Person

Eddie Albert

Acting · 1906–2005 · 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.

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Filmography

2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)
2002Restoring Roman HolidayIrving Radovich (archive footage)
2000Frank Sinatra MemorialSelf
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
1995The Barefoot ExecutiveHerbert Gower
1994Spider-ManAdrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
1993La Classe américaineThe Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993A Norman Rockwell ChristmasSelf
1993OkavangoUncle Bill Scofield
1992The Golden PalaceBill Douglas
1991The Girl From MarsDr. Charles Favender
1990Return to Green AcresOliver Wendell Douglas
1989The Big PictureM.C.
1989Brenda StarrPolice Chief Maloney
1988War and RemembranceBreckinridge Long
1987thirtysomethingCharlie Weston
1987TurnaroundTheo Aitken
1987Mercy or Murder?Joe Varon
1986Dress GrayJudge Hand
1985Musical Comedy Tonight IIISelf
1985The Twilight ZoneRoger Leeds
1985StitchesDean Bradley
1985In Like FlynnBill White
1985Head OfficePete Helmes
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterJonathan Hughes
1984Murder, She WroteJackson Lane
1984Burning RageWill Larson
1984Highway to HeavenSen. Fritz McCorkindale
1984DreamscapeThe President
1984The ActHarry Kruger
1983The Demon Murder CaseFather Dietrich
1982Yes, GiorgioHenry Pollack
1982HotelMacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
1982RoosterRev. Harlan Barnum
1982Beyond Witch MountainJason O'Day
1981Falcon CrestCarlton Travis
1981Simon & SimonJudge Elliott Morris Taylor
1981Goliath AwaitsAdm. Wiley Sloan
1981Take This Job and Shove ItSamuel Ellison
1981Peter and PaulFestus
1981The Oklahoma City DollsCoach Homer Sixx
1980Foolin' AroundDaggett
1980Beulah LandFelix Kendrick
1980The BorderMoffat
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingMax
1980Trouble in High Timber CountryCarroll Yeager
1980YesterdayBart Kramer
1980Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of MagicSelf - Host
1979The Concorde... Airport '79Eli Sands
1978The WordOgden Towery
1978The Crash of Flight 401Capt. Dunn
1978Evening in ByzantiumBrian Murphy
1978Evening in ByzantiumBrian Murphy
1977The Love BoatDean Burton Lockwood
1976Moving ViolationAlex Warren
1976Birch IntervalPa Strawacher
1975HustleLeo Sellers
1975WhiffsColonel Lockyer
1975SwitchFrank MacBride
1975The Devil’s RainDr. Sam Richards
1975Promise Him AnythingPop
1975Escape to Witch MountainJason O'Day
1975SwitchFrank MacBride
1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinDiplomat Benjamin Franklin
1974The Longest YardWarden Hazen
1974The TakeChief Berrigan
1974McQKosterman
1973The BorrowersPod Clock
1973Daddy's GirlBob Randall
1973See the Man RunDr. Thomas Spencer
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1972The Heartbreak KidDuane Corcoran
1972Kung FuDr. George Baxter
1972Fireball ForwardCol. Douglas Graham
1972The LoraxNarrator
1971ColumboMartin Hollister
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1971The Pet SetSelf
1970McCloudRoy Erickson
1969The Johnny Cash ShowSelf
1968The Mouse on the MayflowerCapt. Standish (voice)
1968Here's LucyEddie Albert
1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf - Guest
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest
1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSelf
19657 WomenCharles Pether
1965Green AcresOliver Wendell Douglas
1965The Party's OverBen Morgan
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Brother Love
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaDr. Fred Wilson
1964The RoguesGregg Roberts
1963Captain Newman, M.D.Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreDr. Bert Andrews
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
1963Petticoat JunctionOliver Douglas
1963Mr. NovakCharlie O'Rourke
1963Burke's LawArthur J. Poindexter
1963The Greatest Show on EarthFrank Land
1963The Outer LimitsAndy Thorne
