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Howard Freeman (I) (1899–1967)


With many years' experience on the stage, reliable character actor Howard Freeman entered the film industry in 1942. In a career lasting 23 years, the heavyset actor specialized in portraying oily businessmen, pompous government officials (as in The Snake Pit), gruff fathers or neighborhood busybodies, but often with a light comedic touch. See full bio »

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1965 The Rogues (TV series)
Orrin Banes
The Bartered MacBride (1965) … Orrin Banes
 
1964-1965 The Baileys of Balboa (TV series)
Langley
To Hawaii with Love (1965) … Langley
The Great Yacht Club Robbery (1964) … Langley
 
1965 Dear Brigitte
Dean Sawyer
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Frank Bell
I Wouldn't Start from Here (1963) … Frank Bell
 
1962-1963 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV series)
Extermination Sketch / Guest
Episode #1.25 (1963)
Episode #1.9 (1962) … Guest/Extermination Sketch
 
1962 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
Captain A. Burkholtz / Dr. Michaels - Psychiatrist / Mr. Parker
Occupancy, August 1st (1962) … Dr. Michaels - Psychiatrist
The Beast Who Walked the Bronx (1962) … Captain A. Burkholtz
Today I Am a Man (1962) … Mr. Parker (uncredited)
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Jared Leggett
Mr. George (1961) … Jared Leggett
 
1961 The Witness (TV series)
Ma Barker (1961)
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Pinkham
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1960) … Pinkham
 
1959 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
Mr. Morse
Fly Baby, Fly (1959) … Mr. Morse
 
1956 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Clyde Fortright
The Investigation (1956) … Clyde Fortright
 
1953 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Tweed
The Tiger's Tail (1953) … Tweed
 
1953 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
Deception (1953)
 
1953 Raiders of the Seven Seas
Mayor Pompaño
 
1953 Remains to Be Seen
Clark
 
1953 Horace Mann's Miracle (TV movie)
 
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
Aldrich
 
1952 The Turning Point
Fogel
 
1952 I Married Joan (TV series)
Career (1952)
 
1952 Scaramouche
Michael Vanneau
 
1951 Double Dynamite
R.B. Pulsifer Sr.
 
1951 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Never Be the Same (1951)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom
Governor
 
1951 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Junius Brutus
The Pink Hussar (1951)
Coriolanus (1951) … Junius Brutus
None But My Foe (1951)
 
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
The Happy Journey (1951)
Icebound (1951)
The Wisdom Tooth (1951)
 
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
The People You Meet (1951)
 
1950 Lights Out (TV series)
Gus
Jasper (1950) … Gus
 
1950 Perfect Strangers
Arthur Timkin
 
1949 Chicago Deadline
Hotspur Shaner
 
1949 Take One False Step
Dr. Markheim
 
1948 The Snake Pit
Dr. Curtis
 
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
Sam Griffin
 
1948 Cry of the City
Sullivan the Drunk (uncredited)
 
1948 Give My Regards to Broadway
Mr. Waldron
 
1948 Up in Central Park
Myron Schultz
 
1948 The Time of Your Life
Society Gentleman
 
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman
Herr Kastner
 
1948 Arthur Takes Over
Bert Bixby
 
1948 Summer Holiday
Mr. Peabody
 
1948 If You Knew Susie
Mr. Clinton
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
Hervey Plint
 
1947 Magic Town
Nickleby
 
1947 The Long Night
Sheriff Ned Meade
 
1947 That Way with Women
Dr. Harvey
 
1947 Cigarette Girl
B.J. Halstead
 
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
Magistrate (uncredited)
 
1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
Hector Damson
 
1947 California
Sen. Creel
 
1946 Cross My Heart
Wallace Brent
 
1946 Susie Steps Out
Mr. Starr
 
1946 Swell Guy
Botsworth (uncredited)
 
1946 The Killers
Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
 
1946 Night and Day
Max Fisher (uncredited)
 
1946 Inside Job
Mr. Winkle
 
1946 So Goes My Love
Willis
 
1946 The Blue Dahlia
Corelli
 
1946 House of Horrors
Hal Ormiston
 
1946 Abilene Town
Ed Balder
 
1945 Mexicana
Beagle
 
1945 This Love of Ours
Dr. Barnes
 
1945 That Night with You
Wilbur Weedy
 
1945 You Came Along
Drunk
 
1945 I'll Tell the World
Lester Westchester
 
1945 Where Do We Go from Here?
Kreiger
 
1945 A Song to Remember
Kalkbrenner
 
1944 Meet Miss Bobby Socks
Tom Tyler
 
1944 Carolina Blues
Tom Gordon
 
1944 Dancing in Manhattan
George Hartley
 
1944 The Unwritten Code
Mr. Norris
 
1944 An American Romance
Jarrett's Associate (uncredited)
 
1944 The Mark of the Whistler
M.K. Simmons (uncredited)
 
1944 Secret Command
Max Lessing
 
1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Mayor Williams (uncredited)
 
1944 Meet the People
Mr. George Peetwick
 
1944 Once Upon a Time
McKenzie (uncredited)
 
1944 Rationing
Cash Riddle
 
1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
Steve Conlon
 
1943 Lost Angel
Professor Richards
 
1943 Madame Curie
Prof. Constant (voice) (uncredited)
 
1943 Girl Crazy
Governor Tait
 
1943 Pilot #5
Governor Hank Durban
 
1943 Air Raid Wardens
J.P. Norton
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
Mr. Quill
 
1943 The Human Comedy
Reverend Holly (uncredited)
 
1943 Margin for Error
Otto Horst
 
1942 Inflation (short)
Radio Store Proprietor (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1965 Bad Girls Do Cry (producer)
 

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(1922). Stage Play: A Serpent's Tooth. Written by Arthur Richman. Directed by Robert Milton. Little Theatre: 24 Aug 1922- Sep 1922 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: W. Graham Browne (as "Morgan Trendell"), John Clements (as "A Caterer"), Howard Freeman (as "Bert... See more »
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