Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Known for
Acting
Born
April 22, 1906
Died
May 26, 2005 (aged 99)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock poster

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

Movie · as Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

2002
Restoring Roman Holiday poster

Restoring Roman Holiday

Movie · as Irving Radovich (archive footage)

2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial poster

Frank Sinatra Memorial

Movie · as Self

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)

1995
The Barefoot Executive poster

The Barefoot Executive

Movie · as Herbert Gower

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice) · 2 eps

1993
A Norman Rockwell Christmas poster

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

Movie · as Self

1993
La Classe américaine poster

La Classe américaine

Movie · as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993
Okavango

Okavango

TV · as Uncle Bill Scofield · 1 ep

1992
The Golden Palace poster

The Golden Palace

TV · as Bill Douglas · 1 ep

1991
The Girl From Mars

The Girl From Mars

Movie · as Dr. Charles Favender

1990
Return to Green Acres poster

Return to Green Acres

Movie · as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1989
Brenda Starr poster

Brenda Starr

Movie · as Police Chief Maloney

1989
The Big Picture poster

The Big Picture

Movie · as M.C.

1988
War and Remembrance poster

War and Remembrance

TV · as Breckinridge Long · 1 ep

1987
Mercy or Murder? poster

Mercy or Murder?

Movie · as Joe Varon

1987
Turnaround poster

Turnaround

Movie · as Theo Aitken

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · as Charlie Weston · 1 ep

1986
Dress Gray poster

Dress Gray

TV · as Judge Hand · 2 eps

1985
Head Office poster

Head Office

Movie · as Pete Helmes

1985
Stitches poster

Stitches

Movie · as Dean Bradley

1985
In Like Flynn poster

In Like Flynn

Movie · as Bill White

1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III poster

Musical Comedy Tonight III

Movie · as Self

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Roger Leeds · 1 ep

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as Jonathan Hughes · 1 ep

1984
Dreamscape poster

Dreamscape

Movie · as The President

1984
The Act poster

The Act

Movie · as Harry Kruger

1984
Burning Rage poster

Burning Rage

Movie · as Will Larson

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Jackson Lane · 1 ep

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Sen. Fritz McCorkindale · 1 ep

1983
The Demon Murder Case poster

The Demon Murder Case

Movie · as Father Dietrich

1982
Beyond Witch Mountain poster

Beyond Witch Mountain

Movie · as Jason O'Day

1982
Yes, Giorgio poster

Yes, Giorgio

Movie · as Henry Pollack

1982
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Rooster

Movie · as Rev. Harlan Barnum

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson · 1 ep

1981
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Take This Job and Shove It

Movie · as Samuel Ellison

1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls poster

The Oklahoma City Dolls

Movie · as Coach Homer Sixx

1981
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Falcon Crest

TV · as Carlton Travis · 3 eps

1981
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Simon & Simon

TV · as Judge Elliott Morris Taylor · 2 eps

1981
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Goliath Awaits

TV · as Adm. Wiley Sloan · 2 eps

1981
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Peter and Paul

TV · as Festus · 2 eps

1980
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Foolin' Around

Movie · as Daggett

1980
The Border poster

The Border

Movie · as Moffat

1980
How to Beat the High Cost of Living poster

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

Movie · as Max

1980
Trouble in High Timber Country poster

Trouble in High Timber Country

Movie · as Carroll Yeager

1980
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Yesterday

Movie · as Bart Kramer

1980
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic poster

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1980
Beulah Land poster

Beulah Land

TV · as Felix Kendrick · 3 eps

1979
The Concorde... Airport '79 poster

The Concorde... Airport '79

Movie · as Eli Sands

1978
The Crash of Flight 401 poster

The Crash of Flight 401

Movie · as Capt. Dunn

1978
The Word poster

The Word

TV · as Ogden Towery · 4 eps

1978
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Evening in Byzantium

TV · as Brian Murphy · 2 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Dean Burton Lockwood · 2 eps

1976
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Moving Violation

Movie · as Alex Warren

1976
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Birch Interval

Movie · as Pa Strawacher

1975
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Hustle

Movie · as Leo Sellers

1975
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Escape to Witch Mountain

