What is Al Freeman Jr.?
{{Infobox person | name = Al Freeman, Jr. | image = Al Freeman, Jr. 1975.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Freeman in 1975 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|3|21}} | birth_place = [[San Antonio, Texas]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293272/bio|title=Al Freeman Jr.|website=IMDb}}</ref> | birthname = Albert Cornelius Freeman, Jr. | death_date = {{dda|2012|8|9|1934|3|21}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | yearsactive = 1958&ndash;2004 | homepage = | notable_works = '''Ed Hall''' in ''One Life to Live''<br>'''[[Malcolm X]]''' in ''[[Roots: The Next Generations]]''<br>'''[[Elijah Muhammad]]''' in ''Malcolm X''<br>'''Deputy Commissioner James Harris''' in ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' | spouse = Sevara Clemon (1960&ndash;2012) | awards = '''[[Emmy Award]]''' }} '''Albert Cornelius Freeman, Jr.''' (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and director. ==Career== Freeman has made appearances in many movies, such as ''My Sweet Charlie'', ''Finian's Rainbow'', and ''Malcolm X'', and television series such as ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''Hot L. Baltimore'', and ''The Edge of Night''. He is mostly recognized for his portrayal of Police Captain Ed Hall on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]], ''One Life to Live'', a role he played from 1972 through 1987, with recurring roles in 1988 and 2000. He won a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for that role in 1979, the first actor from the show as well as the first African American actor to earn the award. He was also a director of ''One Life to Live'', and was one of the first African Americans to direct a soap opera. After leaving ''One Life to Live'', Freeman appeared in the motion picture ''Down in the Delta''. His [[Broadway theatre]] credits include ''Look to the Lilies'', ''Blues for Mister