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Eddie Albert

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1906-04-22

Day of Death

2005-05-26

Place of Birth

Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Eddie Albert

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.

Filmography (115)

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Rat Pack

2022
⭐ 7.7 Role: Irving Radovich (archive footage)

Restoring Roman Holiday

2002
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Frank Sinatra Memorial

2000
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999
⭐ 5.2 Role: Herbert Gower

The Barefoot Executive

1995
⭐ 7.6 Role: The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

La Classe américaine

1993
⭐ 0 Role: Self

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

1993
No Image
⭐ 8.0 Role: Dr. Charles Favender

The Girl From Mars

1991
⭐ 3.5 Role: Oliver Wendell Douglas

Return to Green Acres

1990
⭐ 5.9 Role: M.C.

The Big Picture

1989
⭐ 4.7 Role: Police Chief Maloney

Brenda Starr

1989
⭐ 0 Role: Theo Aitken

Turnaround

1987
⭐ 10.0 Role: Joe Varon

Mercy or Murder?

1987
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1985
⭐ 3.5 Role: Dean Bradley

Stitches

1985