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Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Acting April 22, 1906 (99 years old) May 26, 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.

Movies 115

Roman Holiday 7.9

Roman Holiday

as Irving Radovich

1953
The Longest Day 7.6

The Longest Day

as Col. Thompson

1962
The Longest Yard 6.7

The Longest Yard

as Warden Hazen

1974
Escape to Witch Mountain 6.4

Escape to Witch Mountain

as Jason O'Day

1975
The Concorde... Airport '79 4.7

The Concorde... Airport '79

as Eli Sands

1979
Dreamscape 6.1

Dreamscape

as The President

1984
McQ 6.1

McQ

as Kosterman

1974
Oklahoma! 6.6

Oklahoma!

as Ali Hakim

1955
The Sun Also Rises 5.8

The Sun Also Rises

as Bill Gorton

1957
The Devil’s Rain 5.0

The Devil’s Rain

as Dr. Sam Richards

1975
Captain Newman, M.D. 6.8

Captain Newman, M.D.

as Col. Norval Algate Bliss

1963
The Heartbreak Kid 6.7

The Heartbreak Kid

as Duane Corcoran

1972
The Big Picture 5.9

The Big Picture

as M.C.

1989
How to Beat the High Cost of Living 5.4

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as Max

1980
The Teahouse of the August Moon 6.2

The Teahouse of the August Moon

as Captain McLean

1957
The Lorax 7.2

The Lorax

as Narrator

1972
7 Women 6.5

7 Women

as Charles Pether

1965
Attack 6.8

Attack

as Erskine Cooney

1956
The Joker is Wild 8.1

The Joker is Wild

as Austin Mack

1957
Yes, Giorgio 3.9

Yes, Giorgio

as Henry Pollack

1982
Brenda Starr 4.8

Brenda Starr

as Police Chief Maloney

1989
Hustle 5.8

Hustle

as Leo Sellers

1975
Every Girl Should Be Married 5.9

Every Girl Should Be Married

as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)

1948
Foolin' Around 6.2

Foolin' Around

as Daggett

1980
Miracle of the White Stallions 5.8

Miracle of the White Stallions

as Rider Otto

1963
The Roots of Heaven 6.1

The Roots of Heaven

as Abe Fields

1958
The Fuller Brush Girl 6.1

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Humphrey Briggs

1950
Beloved Infidel 6.0

Beloved Infidel

as Bob Carter

1959
La Classe américaine 7.6

La Classe américaine

as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
Head Office 5.4

Head Office

as Pete Helmes

1985
You're in the Navy Now 5.5

You're in the Navy Now

as Lt. Bill Barron

1951
Out of the Fog 6.4

Out of the Fog

as George Watkins

1941
The Wagons Roll at Night 6.5

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Matt Varney

1941
Breakdowns of 1941 7.0

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Return to Green Acres 3.5

Return to Green Acres

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1990
Take This Job and Shove It 5.4

Take This Job and Shove It

as Samuel Ellison

1981
Orders to Kill 7.1

Orders to Kill

as Maj. MacMahon

1958
Moving Violation 5.3

Moving Violation

as Alex Warren

1976
Brother Rat 6.0

Brother Rat

as 'Bing' Edwards

1938
An Angel from Texas 5.3

An Angel from Texas

as Peter Coleman

1940
Carrie 6.4

Carrie

as Charles Drouet

1952
A Dispatch from Reuters 6.4

A Dispatch from Reuters

as Max Wagner

1940
The Demon Murder Case 5.9

The Demon Murder Case

as Father Dietrich

1983
I'll Cry Tomorrow 6.2

I'll Cry Tomorrow

as Burt McGuire

1955
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 6.3

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

as Steve Nelson

1947
Who's Got the Action? 5.2

Who's Got the Action?

as Clint Morgan

1962
A Norman Rockwell Christmas

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

as Self

1993
Whiffs 7.3

Whiffs

as Colonel Lockyer

1975
Bombardier 5.7

Bombardier

as Tom Hughes

1943
The Gun Runners 6.1

The Gun Runners

as Hanagan

1958
Beyond Witch Mountain 7.1

Beyond Witch Mountain

as Jason O'Day

1982
Brother Rat and a Baby 6.1

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Bing Edwards

1940
My Love Came Back 4.9

My Love Came Back

as Dusty Rhodes

1940
The Crash of Flight 401 6.8

The Crash of Flight 401

as Capt. Dunn

1978
The Young Doctors 5.8

The Young Doctors

as Dr. Charles Dornberger

1961
The Take 6.8

The Take

as Chief Berrigan

1974
Eagle Squadron 7.0

Eagle Squadron

as Leckie

1942
You Gotta Stay Happy 6.8

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Bullets Baker

1948
Time Out of Mind 5.6

Time Out of Mind

as Jake Bullard

1947
Turnaround

Turnaround

as Theo Aitken

1987
The Mouse on the Mayflower 6.7

The Mouse on the Mayflower

as Capt. Standish (voice)

1968
Four Wives 5.5

Four Wives

as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.

