Eddie Albert
Born: 1906-04-22
Place of Birth: Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Biography
Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical Oklahoma!, and the corrupt prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television situation comedy Green Acres and as Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.
Known For
Roman Holiday
Brenda Starr
The Lorax
Dreamscape
Beloved Infidel
Head Office
McQ
The Take
The Longest Day
Brother Rat
The Border
Rat Pack
The Act
Yes, Giorgio
The Longest Yard
7 Women
Turnaround
Madison Avenue
Beyond Witch Mountain
Four Mothers
Carrie
Hustle
Stitches
Bombardier
Operation Teahouse
Ladies' Day
Foolin' Around
Rendezvous with Annie
The Borrowers
The Big Picture
The Perfect Marriage
Captain Newman, M.D.
Trumbo
Eagle Squadron
Oklahoma!
The Joker is Wild
Escape to Witch Mountain
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Musical Comedy Tonight III
The Concorde... Airport '79
You Gotta Stay Happy
Miracle of the White Stallions
Mercy or Murder?
La Classe américaine
The Heartbreak Kid
Actors and Sin
The Devil's Rain
Evening in Byzantium
The Gun Runners
The Sun Also Rises
Attack
Switch
In Like Flynn
Four Wives
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Roots of Heaven
Brother Rat and a Baby
On Your Toes
The Young Doctors
You're in the Navy Now
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
The Fuller Brush Girl
Every Girl Should Be Married
Our Mr. Sun
Breakdowns of 1941
The Barefoot Executive
The Great Mr. Nobody
The Crash of Flight 401
Moving Violation
A Connecticut Yankee
Time Out of Mind
Strange Voyage
Whiffs
Yesterday
The Wagons Roll at Night
1984
Fireball Forward
The Mouse on the Mayflower
The Two Little Bears
The Demon Murder Case
Rooster
Take This Job and Shove It
Who's Got the Action?
My Love Came Back
Trouble in High Timber Country
The Dude Goes West
The Party's Over
Return to Green Acres
Out of the Fog
See the Man Run
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
The Girl Rush
Hit Parade of 1947
Disneyland '59
A Dispatch from Reuters
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Promise Him Anything
Meet Me After the Show
Orders to Kill
Birch Interval
The Spiral Staircase
An Angel from Texas
Lady Bodyguard
Burning Rage
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
Thieves Fall Out
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
