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Bert Freed (November 3, 1919 – August 2, 1994) was an American character actor, voice-over actor, and the first actor to portray Detective Columbo.
Bert Freed. During the '50s and '60s it seemed like every time you turned around, there was Bert Freed as a detective, gangster, sheriff or greedy small-town businessman, and sci-fi fans will remember him as the police chief taken over by the Martians in the classic Invaders from Mars (1953).
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- The Bronx, New York, USA
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- Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
First actor to play the role of Lt. Columbo, in a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Show (1960), eight years before Peter Falk became famous in the part.
- November 3, 1919
- August 2, 1994
Bert Freed (November 3, 1919 — August 2, 1994) was a prolific American character actor, voice over actor, and the first actor to portray "Detective Columbo" on television. Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Freed began acting while attending Penn State University, and made his Broadway debut in 1942.
Aug 5, 1994 · Bert Freed, a character actor who appeared in "Detective Story," "Wild in the Streets," "Billy Jack" and about 75 other films, died on Tuesday while on vacation in West Sechelt,...
Aug 5, 1994 · Bert Freed, veteran character actor for five decades and longtime officer of the Screen Actors Guild, has died. He was 74. Freed died of heart failure late Tuesday while vacationing near...
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Feb 17, 2018 · The honour of first portraying Columbo went to Bert Freed, who took up the mantle in the aforementioned live-to-air murder mystery Enough Rope, which aired on 31 July 1960 as part of the Chevy Mystery Show drama anthology. Anyone remember this?
