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Ed Hall is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live, played by Al Freeman Jr. Casting and reception. The role was originated and played by actor Al Freeman Jr. from January 1972 until 1987, with a brief interruption in 1975.
Al Freeman, Jr. was an actor and director who was the first African American to win a Daytime Emmy Award for acting. His most famous role was that of Police Captain Ed Hall in the soap opera One Life to Live (1968) , which brought him the Emmy in 1979.
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Al Freeman, Jr., who for 17 years played the role of Ed Hall on One Life to Live, has died. The actor made history as the first African-American to win the Lead Actor Daytime Emmy.
The former “One Life To Live” actor who played Captain Ed Hall from 1978 to 1988 passed away last Thursday August 9. Al Freeman Jr. was 78 years old. The Emmy Award winner took home the...
Actor: Malcolm X. Al Freeman, Jr. was an actor and director who was the first African American to win a Daytime Emmy Award for acting. His most famous role was that of Police Captain Ed Hall in the soap opera One Life to Live (1968), which brought him the Emmy in 1979.
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Aug 10, 2012 · Emmy-winning actor, director and screenwriter Al Freeman, Jr., who played Capt. Ed Hall on "One Life to Live" for more than a decade, and Elijah Muhammad in Spike Lee's 1992 film "Malcolm X,"...
He starred opposite Frank Sinatra in the 1968 Gordon Douglas film The Detective, before taking his most recognized acting role as police captain Ed Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from 1972 through 1987, with recurring appearances in 1988 and 2000.