Movie · as Jason O'Day

1975
The Devil’s Rain poster

The Devil’s Rain

Movie · as Dr. Sam Richards

1975
Promise Him Anything poster

Promise Him Anything

Movie · as Pop

1975
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Whiffs

Movie · as Colonel Lockyer

1975
Switch poster

Switch

Movie · as Frank MacBride

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Frank MacBride · 70 eps

1974
The Longest Yard poster

The Longest Yard

Movie · as Warden Hazen

1974
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McQ

Movie · as Kosterman

1974
The Take poster

The Take

Movie · as Chief Berrigan

1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin poster

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

TV · as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin · 4 eps

1973
The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers

Movie · as Pod Clock

1973
See the Man Run poster

See the Man Run

Movie · as Dr. Thomas Spencer

1973
Daddy's Girl

Daddy's Girl

Movie · as Bob Randall

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
The Heartbreak Kid poster

The Heartbreak Kid

Movie · as Duane Corcoran

1972
The Lorax poster

The Lorax

Movie · as Narrator

1972
Fireball Forward poster

Fireball Forward

Movie · as Col. Douglas Graham

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Dr. George Baxter · 2 eps

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Martin Hollister · 1 ep

1971
The Pet Set poster

The Pet Set

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · as Roy Erickson · 1 ep

1969
The Johnny Cash Show poster

The Johnny Cash Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
The Mouse on the Mayflower poster

The Mouse on the Mayflower

Movie · as Capt. Standish (voice)

1968
Here's Lucy poster

Here's Lucy

TV · as Eddie Albert · 1 ep

1968
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour poster

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1965
The Party's Over poster

The Party's Over

Movie · as Ben Morgan

1965
7 Women poster

7 Women

Movie · as Charles Pether

1965
Green Acres poster

Green Acres

TV · as Oliver Wendell Douglas · 170 eps

1964
The Rogues poster

The Rogues

TV · as Gregg Roberts · 1 ep

1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

TV · as Dr. Fred Wilson · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

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

TV · as Brother Love · 1 ep

1963
Captain Newman, M.D. poster

Captain Newman, M.D.

Movie · as Col. Norval Algate Bliss

1963
Miracle of the White Stallions poster

Miracle of the White Stallions

Movie · as Rider Otto

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Arthur J. Poindexter · 1 ep

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Dr. Bert Andrews · 1 ep

1963
Petticoat Junction poster

Petticoat Junction

TV · as Oliver Douglas · 12 eps

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Charlie O'Rourke · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · as Rodney Cameron O'Rourke · 1 ep

1963
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Andy Thorne · 1 ep

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · as Frank Land · 1 ep

1962
The Longest Day poster

The Longest Day

Movie · as Col. Thompson

1962
Who's Got the Action? poster

Who's Got the Action?

Movie · as Clint Morgan

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

TV · as Oliver Wendell Douglas · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 13 eps

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Phil · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Cal Kroeger · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · as Lewis Wiley · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Madison Avenue poster

Madison Avenue

Movie · as Harvey Holt Ames

1961
The Spiral Staircase poster

The Spiral Staircase

Movie · as Albert Warren

1961
The Young Doctors poster

The Young Doctors

Movie · as Dr. Charles Dornberger

1961
The Two Little Bears poster

The Two Little Bears

Movie · as Harry Davis

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · as Gene Billstrom · 1 ep

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Walter Cowley · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dr. Norman French · 1 ep

1961
The DuPont Show of the Week poster

The DuPont Show of the Week

TV · as Frank Foster · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 5 eps

1959
Beloved Infidel poster

Beloved Infidel

Movie · as Bob Carter

1959
Disneyland '59 poster

Disneyland '59

Movie · as Self

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Taylor Dickson · 1 ep

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1959
Riverboat poster

Riverboat

TV · as Dan Simpson · 1 ep

1959
Startime poster

Startime

TV · as Self – Host · 1 ep

1958
Orders to Kill poster

Orders to Kill

Movie · as Maj. MacMahon

1958
The Gun Runners poster

The Gun Runners

Movie · as Hanagan

1958
The Roots of Heaven poster

The Roots of Heaven

Movie · as Abe Fields

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Earl Johannis · 1 ep

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · as Joe Minelli · 1 ep

1957
The Sun Also Rises poster

The Sun Also Rises

Movie · as Bill Gorton

1957
The Teahouse of the August Moon poster

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Movie · as Captain McLean

1957
The Joker is Wild poster

The Joker is Wild

Movie · as Austin Mack

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 3 eps

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as John Darro · 1 ep

1956
Attack poster

Attack

Movie · as Erskine Cooney

1956
Our Mr. Sun poster

Our Mr. Sun

Movie · as The Fiction Writer

1956
Operation Teahouse poster

Operation Teahouse

Movie · as Self

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Bide Turley, Jed Wiley, Jess Matson, Sam Barlow · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Host / Presenter · 1 ep

1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow poster

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Movie · as Burt McGuire

1955
Oklahoma! poster

Oklahoma!

