Eddie Albert

Actor

Born: April 22, 1906 (99 years old)

Died: May 26, 2005

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (109)

• Roman Holiday (1953, ★ 7.9)
• The Longest Yard (1974, ★ 6.7)
• Attack (1956, ★ 6.8)
• The Longest Day (1962, ★ 7.6)
• The Heartbreak Kid (1972, ★ 6.6)
• The Lorax (1972, ★ 7.2)
• The Joker is Wild (1957, ★ 8)
• You Gotta Stay Happy (1948, ★ 6.7)
• Beyond Witch Mountain (1982, ★ 7)
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963, ★ 6.6)
• Orders to Kill (1958, ★ 7.2)
• Oklahoma! (1955, ★ 6.6)
• The Party's Over (1965, ★ 6.7)
• Our Mr. Sun (1956, ★ 7.5)
• Whiffs (1975, ★ 7.1)
• La Classe américaine (1993, ★ 7.6)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
• Spider-Man (1994, ★ 8.3)
• The Twilight Zone (1985, ★ 7.8)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1962, ★ 6.9)
• Combat! (1962, ★ 7.7)
• Here's Lucy (1968, ★ 6.7)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950, ★ 6.8)
• Simon & Simon (1981, ★ 6.7)
• The Rogues (1964, ★ 7.2)
• The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985, ★ 6.9)
• Rawhide (1959, ★ 7.2)
• Switch (1975, ★ 6.7)
• McCloud (1970, ★ 7.1)
• The Outer Limits (1963, ★ 7.8)