Howard Freeman

Howard Freeman (December 9, 1899 – December 11, 1967) 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 (1937) as Apfel
Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) as Schermerhorn
The Unconquered (1940) as Karp Morozov
Liliom (1940) (revival) as policeman and as the richly dressed man
Selected filmography
Margin for Error (1943) as Otto Horst
The Human Comedy (1943) as Reverend Holly (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Mr. Quill
Air Raid Wardens (1943) as J. P. Norton
Hitler's Madman (1943) as Heinrich Himmler
Pilot #5 (1943) as Governor Hank Durban
Girl Crazy (1943) as Governor Tait
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) as Steve Conlon
Madame Curie (1943) as Prof. Constant (voice, uncredited)
Lost Angel (1943) as Professor Richards
Rationing (1944) as Cash Riddle
Once Upon a Time (1944) as McKenzie (uncredited)
Meet the People (1944) as Mr. George Peetwick
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) as Mayor Williams (uncredited)
Secret Command (1944) as Max Lessing
The Mark of the Whistler (1944) as M. K. Simmons (uncredited)
An American Romance (1944) as Jarrett's Associate (uncredited)
The Unwritten Code (1944) as Mr. Norris
Dancing in Manhattan (1944) as George Hartley
Carolina Blues (1944) as Tom Gordon
Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944) as Tom Tyler
A Song to Remember (1945) as Kalkbrenner
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) as Kreiger
I'll Tell the World (1945) as Lester Westchester
You Came Along (1945) as Drunk
That Night with You (1945) as Wilbur Weedy
This Love of Ours (1945) as Dr. Barnes
Mexicana (1945) as Beagle
Abilene Town (1946) as Ed Balder
House of Horrors (1946) as Hal Ormiston
The Blue Dahlia (1946) as Corelli
So Goes My Love (1946) as Willis
Inside Job (1946) as Mr. Winkle
Night and Day (1946) as Max Fisher (uncredited)
The Killers (1946) as Brentwood Police Chief (uncredited)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) as King Philip II
Swell Guy (1946) as Botsworth (uncredited)
Susie Steps Out (1946) as Mr. Starr
Cross My Heart (1946) as Wallace Brent
California (1947) as Sen. Creel
The Perfect Marriage (1947) as Peter Haggerty
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) as Hector Damson
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) as Magistrate (uncredited)
Cigarette Girl (1947) as B. J. Halstead
That Way with Women (1947) as Dr. Harvey
The Long Night (1947) as Sheriff Ned Meade
Magic Town (1947) as Nickleby
Cass Timberlane (1947) as Hervey Plint
If You Knew Susie (1948) as Mr. Clinton
Summer Holiday (1948) as Mr. Peabody
Arthur Takes Over (1948) as Bert Bixby
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) as Herr Kastner
Up in Central Park (1948) as Myron Schultz
The Time of Your Life (1948) as Society Gentleman
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948) as Mr. Waldron
Cry of the City (1948) as Sullivan the Drunk (uncredited)
The Girl from Manhattan (1948) as Sam Griffin
The Snake Pit (1948) as Dr. Curtis
Take One False Step (1949) as Dr. Markheim
Chicago Deadline (1949) as Hotspur Shaner
Perfect Strangers (1950) as Arthur Timkin
Here Comes the Groom (1951) as Governor
Double Dynamite (1951) as R. B. Pulsifer Sr.
Scaramouche (1952) as Michael Vanneau
The Turning Point (1952) as Fogel
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) as Aldrich
Remains to Be Seen (1953) as Clark
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) as Mayor Pompaño
Dear Brigitte (1965) as Dean Sawyer
External links
1899 births
1967 deaths
American male film actors
American male stage actors
People from Helena, Montana
20th-century American male actors