1939
Rat Pack 9.0

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Border 5.4

The Border

as Moffat

1980
Our Mr. Sun 7.3

Our Mr. Sun

as The Fiction Writer

1956
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock 7.0

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

2004
The Act 3.3

The Act

as Harry Kruger

1984
The Girl Rush 5.2

The Girl Rush

as Elliot Atterbury

1955
The Barefoot Executive 5.2

The Barefoot Executive

as Herbert Gower

1995
The Party's Over 6.6

The Party's Over

as Ben Morgan

1965
Trouble in High Timber Country 7.0

Trouble in High Timber Country

as Carroll Yeager

1980
The Girl From Mars 8.0

The Girl From Mars

as Dr. Charles Favender

1991
Stitches 3.5

Stitches

as Dean Bradley

1985
On Your Toes 4.5

On Your Toes

as Phil Dolan Jr.

1939
The Great Mr. Nobody 6.0

The Great Mr. Nobody

as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith

1941
Fireball Forward 6.5

Fireball Forward

as Col. Douglas Graham

1972
See the Man Run 8.4

See the Man Run

as Dr. Thomas Spencer

1973
The Dude Goes West 5.9

The Dude Goes West

as Daniel Bone

1948
The Spiral Staircase 8.0

The Spiral Staircase

as Albert Warren

1961
Hit Parade of 1947 10.0

Hit Parade of 1947

as Kip Walker

1947
Yesterday 7.5

Yesterday

as Bart Kramer

1980
Madison Avenue 6.6

Madison Avenue

as Harvey Holt Ames

1961
Actors and Sin 6.3

Actors and Sin

as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

1952
Meet Me After the Show 5.4

Meet Me After the Show

as Chris Leeds

1951
Musical Comedy Tonight III

Musical Comedy Tonight III

as Self

1985
Disneyland '59 7.3

Disneyland '59

as Self

1959
The Perfect Marriage 5.5

The Perfect Marriage

as Gil Cummins

1947
Four Mothers 6.7

Four Mothers

as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.

1941
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)

1999
Lady Bodyguard 6.0

Lady Bodyguard

as Terry Moore

1943
A Connecticut Yankee 6.0

A Connecticut Yankee

as Martin Barret

1955
General Electric Theater: Into the Night

General Electric Theater: Into the Night

as Paul Mattson

1955
Treat 'Em Rough 8.0

Treat 'Em Rough

as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid

1942
The Oklahoma City Dolls 3.7

The Oklahoma City Dolls

as Coach Homer Sixx

1981
The Borrowers 6.4

The Borrowers

as Pod Clock

1973
Rendezvous with Annie 7.0

Rendezvous with Annie

as Jeffrey Dolan

1946
Operation Teahouse 6.5

Operation Teahouse

as Self

1956
Switch 9.0

Switch

as Frank MacBride

1975
1984 5.5

1984

as Winston

1953
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool 5.5

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

as Narrator

1954
Rooster 4.5

Rooster

as Rev. Harlan Barnum

1982
Burning Rage 5.0

Burning Rage

as Will Larson

1984
The Two Little Bears 7.0

The Two Little Bears

as Harry Davis

1961
Frank Sinatra Memorial

Frank Sinatra Memorial

as Self

2000
Birch Interval 5.0

Birch Interval

as Pa Strawacher

1976
Ladies' Day 5.8

Ladies' Day

as Wacky Waters

1943
Thieves Fall Out 6.0

Thieves Fall Out

as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes

1941
Mercy or Murder? 10.0

Mercy or Murder?

as Joe Varon

1987
Daddy's Girl 8.0

Daddy's Girl

as Bob Randall

1973
In Like Flynn 6.5

In Like Flynn

as Bill White

1985
The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

as Charlie

1953
Promise Him Anything 10.0

Promise Him Anything

as Pop

1975
Strange Voyage 6.5

Strange Voyage

as Chris Thompson

1946
Restoring Roman Holiday 7.7

Restoring Roman Holiday

as Irving Radovich (archive footage)

2002
Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?

Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?

1954

TV Shows 115

Columbo 8.1

Columbo

as Martin Hollister

1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961
The Merv Griffin Show 6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962
Murder, She Wrote 7.5

Murder, She Wrote

as Jackson Lane

1984
What's My Line? 7.1

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
Great Performances 6.1

Great Performances

as Self

1971
The Love Boat 6.3

The Love Boat

as Dean Burton Lockwood

1977
Falcon Crest 5.6

Falcon Crest

as Carlton Travis

1981
Wagon Train 6.6

Wagon Train

as John Darro

1957
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
Golden Globe Awards 7.0

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Host

1944
The Dick Cavett Show 6.8

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Beverly Hillbillies 6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar 7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar 7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Guest Host

1957
The Virginian 6.5

The Virginian

as Cal Kroeger

1962
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host / Presenter

1956
Spider-Man 8.3

Spider-Man

as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

1994
Robert Montgomery Presents 6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Jesse

1950
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as Winston Smith

1948
Studio One 5.4

Studio One

as John Peter Zenger

1948
Petticoat Junction 5.9

Petticoat Junction

as Oliver Douglas

1963
The Carol Burnett Show 7.7

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Gabe Douglas

1954
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as Barney Kanda

1954
Climax! 3.8

Climax!

