Eddie Albert
Acting
- Born:
- 1906-04-22
- Died:
- 2005-05-26
- 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
Filmography
Rat Pack
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Restoring Roman Holiday
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Television: The First Fifty Years
The Barefoot Executive
Spider-Man
La Classe américaine
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
Okavango
The Golden Palace
The Girl From Mars
Return to Green Acres
The Big Picture
Brenda Starr
War and Remembrance
thirtysomething
Turnaround
Mercy or Murder?
Dress Gray
Musical Comedy Tonight III
The Twilight Zone
Stitches
In Like Flynn
Head Office
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Murder, She Wrote
Burning Rage
Highway to Heaven
Dreamscape
The Act
The Demon Murder Case
Yes, Giorgio
Hotel
Rooster
Beyond Witch Mountain
Falcon Crest
Simon & Simon
Goliath Awaits
Take This Job and Shove It
Peter and Paul
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Foolin' Around
Beulah Land
The Border
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Trouble in High Timber Country
Yesterday
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
The Concorde... Airport '79
The Word
The Crash of Flight 401
Evening in Byzantium
The Love Boat
Moving Violation
Birch Interval
Hustle
Whiffs
Switch
The Devil’s Rain