Movie · as Ali Hakim

1955
The Girl Rush poster

The Girl Rush

Movie · as Elliot Atterbury

1955
General Electric Theater: Into the Night poster

General Electric Theater: Into the Night

Movie · as Paul Mattson

1955
A Connecticut Yankee poster

A Connecticut Yankee

Movie · as Martin Barret

1955
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater poster

The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater

TV · as R.J. Banning · 1 ep

1955
MGM Parade poster

MGM Parade

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1954
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool poster

Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool

Movie · as Narrator

1954
Can We Immunize Against Prejudice? poster

Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?

Movie

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Gabe Douglas, Barney Kanda, David Adams · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jason O'Day · 2 eps

1954
Studio 57 poster

Studio 57

TV · as Jim Hammond · 1 ep

1953
Roman Holiday poster

Roman Holiday

Movie · as Irving Radovich

1953
The Bachelor Party

The Bachelor Party

Movie · as Charlie

1953
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1984

Movie · as Winston

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Narrator, Paul Mattson, Louie Schmidt · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1953
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

TV · as Lionel Kent, Max Asher, Tiger Tipton · 1 ep

1953
Medallion Theatre poster

Medallion Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Motorola Television Hour poster

The Motorola Television Hour

TV · 1 ep

1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre poster

Revlon Mirror Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1952
Carrie poster

Carrie

Movie · as Charles Drouet

1952
Actors and Sin poster

Actors and Sin

Movie · as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

1952
Leave It to Larry

Leave It to Larry

TV · as Larry Tucker · 11 eps

1951
You're in the Navy Now poster

You're in the Navy Now

Movie · as Lt. Bill Barron

1951
Meet Me After the Show poster

Meet Me After the Show

Movie · as Chris Leeds

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Randy Smith, Bill Carter, Sheldon Black · 1 ep

1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse poster

Goodyear Television Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1950
The Fuller Brush Girl poster

The Fuller Brush Girl

Movie · as Humphrey Briggs

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
Your Show of Shows poster

Your Show of Shows

TV · 3 eps

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · as Jesse · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep

1950
Danger

Danger

TV · 2 eps

1949
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Danny Maguire · 1 ep

1949
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

TV · 1 ep

1948
You Gotta Stay Happy poster

You Gotta Stay Happy

Movie · as Bullets Baker

1948
The Dude Goes West poster

The Dude Goes West

Movie · as Daniel Bone

1948
Every Girl Should Be Married poster

Every Girl Should Be Married

Movie · as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Winston Smith, John Peter Zenger · 1 ep

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1948
The Ford Theatre Hour poster

The Ford Theatre Hour

TV · 1 ep

1947
The Perfect Marriage poster

The Perfect Marriage

Movie · as Gil Cummins

1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman poster

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Movie · as Steve Nelson

1947
Hit Parade of 1947 poster

Hit Parade of 1947

Movie · as Kip Walker

1947
Time Out of Mind poster

Time Out of Mind

Movie · as Jake Bullard

1946
Strange Voyage poster

Strange Voyage

Movie · as Chris Thompson

1946
Rendezvous with Annie poster

Rendezvous with Annie

Movie · as Jeffrey Dolan

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Host · 4 eps

1943
Bombardier poster

Bombardier

Movie · as Tom Hughes

1943
Ladies' Day poster

Ladies' Day

Movie · as Wacky Waters

1943
Lady Bodyguard poster

Lady Bodyguard

Movie · as Terry Moore

1942
Treat 'Em Rough

Treat 'Em Rough

Movie · as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid

1942
Eagle Squadron poster

Eagle Squadron

Movie · as Leckie

1941
Out of the Fog poster

Out of the Fog

Movie · as George Watkins

1941
The Wagons Roll at Night poster

The Wagons Roll at Night

Movie · as Matt Varney

1941
Four Mothers poster

Four Mothers

Movie · as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.

1941
The Great Mr. Nobody poster

The Great Mr. Nobody

Movie · as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith

1941
Thieves Fall Out poster

Thieves Fall Out

Movie · as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes

1941
Breakdowns of 1941 poster

Breakdowns of 1941

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940
A Dispatch from Reuters poster

A Dispatch from Reuters

Movie · as Max Wagner

1940
My Love Came Back poster

My Love Came Back

Movie · as Dusty Rhodes

1940
Brother Rat and a Baby poster

Brother Rat and a Baby

Movie · as Bing Edwards

1940
An Angel from Texas poster

An Angel from Texas

Movie · as Peter Coleman

1939
On Your Toes poster

On Your Toes

Movie · as Phil Dolan Jr.

1939
Four Wives poster

Four Wives

Movie · as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.

1938
Brother Rat poster

Brother Rat

Movie · as 'Bing' Edwards