as David Adams

1954
Naked City 5.7

Naked City

as Earl Johannis

1958
Simon & Simon 6.7

Simon & Simon

as Judge Elliott Morris Taylor

1981
Dr. Kildare 5.7

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Norman French

1961
Combat! 8.0

Combat!

as Phil

1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Bide Turley

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sam Barlow

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jed Wiley

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jess Matson

1956
Green Acres 7.2

Green Acres

as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1965
Hotel 6.7

Hotel

as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson

1982
The Philco Television Playhouse 6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Charlie

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse 6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948
Here's Lucy 6.7

Here's Lucy

as Eddie Albert

1968
The Ed Sullivan Show 6.8

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

1948
Highway to Heaven 7.4

Highway to Heaven

as Sen. Fritz McCorkindale

1984
Rawhide 7.3

Rawhide

as Taylor Dickson

1959
The Twilight Zone 7.7

The Twilight Zone

as Roger Leeds

1985
Ben Casey 5.9

Ben Casey

as Gene Billstrom

1961
The Colgate Comedy Hour 6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

1950
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 7.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dr. Fred Wilson

1964
Burke's Law 6.2

Burke's Law

as Arthur J. Poindexter

1963
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
thirtysomething 6.3

thirtysomething

as Charlie Weston

1987
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 6.4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

1956
McCloud 7.2

McCloud

as Roy Erickson

1970
Laramie 6.7

Laramie

1959
The Outer Limits 7.8

The Outer Limits

as Andy Thorne

1963
The Danny Kaye Show 7.0

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

1963
Switch 6.6

Switch

as Frank MacBride

1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre 6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Dr. Bert Andrews

1963
Studio 57 7.5

Studio 57

as Jim Hammond

1954
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Brother Love

1964
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

1949
Suspense 5.1

Suspense

as Danny Maguire

1949
Lights Out 6.0

Lights Out

1949
Your Show of Shows 7.2

Your Show of Shows

1950
The Ray Bradbury Theater 6.9

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Jonathan Hughes

1985
Mr. Novak 7.3

Mr. Novak

as Charlie O'Rourke

1963
Danger 7.7

Danger

1950
The Wonderful World of Disney 7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Jason O'Day

1954
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Joe Minelli

1958
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 7.5

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

as Self

1967
Riverboat 6.5

Riverboat

as Dan Simpson

1959
Startime 6.8

Startime

as Self – Host

1959
Goodyear Television Playhouse 6.0

Goodyear Television Playhouse

1951
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

1973
MGM Parade 7.5

MGM Parade

1955
MGM Parade 7.5

MGM Parade

as Self

1955
War and Remembrance 7.9

War and Remembrance

as Breckinridge Long

1988
The Golden Palace 6.3

The Golden Palace

as Bill Douglas

1992
Sam Benedict 6.7

Sam Benedict

as Lewis Wiley

1962
The New Breed 7.7

The New Breed

as Walter Cowley

1961
The Rogues 8.0

The Rogues

as Gregg Roberts

1964
The Johnny Cash Show 6.5

The Johnny Cash Show

as Self

1969
The Pet Set 6.7

The Pet Set

as Self

1971
The Greatest Show on Earth 7.5

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Frank Land

1963
Letter to Loretta 6.6

Letter to Loretta

as Lionel Kent

1953
Letter to Loretta 6.6

Letter to Loretta

as Max Asher

1953
Letter to Loretta 6.6

Letter to Loretta

as Tiger Tipton

1953
The Lieutenant 7.0

The Lieutenant

as Rodney Cameron O'Rourke

1963
The DuPont Show of the Week 7.0

The DuPont Show of the Week

as Frank Foster

1961
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Narrator

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Paul Mattson

1953
General Electric Theater 6.8

General Electric Theater

as Louie Schmidt

1953
Medallion Theatre

Medallion Theatre

1953
Goliath Awaits 6.7

Goliath Awaits

as Adm. Wiley Sloan

1981
The Word 4.8

The Word

as Ogden Towery

1978
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Randy Smith

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bill Carter

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sheldon Black

1951
Revlon Mirror Theatre

Revlon Mirror Theatre

1953
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

as R.J. Banning

1955
The Ford Theatre Hour

The Ford Theatre Hour

1948
Okavango 7.0

Okavango

as Uncle Bill Scofield

1993
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show 8.0

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin 9.0

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin

1974
Peter and Paul 7.2

Peter and Paul

as Festus

1981
The Motorola Television Hour 10.0

The Motorola Television Hour

1953
Beulah Land 7.5

Beulah Land

as Felix Kendrick

1980
Dress Gray 5.1

Dress Gray

as Judge Hand

1986
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic 7.0

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

as Self - Host

1980
Evening in Byzantium

Evening in Byzantium

as Brian Murphy

1978
Leave It to Larry 9.0

Leave It to Larry

as Larry Tucker

1952
Kung Fu 7.7

Kung Fu

as Dr. George Baxter

1972

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