Eddie Albert
Acting
Born April 22, 1906 · Rock Island, Illinois, USA
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.
Films (114)
Rat Pack
2022
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
The Barefoot Executive
1995
La Classe américaine
1993
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
1993
The Girl From Mars
1991
Return to Green Acres
1990
The Big Picture
1989
Brenda Starr
1989
Turnaround
1987
Mercy or Murder?
1987
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Stitches
1985
In Like Flynn
1985
Head Office
1985
Burning Rage
1984
Dreamscape
1984
The Act
1984
The Demon Murder Case
1983
Yes, Giorgio
1982
Rooster
1982
Beyond Witch Mountain
1982
Take This Job and Shove It
1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981
Foolin' Around
1980
The Border
1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
Yesterday
1980
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
Evening in Byzantium
1978
Moving Violation
1976
Birch Interval
1976
Hustle
1975
Whiffs
1975
The Devil’s Rain
1975
Promise Him Anything
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Switch
1975
The Longest Yard
1974
The Take
1974
McQ
1974
The Borrowers
1973
Daddy's Girl
1973
See the Man Run
1973
The Heartbreak Kid
1972
Fireball Forward
1972
The Lorax
1972
The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968
7 Women
1965
The Party's Over
1965
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
Who's Got the Action?
1962
The Longest Day
1962
The Two Little Bears
1961
The Spiral Staircase
1961
The Young Doctors
1961
Madison Avenue
1961
Beloved Infidel
1959
Disneyland '59
1959
The Roots of Heaven
1958
The Gun Runners
1958
Orders to Kill
1958
The Joker is Wild
1957
The Sun Also Rises
1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957
Operation Teahouse
1956
Our Mr. Sun
1956
Attack
1956
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
Oklahoma!
1955
The Girl Rush
1955
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
1955
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
1954
The Bachelor Party
1953
1984
1953
Roman Holiday
1953
Carrie
1952
Actors and Sin
1952
Meet Me After the Show
1951
You're in the Navy Now
1951
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
The Dude Goes West
1948
Time Out of Mind
1947
Hit Parade of 1947
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
The Perfect Marriage
1947
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
Strange Voyage
1946
Bombardier
1943
Ladies' Day
1943
Lady Bodyguard
1943
Eagle Squadron
1942
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
Out of the Fog
1941
Thieves Fall Out
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
Four Mothers
1941
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
My Love Came Back
1940
An Angel from Texas
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
Four Wives
1939
On Your Toes
1939
Brother Rat
1938