Al Freeman Jr.

Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of Long Day's Journey Into Night and Troilus and Cressida. His acting credits include the movies My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, as well as television series The Mod Squad, Maude, Kojak and Homicide: Life on the Street, and a long-running role on the soap opera One Life to Live.