

Eddie Albert
Acting
April 22, 1906
Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.
May 26, 2005
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.
The Filmography


McQ

The Borrowers

The Heartbreak Kid

Fireball Forward

The Lorax

The Mouse on the Mayflower

7 Women

The Party's Over

The Nutcracker

Captain Newman, M.D.

Miracle of the White Stallions

Who's Got the Action?

The Two Little Bears

The Young Doctors

Madison Avenue

Beloved Infidel

Disneyland '59

The Roots of Heaven
