BERT FREED BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Bert Freed was born on November 3rd, 1919 in The Bronx, New York with the birth name Bertram Freed. He is most remembered from his role in the sci-fi film, "Invaders from Mars" (1953).
He was raised in New York City and after graduating from high school, he enrolled at Penn State University. It was during his college years that he first developed an interest in acting.
In 1942 he debuted in his first Broadway production and after gaining a couple more years experience as a stage actor in such plays as, "The Day Before Spring", he broke into the film industry in 1947 appearing on, "Carnegie Hall".
As his career progressed, Freed appeared in a number of successful films such as, "Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town" (1950) Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Douglas Kennedy, Rex Lease, James Westerfield, Charles McGraw, Elliott Lewis, Jim Backus, Hal March and Meg Randall, "No Way Out" (1950) starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Stanley Ridges, Harry Bellaver and Sidney Poitier, "Halls of Montezuma" (1951) starring alongside Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner, Richard Boone, Skip Homeier, Jack Webb, Martin Milner, Philip Ahn, Neville Brand and Karl Malden, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1952) starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Torin Thatcher, Emmett Smith, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio and Susan Hayward, "Invaders from Mars" (1953) co-starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Barbara Billingsley, Robert Shayne, Max Wagner, Milburn Stone, Morris Ankrum and Arthur Franz, "Paths of Glory" (1957) starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Timothy Carey, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Peter Capell and Wayne Morris, "Hang 'Em High" (1968) starring Clint Eastwood, Pat Hingle, Ed Begley, Inger Stevens, Bob Steele, Bruce Dern, Ned Romero, Russell Thorson, L. Q. Jones, Arlene Golanka, James MacArthur, Dennis Hopper, Charles McGraw, James Westerfield, Ben Johnson and Alan Hale Jr., "Wild in the Streets" (1968) starring Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook, Diane Varsi, Richard Pryor, Barry Williams, Bobby Sherman, Melvin Belli, Dick Clark, Pamela Mason, Army Archerd, Walter Winchell, Millie Perkins, Ed Begley and Shelley Winters, "Madigan" (1968) starring Richard Widmark, Inger Stevens, James Whitmore, Don Stroud, Susan Clark, Steve Ihnat, Harry Guardino, Michael Dunn and Henry Fonda, "There Was a Crooked Man…" (1970) co-starring Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Warren Oates, Hume Cronyn, Burgess Meredith, Alan Hale Jr., Victor French, John Randolph, Michael Blodgett, Arthur O'Connell and Gene Evans and "Evel Knievel" (1971) starring George Hamilton, Sue Lyon, Ron Masak, Rod Cameron and Dub Taylor.
Along with working as a film actor, Bert Freed also made quite a name for himself on television. Some of his more popular appearances included, "Riverboat", "Sheriff of Cochise", "Make Room for Daddy", "The Rifleman", "The Green Hornet", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Tightrope", "Laramie", "Columbo", "The Lucy Show", "Shane", "Gunsmoke", "The Big Valley", "Get Smart", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Combat!", "Petticoat Junction", "The Outer Limits", "Ben Casey", "Perry Mason", "Route 66", "Ironside" and "The Munsters" among many others.
In 1981 he chose to retire from the industry and remained married to his only wife, Nancy lee Wurzberger whom he wed in 1956 and had two children with. Bert Freed passed away on August 2nd, 1994 in British Columbia, Canada from a heart attack while on a fishing trip with his son.
Filmography
1986 ABC Afterschool Specials
1985 Riptide
1982-1984 The Fall Guy
1983 Knight Rider
1982 One Day at a Time
1981 Darkroom
1981 Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1980 Skag
1980 Vega$
1979 Salvage 1
1979 Norma Rae
1973-1978 Barnaby Jones
1978 Barracuda
1978 Charlie's Angels
1978 Till Death
1978 How the West Was Won
1977 Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
1977 In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan
1976-1977 The Streets of San Francisco
1976 Serpico
1976 Bronk
1972-1976 Cannon
1975 The Rookies
1975 McMillan & Wife
1975 Death Scream
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974-1975 Lincoln
1974 McCloud
1974 Paper Moon
1974 Police Story
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1973 Incident at Vichy
1972 The Partridge Family
1969-1972 Mission: Impossible
1972 The Sixth Sense
1971 Longstreet
1971 Evel Knievel
1971 Billy Jack
1971 The Smith Family
1963-1971 The Virginian
1965-1971 Insight
1970 Breakout
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 The Andersonville Trial
1970 The Mod Squad
1969 Mannix
1969 Lancer
1969 Then Came Bronson
1969 The Name of the Game
1969 The High Chaparral
1969 The Outsider
1966-1968 The Big Valley
1968 A Punt, a Pass, and a Prayer
1968 Hang 'Em High
1968 Wild in the Streets
1968 Madigan
1960-1968 Bonanza
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968 P.J.
1968 Run for Your Life
1967 Tarzan
1967 Ironside
1967 Vacation Playhouse
1967 The Green Hornet
1967 Iron Horse
1967 Sail to Glory
1966 Shane
1966 The Swinger
1966 Nevada Smith
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah
1966 Get Smart
1966 The Lucy Show
1966 Hogan's Heroes
1965 The Loner
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1959-1965 Gunsmoke
1962-1965 Dr. Kildare
1965 Combat!
1965 The Munsters
1965 Petticoat Junction
1960-1964 Perry Mason
1964 Karen
1964 Fate Is the Hunter
1964 Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses
1964 Mr. Novak
1964 Shock Treatment
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964 The Outer Limits
1964 Route 66
1963-1964 Ben Casey
1964 Arrest and Trial
1963 Twilight of Honor
1963 The Dakotas
1963 The Defenders
1963 The Wide Country
1962 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1961-1962 The Dick Powell Theatre
1962 Cain's Hundred
1962 Adventures in Paradise
1961 King of Diamonds
1961 Target: The Corruptors
1961 The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1961 Make Room for Daddy
1959-1961 The Rifleman
1961 Dante
1960-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1960-1961 G.E. True Theater
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960 The Witness
1960 Peter Gunn
1960 77 Sunset Strip
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 Why Must I Die?
1960 Bourbon Street Beat
1960 The Subterraneans
1960 Markham
1960 Outlaws
1960 Startime
1960 The Untouchables
1960 M Squad
1960 The Detectives
1959-1960 Johnny Staccato
1959 Law of the Plainsman
1959 The Gazebo
1959 The Millionaire
1959 Riverboat
1959 Tightrope
1959 Laramie
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959 The Thin Man
1959 Steve Canyon
1959 U.S. Marshal
1958 Decoy
1958 Playhouse 90
1958 The Goddess
1958 True Story
1958 Rendezvous
1957 The Phil Silvers Show
1957 Sheriff of Cochise
1957 Paths of Glory
1955-1957 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956 The Alcoa Hour
1956 Kraft Theatre
1956 Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1954-1956 Studio One in Hollywood
1955 Producers' Showcase
1955 The United States Steel Hour
1955 The Desperate Hours
1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1955 The Cobweb
1954 Goodyear Playhouse
1954 Center Stage
1954 Men of the Fighting Lady
1953 The Long, Long Trailer
1953 Take the High Ground!
1953 Invaders from Mars
1953 Tangier Incident
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 The Atomic City
1952 Anything Can Happen
1951 Red Mountain
1951 Gruen Guild Theater
1951 Detective Story
1951 The Company She Keeps
1950 Halls of Montezuma
1950 No Way Out
1950 711 Ocean Drive
1950 Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 Black Hand
1950 Key to the City
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour
1947 Boomerang!
