Morgan Freeman The Electric Company Cast

From episode 26 1971.

Morgan freeman the electric company cast.

He is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice and has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles. Morgan freeman born june 1 1937 is an american actor director and narrator. After it ceased production in 1977 the program continued in reruns until october. Before he was driving miss daisy helping andy bust out of shawshank or making gadgets for batman morgan freeman starred in the the electric company from 1971 1977.

He was of course badass. Freeman is the recipient of various accolades including an academy award a golden globe award and a screen actors guild award. Pbs broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from october 25 1971 to april 15 1977. Born in memphis tennessee freeman was raised in.

The electric company is an american educational children s television series created by paul dooley and produced by the children s television workshop now called sesame workshop for pbs in the united states. 25 1971 until it was canceled in 1977 freeman starred on the electric company a sketch comedy program on pbs that helped kids with their reading and grammar skills.