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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. ==Life and career== Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Freed began acting while attending Penn State University, and made his Broadway debut in 1942. Following World War II Army service in the European Theatre, he appeared in the Broadway musical ''The Day Before Spring'' in 1945 and dozens of television shows between 1947 and 1985. His film debut occurred, oddly enough, in a musical ''Carnegie Hall'' (1947). A prominent role was as the villainous Ryker in the television series ''Shane'', in which Freed added a unique touch of realism by beginning the show clean-shaven and growing a beard from one week to the next, never shaving again through the season. Freed played Columbo in a live 1960 episode of the "Chevy Mystery Theatre" seven years before Peter Falk played the role. He made four guest appearances on ''Perry Mason'', including the role of Ken Woodman in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee," and murder victim Joe Marshall in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Ruinous Road." He made 16 appearances as Rufe Ryker in the TV series ''Shane'' in 1966. He appeared (sometimes more than once) in many other television shows such as ''The Rifleman'', ''Bonanza'', ''High Chaparral'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''The Big Valley'', ''The Virginian'', ''Mannix'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Then Came Bronson'', ''Run For Your Life'', ''Get Smart'', ''The Lucy Show'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Combat!'', ''Petticoat Junction'', ''The Outer Limits'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Route 66'', ''Ironside'', ''The Green Hornet'', ''The Munsters'',''The Untouchables'', and many others. He directed one episode of ''T.H.E. Cat''. Freed appeared as a racist club owner in ''No Way Out'' (1950), a Marine private in ''Halls of Montezuma'' (1951), the Police Chief in ''Invaders From Mars'' (1953), Sgt. Boulanger in ''Paths of Glory'' (1957), the hangman in ''Hang 'Em High'' (1968), Max's father in ''Wild in the Streets'' (1968), as Chief of Detectives in ''Madigan'' (1968), a homosexual prison guard in ''There Was a Crooked Man...'' (1970) and Bernard's father in ''Billy Jack'' (1971) in which he got "whumped" on the side of the face by Billy Jack's right foot "just for the hell of it." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bert Freed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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