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Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Actor · 1906–2005 · Rock Island, Illinois, USA

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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.

Acted in 167

2000s

  1. 2004

    Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

    Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

  2. 2002

    Restoring Roman Holiday

    Irving Radovich (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1995

    The Barefoot Executive

    Herbert Gower

  2. 1994
  3. 1993

    La Classe américaine

    The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 1992
  5. 1990

    Return to Green Acres

    Oliver Wendell Douglas

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Big Picture

    M.C.

  2. 1988
  3. 1987
  4. Turnaround

    Theo Aitken

  5. Mercy or Murder?

    Joe Varon

  6. 1986

    Dress Gray

    Judge Hand · 2 episodes

  7. 1985
  8. Stitches

    Dean Bradley

  9. In Like Flynn

    Bill White

  10. Head Office

    Pete Helmes

  11. 1984
  12. Burning Rage

    Will Larson

  13. 1983

    The Demon Murder Case

    Father Dietrich

  14. 1982

    Yes, Giorgio

    Henry Pollack

  15. Rooster

    Rev. Harlan Barnum

  16. Beyond Witch Mountain

    Jason O'Day

  17. 1981
  18. Goliath Awaits

    Adm. Wiley Sloan · 2 episodes

  19. Take This Job and Shove It

    Samuel Ellison

  20. Peter and Paul

    Festus · 2 episodes

  21. The Oklahoma City Dolls

    Coach Homer Sixx

  22. 1980
  23. The Border

    Moffat

  24. Trouble in High Timber Country

    Carroll Yeager

  25. Yesterday

    Bart Kramer

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    The Word

    Ogden Towery · 4 episodes

  3. The Crash of Flight 401

    Capt. Dunn

  4. Evening in Byzantium

    Brian Murphy · 2 episodes

  5. 1977
  6. 1976

    Moving Violation

    Alex Warren

  7. Birch Interval

    Pa Strawacher

  8. 1975

    Hustle

    Leo Sellers

  9. Whiffs

    Colonel Lockyer

  10. Promise Him Anything

    Pop

  11. Switch

    Frank MacBride

  12. 1974

    The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

    Diplomat Benjamin Franklin · 4 episodes

  13. The Take

    Chief Berrigan

  14. 1973

    The Borrowers

    Pod Clock

  15. See the Man Run

    Dr. Thomas Spencer

  16. 1972

    The Heartbreak Kid

    Duane Corcoran

  17. Kung Fu

    Dr. George Baxter · 2 episodes

  18. Fireball Forward

    Col. Douglas Graham

  19. 1971
  20. 1970

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Mouse on the Mayflower

    Capt. Standish (voice)

  2. 1965

    7 Women

    Charles Pether

  3. 1964
  4. 1963
  5. Miracle of the White Stallions

    Rider Otto

  6. 1962

    Who's Got the Action?

    Clint Morgan

  7. 1961

    The Two Little Bears

    Harry Davis

  8. The Spiral Staircase

    Albert Warren

  9. The DuPont Show of the Week

    Frank Foster · 1 episode

  10. The Young Doctors

    Dr. Charles Dornberger

  11. Madison Avenue

    Harvey Holt Ames

1950s

  1. 1959

    Beloved Infidel

    Bob Carter

  2. 1958

    The Roots of Heaven

    Abe Fields

  3. Orders to Kill

    Maj. MacMahon

  4. 1957

    The Joker is Wild

    Austin Mack

  5. The Sun Also Rises

    Bill Gorton

  6. The Teahouse of the August Moon

    Captain McLean

  7. 1956
  8. 1955

    I'll Cry Tomorrow

    Burt McGuire

  9. The Girl Rush

    Elliot Atterbury

  10. General Electric Theater: Into the Night

    Paul Mattson

  11. A Connecticut Yankee

    Martin Barret

  12. The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

    R.J. Banning · 1 episode

  13. 1954
  14. Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?

    Movie

  15. 1953
  16. 1984

    Winston

  17. Revlon Mirror Theatre

    TV

  18. 1952
  19. Actors and Sin

    Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

  20. 1951
  21. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Randy Smith, Bill Carter, Sheldon Black · 1 episode

  22. Meet Me After the Show

    Chris Leeds

  23. You're in the Navy Now

    Lt. Bill Barron

  24. 1950

    The Fuller Brush Girl

    Humphrey Briggs

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1948

    Every Girl Should Be Married

    Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)

  3. You Gotta Stay Happy

    Bullets Baker

  4. The Ford Theatre Hour

    TV

  5. The Dude Goes West

    Daniel Bone

  6. 1947

    Time Out of Mind

    Jake Bullard

  7. Hit Parade of 1947

    Kip Walker

  8. The Perfect Marriage

    Gil Cummins

  9. 1946

    Rendezvous with Annie

    Jeffrey Dolan

  10. Strange Voyage

    Chris Thompson

  11. 1943

    Bombardier

    Tom Hughes

  12. Ladies' Day

    Wacky Waters

  13. Lady Bodyguard

    Terry Moore

  14. 1942

    Eagle Squadron

    Leckie

  15. 1941
  16. Thieves Fall Out

    Edward 'Eddie' Barnes

  17. The Great Mr. Nobody

    Robert 'Dreamy' Smith

  18. Four Mothers

    Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.

  19. 1940

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    Max Wagner

  20. My Love Came Back

    Dusty Rhodes

  21. An Angel from Texas

    Peter Coleman

  22. Brother Rat and a Baby

    Bing Edwards

1930s

  1. 1939

    Four Wives

    Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.

  2. On Your Toes

    Phil Dolan Jr.

  3. 1938

    Brother Rat

    'Bing' Edwards

Appearances32

2020s

  1. 2022

    Rat Pack

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2000

    Frank Sinatra Memorial

    Self

1990s

  1. 1993

    A Norman Rockwell Christmas

    Self

1980s

  1. 1985

    Musical Comedy Tonight III

    Self

  2. 1980

    Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

    Self - Host · 1 episode

1940s

  1. 1948
  2. 1944
  3. 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)