Sam Freed

Sam Freed (born August 29, 1948) is an American actor who has performed on Broadway and television and in movies. His first major regular role on television was as Bob Barsky in the last three seasons of Kate & Allie. In the short-lived series Ferris Bueller, he played Bill Bueller, the father of the title character. He also portrayed James C. Whiting III, the executive editor of The Baltimore Sun, in the fifth and final season of The Wire. He is married to actress Barrie Youngfellow, who co-starred in the 1980s ABC-TV/syndicated sitcom series It's a Living.

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 (now known as Pennsylvania Centre Stage), he first met Barrie Youngfellow, whom he would eventually marry.