Cosby Show, Law & Order, Homicide and The Edge of Night.
His most famous role was that of the police officer Ed Hall in the ABC soap opera called One Life to Live. He played this role from 1972 to 1985 and dipped 1988-2000 there again in different roles. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for best actor in a television series. Freeman was the first African American to receive this award.
In the controversial series Hot L Baltimore, he appeared occasionally. He turned One Life to Live and was the first African American staged a soap opera.
After One Life to Live Freeman played with in the Delta Down in the film. In Broadway, he starred in Look to the Lilies, Blues for Mister Charlie and Medea. For his role of the Nation -of -Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in the movie Malcolm X, he won the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1979, he had in the series Roots: The Next Generations represented Malcolm X.
He was most recently Professor of Dramatic Arts at Howard University in Washington, DC.