1963The LieutenantRodney Cameron O'Rourke
1963Miracle of the White StallionsRider Otto
1962Who's Got the Action?Clint Morgan
1962Combat!Phil
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Beverly HillbilliesOliver Wendell Douglas
1962The Longest DayCol. Thompson
1962The VirginianCal Kroeger
1962Sam BenedictLewis Wiley
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
1961The Two Little BearsHarry Davis
1961The Spiral StaircaseAlbert Warren
1961The New BreedWalter Cowley
1961Ben CaseyGene Billstrom
1961Dr. KildareDr. Norman French
1961The DuPont Show of the WeekFrank Foster
1961The Young DoctorsDr. Charles Dornberger
1961Madison AvenueHarvey Holt Ames
1959Beloved InfidelBob Carter
1959StartimeSelf – Host
1959Laramie
1959RiverboatDan Simpson
1959Disneyland '59Self
1959RawhideTaylor Dickson
1958The Roots of HeavenAbe Fields
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseJoe Minelli
1958Naked CityEarl Johannis
1958The Gun RunnersHanagan
1958Orders to KillMaj. MacMahon
1957The Joker is WildAustin Mack
1957Wagon TrainJohn Darro
1957The Sun Also RisesBill Gorton
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
1957The Teahouse of the August MoonCaptain McLean
1956Operation TeahouseSelf
1956Our Mr. SunThe Fiction Writer
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreBide Turley
1956AttackErskine Cooney
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host
1955I'll Cry TomorrowBurt McGuire
1955Oklahoma!Ali Hakim
1955The Girl RushElliot Atterbury
1955MGM Parade
1955General Electric Theater: Into the NightPaul Mattson
1955A Connecticut YankeeMartin Barret
1955The Eddie Cantor Comedy TheaterR.J. Banning
1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJason O'Day
1954Climax!Gabe Douglas
1954Studio 57Jim Hammond
1954Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?
1953The Motorola Television Hour
1953The Bachelor PartyCharlie
19531984Winston
1953Letter to LorettaLionel Kent
1953Roman HolidayIrving Radovich
1953Medallion Theatre
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953The OscarsSelf
1953General Electric TheaterNarrator
1952Leave It to LarryLarry Tucker
1952CarrieCharles Drouet
1952Actors and SinOrlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
1951Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Meet Me After the ShowChris Leeds
1951You're in the Navy NowLt. Bill Barron
1950Danger
1950The Fuller Brush GirlHumphrey Briggs
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Your Show of Shows
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsJesse
1949Lights Out
1949Suspense
1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedHarry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
1948Studio OneWinston Smith
1948You Gotta Stay HappyBullets Baker
1948The Ford Theatre Hour
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseCharlie
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948The Dude Goes WestDaniel Bone
1947Time Out of MindJake Bullard
1947Hit Parade of 1947Kip Walker
1947Smash-Up: The Story of a WomanSteve Nelson
1947The Perfect MarriageGil Cummins
1946Rendezvous with AnnieJeffrey Dolan
1946Strange VoyageChris Thompson
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
1943BombardierTom Hughes
1943Ladies' DayWacky Waters
1943Lady BodyguardTerry Moore
1942Eagle SquadronLeckie
1942Treat 'Em RoughBill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941Out of the FogGeorge Watkins
1941Thieves Fall OutEdward 'Eddie' Barnes
1941The Wagons Roll at NightMatt Varney
1941The Great Mr. NobodyRobert 'Dreamy' Smith
1941Four MothersDr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
1940A Dispatch from ReutersMax Wagner
1940My Love Came BackDusty Rhodes
1940An Angel from TexasPeter Coleman
1940Brother Rat and a BabyBing Edwards
1939Four WivesDr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
1939On Your ToesPhil Dolan Jr.
1938Brother Rat'Bing' Edwards

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