Howard Freeman
Howard Freeman was an American actor of the early 20th century, and film and television actor of the 1940s through the 1960s.
Biography
Freeman was born in Helena, Montana, and began working as a stage actor in his 20s. He did not enter the film industry until he was over 40, in 1942, when he played a small uncredited role in Inflation. Despite his late start in film acting, Freeman would build himself a fairly substantial career in that field that would last over twenty three years. From 1943 onward he worked on a regular basis, sometimes in uncredited roles, but more often than not in small but credited bit or supporting parts. He appeared in ten films in 1943, and another eighteen from 1944 through 1945. In 1946 Freeman would appear in twelve films, the most notable of which was his first film of that year, Abilene Town, starring Randolph Scott and Lloyd Bridges, and California, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland.
From 1947 through 1950 Freeman appeared in twenty films, and in 1951 he began appearing on numerous television series, which would be his main acting roles for the remainder of his career, lasting into 1965. He appeared in three episodes of Studio One, along with many other TV series, including Car 54, Where Are You? and Route 66. He retired from film and television acting in 1965, and settled into retirement in New York City, where he was living at the time of his death on December 11, 1967.
Broadway roles
The Star-Wagon as ApfelKnickerbocker Holiday as SchermerhornThe Unconquered as Karp MorozovLiliom as policeman and as the richly dressed man
Selected filmography
Margin for Error as Otto HorstThe Human Comedy as Reverend Holly Slightly Dangerous as Mr. QuillAir Raid Wardens as J. P. NortonHitler's Madman as Heinrich HimmlerPilot #5 as Governor Hank DurbanGirl Crazy as Governor TaitWhistling in Brooklyn as Steve ConlonMadame Curie as Prof. Constant Lost Angel as Professor RichardsRationing as Cash RiddleOnce Upon a Time as McKenzie Meet the People as Mr. George PeetwickMr. Winkle Goes to War as Mayor Williams Secret Command as Max LessingThe Mark of the Whistler as M. K. Simmons An American Romance as Jarrett's Associate The Unwritten Code as Mr. NorrisDancing in Manhattan as George HartleyCarolina Blues as Tom GordonMeet Miss Bobby Socks as Tom TylerA Song to Remember as KalkbrennerWhere Do We Go from Here? as KreigerI'll Tell the World as Lester WestchesterYou Came Along as DrunkThat Night with You as Wilbur Weedy This Love of Ours as Dr. BarnesMexicana as BeagleAbilene Town as Ed BalderHouse of Horrors as Hal OrmistonThe Blue Dahlia as CorelliSo Goes My Love as WillisInside Job as Mr. WinkleNight and Day as Max Fisher The Killers as Brentwood Police Chief Monsieur Beaucaire as King Philip IISwell Guy as Botsworth Susie Steps Out as Mr. StarrCross My Heart as Wallace BrentCalifornia as Sen. CreelThe Perfect Marriage as Peter HaggertyMy Brother Talks to Horses as Hector DamsonEasy Come, Easy Go as Magistrate Cigarette Girl as B. J. HalsteadThat Way with Women as Dr. HarveyThe Long Night as Sheriff Ned MeadeMagic Town as NicklebyCass Timberlane as Hervey PlintIf You Knew Susie as Mr. ClintonSummer Holiday as Mr. PeabodyArthur Takes Over as Bert BixbyLetter from an Unknown Woman as Herr KastnerUp in Central Park as Myron SchultzThe Time of Your Life as Society GentlemanGive My Regards to Broadway as Mr. WaldronCry of the City as Sullivan the Drunk The Girl from Manhattan as Sam GriffinThe Snake Pit as Dr. CurtisTake One False Step as Dr. MarkheimChicago Deadline as Hotspur ShanerPerfect Strangers as Arthur TimkinHere Comes the Groom as GovernorDouble Dynamite as R. B. Pulsifer Sr.Scaramouche as Michael VanneauThe Turning Point as FogelMillion Dollar Mermaid as AldrichRemains to Be Seen as ClarkRaiders of the Seven Seas as Mayor PompañoDear Brigitte as Dean Sawyer