Sam Freed

Sam Freed was the youngest of six children of a traveling salesman father and a homemaker mother. He graduated from York Suburban Senior High School and began developing his acting skills at the York Little Theatre. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from Penn State in 1970. His first production at the university was Under Milk Wood. While he apprenticed with Festival Theatre, he first met Barrie Youngfellow, whom he would eventually marry. Freed was immediately hired after graduation by Jon Jory at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. After moving to New York City in January 1971, he performed in dinner and summer theatres and helped build theatrical scenery. Later that year, he joined The Proposition, an improvisational comedy revue which at the time also featured Jane Curtin. After guest appearances on numerous series, Freed made his TV-movie debut in Lady of the House (1978).