Morgan Freeman attended LACC after serving four years in the US Air Force in the early 1960s. While pursuing his education, he worked as a transcript clerk and took acting lessons at the Pasadena Playhouse. His Broadway career began in the 1968 all-black version of Hello, Dolly! His first film credit was for the 1971 movie Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow? In the mid-1980s, Freeman began taking larger roles in mainstream films. He quickly became known as someone who played wise, fatherly characters. Freeman now has acting credit for over 50 films.