Howard Freeman

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Howard Freeman Schoppe (born November 9, 1895 or 1899 in Ravenna , Ohio , † December 11, 1967 in New York City , New York ) was an American actor .

life and career

Howard Freeman began his career as a theater actor and made his debut in 1922 in the play A Serpent's Tooth alongside Leslie Howard on Broadway . In total, the character actor was to participate in over 20 Broadway productions by 1963. The slightly overweight actor with bald head was considered versatile, he played both villain roles and comical characters in the course of his long career. He did not enter the film business until 1942 with a small role as host in the short film Inflation at the side of Edward Arnold .

He had one of his early roles as Heinrich Himmler in the anti-Nazi propaganda film Hitler's Madman directed by Douglas Sirk . Otherwise he often played small-town characters such as the local banker, businessman or mayor. He played such diverse supporting roles as a dubious renter in the film noir The Blue Dahlia (1946) with Alan Ladd , a self-important doctor in the psychiatric drama The Snake Pit (1948) opposite Olivia de Havilland , and Joan Fontaine's Austrian stepfather in the Stefan-Zweig film version of Letter from a Stranger (1948). After a busy decade in Hollywood, he turned back to the theater after 1953 and also to television, where he took on several guest roles. Freeman played one of his last roles in the 1965 James Stewart comedy Beloved Brigitte , directed by Henry Koster .

Howard Freeman, whose exact year of birth is controversial, died in New York City in December 1967. He was married to Ruth Dibble for the second time since 1939, and he had one child from a previous marriage to Adele Packard Vaughan.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Broadway League: Howard Freeman - Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Howard Freeman, 65, Is Dead; A Character Actor Since 1919 . ( nytimes.com [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  3. ^ Bob Herzberg: The Third Reich on Screen, 1929–2015 . McFarland, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4766-2697-0 ( google.de [accessed June 19, 2018]).
  4. ^ Howard Freeman | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Freeman, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freeman Schoppe, Howard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1895 or 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravenna , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1967
Place of death New York City , New York