Portrait of Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Acting

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.

Born: April 22, 1906

Place of Birth: Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Restoring Roman Holiday

as Irving Radovich (archive footage)

1995
The Barefoot Executive

as Herbert Gower

1994
Spider-Man

as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

1993
La Classe américaine

as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
The Golden Palace

as Bill Douglas

1990
Return to Green Acres

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1989
1989
Brenda Starr

as Police Chief Maloney

1987
Turnaround

as Theo Aitken

1987
Mercy or Murder?

as Joe Varon

1986
Dress Gray

as Judge Hand

1985
Stitches

as Dean Bradley

1985
In Like Flynn

as Bill White

1985
Head Office

as Pete Helmes

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Jonathan Hughes

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Jackson Lane

1984
Burning Rage

as Will Larson

1984
Dreamscape

as The President

1984
The Act

as Harry Kruger

1983
The Demon Murder Case

as Father Dietrich

1982
Yes, Giorgio

as Henry Pollack

1982
Hotel

as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson

1982
Rooster

as Rev. Harlan Barnum

1982
Beyond Witch Mountain

as Jason O'Day

1981
Falcon Crest

as Carlton Travis

1981
Goliath Awaits

as Adm. Wiley Sloan

1981
1981
1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls

as Coach Homer Sixx

1980
Foolin' Around

as Daggett

1980
Beulah Land

as Felix Kendrick

1980
The Border

as Moffat

1980
1980
Yesterday

as Bart Kramer

1978
The Word

as Ogden Towery

1978
1978
Evening in Byzantium

as Brian Murphy

1977
The Love Boat

as Dean Burton Lockwood

1976
Moving Violation

as Alex Warren

1976
Birch Interval

as Pa Strawacher

1975
Hustle

as Leo Sellers

1975
Whiffs

as Colonel Lockyer

1975
Switch

as Frank MacBride

1975
The Devil's Rain

as Dr. Sam Richards

1975
1975
Switch

as Frank MacBride

1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin

1974
The Longest Yard

as Warden Hazen

1974
The Take

as Chief Berrigan

1974
McQ

as Kosterman

1973
The Borrowers

as Pod Clock

1973
See the Man Run

as Dr. Thomas Spencer

1972
The Heartbreak Kid

as Duane Corcoran

1972
Kung Fu

as Dr. George Baxter

1972
Fireball Forward

as Col. Douglas Graham

1972
The Lorax

as Narrator

1971
Columbo

as Martin Hollister

1971
1968
The Mouse on the Mayflower

as Capt. Standish (voice)

1968
Here's Lucy

as Eddie Albert

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

1965
7 Women

as Charles Pether

1965
Green Acres

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1965
The Party's Over

as Ben Morgan

1964
1964
1964
The Rogues

as Gregg Roberts

1963
Captain Newman, M.D.

as Col. Norval Algate Bliss

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dr. Bert Andrews

1963
Mr. Novak

as Charlie O'Rourke

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Oliver Douglas

1963
Petticoat Junction

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1963
Burke's Law

as Arthur J. Poindexter

1963
The Outer Limits

as Andy Thorne

1962
Who's Got the Action?

as Clint Morgan

1962
Combat!

as Phil

1962
The Longest Day

as Col. Thompson

1962
The Virginian

as Cal Kroeger

1962
Sam Benedict

as Lewis Wiley

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
The Two Little Bears

as Harry Davis

1961
The Spiral Staircase

as Albert Warren

1961
The New Breed

as Walter Cowley

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Norman French

1961
1961
The Young Doctors

as Dr. Charles Dornberger

1961
Madison Avenue

as Harvey Holt Ames

1959
Beloved Infidel

as Bob Carter

1959
Riverboat

as Dan Simpson

1959
1959
Rawhide

as Taylor Dickson

1958
The Roots of Heaven

as Abe Fields

1958
Naked City

as Earl Johannis

1958
The Gun Runners

as Hanagan

1958
Orders to Kill

as Maj. MacMahon

1957
The Joker is Wild

as Austin Mack

1957
Wagon Train

as John Darro

1957
The Sun Also Rises

as Bill Gorton

1957
1956
Our Mr. Sun

as The Fiction Writer

1956
Attack

as Erskine Cooney

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host /Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow

as Burt McGuire

1955
Oklahoma!

as Ali Hakim

1955
The Girl Rush

as Elliot Atterbury

1955
A Connecticut Yankee

as Martin Barret

1954
Climax!

as Gabe Douglas

1954
Climax!

as Barney Kanda

1954
Climax!

as David Adams

1953
1984

as Winston

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Lionel Kent

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Max Asher

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Tiger Tipton

1953
Roman Holiday

as Irving Radovich

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Louie Schmidt

1952
Carrie

as Charles Drouet

1952
Actors and Sin

as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

1951
1951
1951
1951
1951
You're in the Navy Now

as Lt. Bill Barron

1950
The Fuller Brush Girl

as Humphrey Briggs

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Suspense

as Danny Maguire

1948
Every Girl Should Be Married

as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)

1948
Studio One

as Winston Smith

1948
Studio One

as John Peter Zenger

1948
You Gotta Stay Happy

as Bullets Baker

1948
The Dude Goes West

as Daniel Bone

1947
Time Out of Mind

as Jake Bullard

1947
Hit Parade of 1947

as Kip Walker

1947
The Perfect Marriage

as Gil Cummins

1946
Rendezvous with Annie

as Jeffrey Dolan

1946
Strange Voyage

as Chris Thompson

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Host

1943
Bombardier

as Tom Hughes

1943
Ladies' Day

as Wacky Waters

1943
Lady Bodyguard

as Terry Moore

1942
1942
Treat 'Em Rough

as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Out of the Fog

as George Watkins

1941
Thieves Fall Out

as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes

1941
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody

as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith

1941
Four Mothers

as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.

1940
1940
My Love Came Back

as Dusty Rhodes

1940
An Angel from Texas

as Peter Coleman

1940
Brother Rat and a Baby

as Bing Edwards

1939
Four Wives

as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.

1939
On Your Toes

as Phil Dolan Jr.

1938
Brother Rat

as 'Bing' Edwards