Bert Freed (November 3, 1919 - August 2, 1994) was an American character actor best known for Paths of Glory (1957), Hang 'Em High (1968), and Billy Jack (1971).
He was married to Nancy Lee and they had two children and one stepchild.
Freed died in 1994 at the age of 74 from a heart attack.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1947: Boomerang as Man in Mob Behind Courthouse (Uncredited Role)
- 1947: Carnegie Hall as Moving Man (Uncredited)
- 1949: Twelve O'Clock High as Officer Standing at Bar (uncredited)
- 1950: Key To The City as Emmy's Husband
- 1950: Black Hand as Prosecutor
- 1950: Man And Pa Kettle Go To Town as Dutch
- 1950: Seven Eleven Ocean Drive as Steve Marshak (uncredited)
- 1950: Where the Sidewalk Ends as Det. Paul Klein
- 1950: No Way Out as Rocky Miller (uncredited)
- 1951: Halls Of Montezuma as Slattery
- 1951: The Company She Keeps as Smitty
- 1951: Red Mountain as Sgt. Randall
- 1951: Detective Story as Det. Dakis
- 1952: Anything Can Happen as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- 1952: The Atomic City as Emil Jablons
- 1952: The Snows Of Kilimanjaro as American Soldier (uncredited)
- 1953: Tangier Incident as Kozad
- 1953: Invaders from Mars as Police Chief A.C. Barrows (uncredited)
- 1953: Take The High Ground as Sgt. Vince Opperman
- 1954: The Long, Long Trailer as Foreman
- 1954: Men Of The Fighting Lady as Lt. (Jg.) Andrew Szymanski
- 1955: The Cobweb as Abe Irwin
- 1955: The Desperate Hours as Tom Winston
- 1955: Unidentified Flying Objects The True Story Of Flying Saucers as Dayton Colonel
- 1957: Paths of Glory as Sgt. Boulanger
- 1958: The Goddess as Lester Brackman
- 1959: The Gazebo as Lt. Joe Jenkins
- 1960: The Subterraneans as Bartender
- 1960: Why Must I Die as Adler
- 1962: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Ben Golden
- 1963: Twilight Of Honor as Sheriff Buck Wheeler
- 1964: Shock Treatment as Frank Josephson
- 1964: Fate Is the Hunter as Dillon
- 1964: Invitation to a Gunfighter as Sheriff
- 1966: Nevada Smith as Quince
- 1966: The Swinger as Police Captain
- 1967: Sail To Glory as Horace Greeley
- 1968: PJ as Police Lieutenant
- 1968: Madigan as Chief of Detectives Hap Lynch
- 1968: Hang 'Em High as Schmidt
- 1968: Wild in the Streets as Max Jacob Flatow Sr.
- 1968: A Punt A Pass And A Prayer as Pete Johnson
- 1970: The Andersonville Trial as The Board of Military Judges
- 1970: There Was a Crooked Man... as Skinner
- 1970: Breakout as Fletcher
- 1971: Billy Jack as Mr. Stuart Posner
- 1971: Evel Knievel as Doc Kincaid
- 1973: Incident At Vichy as Marchand
- 1975: Death Scream as Det. Ross
- 1977: In The Matter Of Karen Ann Quinlan as Dr. Julius Korein
- 1977: Love And The Midnight Auto Supply as Mayor John Randolph
- 1978: Till Death as Dr. Sawyer
- 1978: Barracuda as Papa Jack
- 1979: Norma Rae as Sam Dakin
- 1981: Charlie And The Great Balloon Chase as Carlo
Television Roles
- 1949: The Ford Theatre Hour as Teddy Brewster
- 1950: Star Over Hollywood as Grady Everett
- 1954-1955: Studio One as Lt. Burke/Mike Jannis/Henry Kaplan/Chick (5 episodes)
- 1955: The Philco Television Playhouse as Al Rago
- 1955: The United States Steel Hour as Christie/Farrell/Sears (3 episodes)
- 1955: Producers Showcase as Soldier
- 1955-1959: Armstrong Circle Theatre as Frank Ryan/Janos/John Papas (4 episodes)
- 1956: The Alcoa Hour as Manager
- 1956: The Kaiser Aluminum Hour as Mr. Crandall
- 1956: The Goldbergs as Mr. Ackerson
- 1957: The Phil Silvers Show as 2nd Detective
- 1958: Decoy as Lt. Rosenberg
- 1958: True Story as Meyers
- 1958: Playhouse 90 as Blick/Sokolovsky (2 episodes)
- 1958: Rendezvous as Watchman
- 1959: Steve Canyon as Capt. Dunn
- 1959: The Thin Man as Charley Healy
- 1959: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Mallory
- 1959: Laramie as Sgt. Abe Jordan
- 1959: Tightrope as Dutch Reese
- 1959: Riverboat as Kester
- 1959: The Millionaire as M/Sgt. Matthew Brogan
- 1959: Law Of The Plainsman as Benson
- 1959: US Marshal as Gallardo
- 1959-1960: Johnny Staccato as Police Sgt. Joe Gillen (3 episodes)
- 1959-1961: The Rifleman as Ben Crown/Oat Jackford (2 episodes)
- 1959-1965: Gunsmoke as Chris Thornton/Al Clovis (2 episodes)
- 1960: The Detectives as Joe
- 1960: M Squad as Police Lt. Shannon
