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
Promise Him Anything
Escape to Witch Mountain
Switch
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
The Longest Yard
The Take
McQ
The Borrowers
Daddy's Girl
See the Man Run
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Heartbreak Kid
Kung Fu
Fireball Forward
The Lorax
Columbo
Great Performances
The Pet Set
McCloud
The Johnny Cash Show
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Here's Lucy
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
The Dick Cavett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
7 Women
Green Acres
The Party's Over
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Rogues
Captain Newman, M.D.
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Danny Kaye Show
Petticoat Junction
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Outer Limits
The Lieutenant
Miracle of the White Stallions
Who's Got the Action?
Combat!
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Longest Day
The Virginian
Sam Benedict
The Mike Douglas Show
The Two Little Bears
The Spiral Staircase
The New Breed
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Young Doctors
Madison Avenue
Beloved Infidel
Startime
Laramie
Riverboat
Disneyland '59
Rawhide
The Roots of Heaven
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Naked City
The Gun Runners
Orders to Kill
The Joker is Wild
Wagon Train
The Sun Also Rises
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Operation Teahouse
Our Mr. Sun
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Attack
Tony Awards
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Oklahoma!
The Girl Rush
MGM Parade
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
A Connecticut Yankee
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
The Wonderful World of Disney
Climax!
Studio 57
Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?
The Motorola Television Hour
The Bachelor Party
1984
Letter to Loretta
Roman Holiday
Medallion Theatre
Revlon Mirror Theatre
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Leave It to Larry
Carrie
Actors and Sin
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Meet Me After the Show
You're in the Navy Now
Danger
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lights Out
Suspense
Every Girl Should Be Married
Studio One
You Gotta Stay Happy
The Ford Theatre Hour
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Dude Goes West
Time Out of Mind
Hit Parade of 1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
The Perfect Marriage
Rendezvous with Annie
Strange Voyage
Golden Globe Awards
Bombardier
Ladies' Day
Lady Bodyguard
Eagle Squadron
Treat 'Em Rough
Breakdowns of 1941
Out of the Fog
Thieves Fall Out
The Wagons Roll at Night
The Great Mr. Nobody
Four Mothers
A Dispatch from Reuters
My Love Came Back
An Angel from Texas
Brother Rat and a Baby
Four Wives
On Your Toes
Brother Rat