Bert Freed: Bert Freed. Actor: Paths of Glory. During the '50s and '60s it seemed like every time you turned around, there was Bert Freed as a detective, gangster, sheriff or greedy small-town businessman, and sci-fi fans will remember him as the police chief taken over by the Martians in the classic Invaders from Mars (1953). He played a lot of tough cops--sometimes crooked ones, sometimes racist ones, sometimes violent ones, sometimes...
Known For: Paths of Glory (Sgt. Boulanger), Hang 'Em High (Schmidt), Billy Jack (Mr. Stuart Posner), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Ben Golden)