- 1960: The Untouchables as Gus Caserta
- 1960: Startime as Couver
- 1960: Markham as Angelo Adamic
- 1960: Bourbon Street Beat as Big Tom Lanza
- 1960: The Chevy Mystery Show as Police Lt. Columbo
- 1960: 77 Sunset Strip as Emory Blaine
- 1960: Peter Gunn as Matt Poliska
- 1960: The Du Pont Show With Jane Allyson as Lieutenant
- 1960-1961: General Electric Theater as Armstrong/Mitch Green (2 episodes)
- 1960-1961: Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Cooper/Capt. Harvey Ellison (2 episodes)
- 1960-1964: Perry Mason as Joe Marshall/Carl Holman/Harry Parker/Kenneth L. Woodman (4 episodes)
- 1960-1968: Bonanza as Broom/Solomon Belcher (2 episodes)
- 1961: The Witness as George Weinberg
- 1961: Dante as Det. Sgt. Rickard
- 1961: The Danny Thomas Show as Mr. Eddie Riley
- 1961: Outlaws as Big Walter
- 1961: King Of Diamonds as Andre Goulet/Bert (2 episodes)
- 1961-1962: The Dick Powell Theatre as "Henderson'/Joe Vista/Paul Sanger (3 episodes)
- 1962: Adventures In Paradise as Michael Dannora
- 1962: Cains Hundred as Dave Reed
- 1962: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Coach Prendergast
- 1962-1965: Dr. Kildare as Director/Dr. Donald White (2 episodes)
- 1963: Wide Country as Gov. Leroy Martin
- 1963: The Defenders (1961) as The Warden
- 1963: The Dakotas as Lloyd Mitchell
- 1963-1964: Ben Casey as Edward Benton/Det. Bradley (2 episodes)
- 1963-1971: The Virginian as Col. Harmon/Jason Ainsworth/Milo Henderson (3 episodes)
- 1964: Arrest And Trial as Sgt. Gregson
- 1964: Route 66 as Capt. West
- 1964: The Outer Limits as Joe Hayden
- 1964: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as Mr. S
- 1964: Mr Novak as Lorimer
- 1964: The Doctors And The Nurses as Det. Sgt. Sam Crowell
- 1964: Slatterys People as Brack
- 1964: Karen as Mr. Francis
- 1965: Petticoat Junction as Det. Horton
- 1965: The Munsters as Mr. Dennison
- 1965: Combat as Sgt. Weber
- 1965: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Halden/Dr. Ullman (2 episodes)
- 1965: The Loner as Sheriff Charlie Ross
- 1966: Hogan's Heroes as Maj. Bernsdorf
- 1966: The Lucy Show as Miller
- 1966: Get Smart as Badeff
- 1966: A Man Called Shennandoah as Sheriff Orin Wade
- 1966: Shane as Rufe Ryker
- 1966-1968: The Big Valley as Rance Kendell/Homer Roberts/Henry Marvin/Judge Ben Coulter (4 episodes)
- 1967: Iron Horse as Breed Pembrooke
- 1967: The Green Hornet as Police Sgt. Bert Clark
- 1967: Vacation Playhouse as Mr. Walker
- 1967: Ironside as Sgt. Cable/Det. Vince Keeley (2 episodes)
- 1967: Tarzan as Bonacci
- 1967-1971: Insight as Judge/Galvin (2 episodes)
- 1968: Run For Your Life as Sheriff Parsons
- 1968: The Guns Of Will Sonnett as Frank Stover
- 1969: The Outsider as Elkins
- 1969: The High Chaparral as Telford Burris
- 1969: The Name Of The Game as Warden
- 1969: Then Came Bronson as Editor Carson
- 1969: Lancer as Toby Jencks
- 1969: Mannix as R. Eberhard
- 1969-1972: Mission: Impossible as Leon Chandler/Gen. Brenner (2 episodes)
- 1970: The Mod Squad as Paul Laker
- 1971: The Smith Family as Tom Weaver
- 1971: Lassie as Zane Maddox
- 1971: Longstreet as Lt. Ryder
- 1971: Getting Together as Police Commissioner
- 1972: The Sixth Sense as Prof. Calvin Blake
- 1972-1976: Cannon as Gen. Beardsley/Lt. Asher (2 episodes)
- 1972: The Partridge Family as Mr. Sharp
- 1973-1978: Barnaby Jones as Edward V. Emery/Det. Capt. Ben Wyatt (2 episodes)
- 1974: Shaft as Fire Investigator
- 1974: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Judge
- 1974: Police Story as Burt Cohen
- 1974: McCloud as Packy Keefe
- 1975: Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Capt. Akins
- 1975: McMillan & Wife as Edgar Winfield
- 1975: The Rookies as Capt. Milt Hirshman
- 1975-1976: Lincoln as Sec. Edwin Stanton (2 episodes)
- 1976: Bronk as Trent
- 1976: Serpico as Jack Powell
- 1976-1977: The Streets of San Francisco as Mr. Jenks/Morry (2 episodes)
- 1978: How The West Was Won as Hank Jimson
- 1978: Charlie's Angels as Stambler
- 1979: Salvage 1 as Sam Bishop
- 1980: Vegas as Tony Regosi
- 1980: Skag as Bishop
- 1981: Darkroom as Mr. Miller
- 1982: Strike Force as Sully
- 1982: One Day at a Time as Dr. Tishman
- 1983: Knight Rider as Anthony Solan
- 1985: Riptide as Jessup Taylor
- 1986: ABC Afterschool Specials as Bert
Director
- 1967: THE Cat