Biography

With many years' experience on the stage, reliable character actor Howard Freeman entered the film industry in 1942. In a career lasting 23 years, the heavyset actor specialized in portraying oily businessmen, pompous government officials (as in The Snake Pit (1948)), gruff fathers or neighborhood busybodies, but often with a light comedic touch.

Actor

The Rogues(1964)as Orrin Banes

The Baileys of Balboa(1964)as Langley

Dear Brigitte(1965)as Dean Sawyer

Route 66(1960)as Frank Bell

Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine(1962)

Producer

Bad Girls Do Cry(1965)

Self

Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine(1962)as Self

Known for

House of Horrors1946 · Actor The Snake Pit1948 · Actor Scaramouche1952 · Actor The Blue Dahlia1946 · Actor

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Barbara Stanwyck, Don Beddoe, George Coulouris, and Howard Freeman in California (1947)

Stanley Andrews, Don Beddoe, George Coulouris, Barry Fitzgerald, and Howard Freeman in California (1947)

Don Beddoe, George Coulouris, Howard Freeman, and Gavin Muir in California (1947)

Howard Freeman in Once Upon a Time (1944)

Howard Freeman in Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Credit Score: Howard Freeman

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The Snake Pit

Dr. Curtis

Sat Nov 13 1948

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	The Snake Pit	7.50	1948	•	7.5	1	6	9131
2	Scaramouche	3.75	1952	•	7.5	0	0	6839
3	The Blue Dahlia	3.75	1946	•	7.1	0	1	10422
4	Hitler's Madman	3.25	1943	•	6.5	0	0	968
5	The Time of Your Life	2.50	1948	•	6.2	0	0	1442
6	Monsieur Beaucaire	2.50	1946	•	6.7	0	0	814
7	House of Horrors	2.50	1946	•	6.1	0	0	1498
8	Air Raid Wardens	2.50	1943	•	6.1	0	0	1295
9	Double Dynamite	2.38	1951	•	5.9	0	0	1466
10	Summer Holiday	2.38	1948	•	5.7	0	0	699