Eddie Albert
Acting1906Rock 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
Acting History
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Irving Radovich (archive footage)
2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
1998
Great Performances
TVas Self• 2 eps
1996
Spider-Man
TVas Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)• 2 eps
1995
The Barefoot Executive
as Herbert Gower
1993
La Classe américaine
as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
as Self
Okavango
TVas Uncle Bill Scofield
1992
The Golden Palace
TVas Bill Douglas
1991
The Girl From Mars
as Dr. Charles Favender
1990
Return to Green Acres
as Oliver Wendell Douglas
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TVas Jonathan Hughes• 1 eps
1989
1988
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Jackson Lane• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Roger Leeds• 1 eps
1987
1986
Highway to Heaven
TVas Sen. Fritz McCorkindale• 1 eps
Dress Gray
TVas Judge Hand
1985
Stitches
as Dean Bradley
Head Office
as Pete Helmes
In Like Flynn
as Bill White
Musical Comedy Tonight III
as Self
Hotel
TVas MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson• 1 eps
1984
1983
The Demon Murder Case
as Father Dietrich
Simon & Simon
TVas Judge Elliott Morris Taylor• 2 eps
The Love Boat
TVas Dean Burton Lockwood• 2 eps
1982
1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls
as Coach Homer Sixx
Take This Job and Shove It
as Samuel Ellison
Goliath Awaits
TVas Adm. Wiley Sloan
Peter and Paul
TVas Festus
1980
Foolin' Around
as Daggett
The Border
as Moffat
Yesterday
as Bart Kramer
Trouble in High Timber Country
as Carroll Yeager
Beulah Land
TVas Felix Kendrick
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
TVas Self - Host
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Eli Sands
1978
1976
Moving Violation
as Alex Warren
Birch Interval
as Pa Strawacher
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
as Jason O'Day
Hustle
as Leo Sellers
Whiffs
as Colonel Lockyer
Promise Him Anything
as Pop
Switch
as Frank MacBride
The Devil’s Rain
as Dr. Sam Richards
Switch
TVas Frank MacBride• 70 eps
1974
The Longest Yard
as Warden Hazen
McQ
as Kosterman
The Take
as Chief Berrigan
Kung Fu
TVas Dr. George Baxter• 2 eps
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
TVas Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
1973
The Borrowers
as Pod Clock
See the Man Run
as Dr. Thomas Spencer
Daddy's Girl
as Bob Randall
Here's Lucy
TVas Eddie Albert• 1 eps
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1972
The Heartbreak Kid
as Duane Corcoran
The Lorax
as Narrator
Fireball Forward
as Col. Douglas Graham
McCloud
TVas Roy Erickson• 1 eps
1971
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TVas Self
1968
The Mouse on the Mayflower
as Capt. Standish (voice)
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Oliver Wendell Douglas• 1 eps
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TVas Self - Guest
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 3 eps
1966
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1965
The Party's Over
as Ben Morgan
7 Women
as Charles Pether
Burke's Law
TVas Arthur J. Poindexter• 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
TVas Oliver Douglas• 12 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
Green Acres
TVas Oliver Wendell Douglas• 170 eps
The Rogues
TVas Gregg Roberts• 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Brother Love• 1 eps
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TVas Dr. Fred Wilson• 1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas Andy Thorne• 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Dr. Bert Andrews• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Taylor Dickson• 1 eps
Mr. Novak
TVas Charlie O'Rourke• 1 eps
The Lieutenant
TVas Rodney Cameron O'Rourke• 1 eps
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
Miracle of the White Stallions
as Rider Otto
Combat!
TVas Phil• 1 eps
Sam Benedict
TVas Lewis Wiley• 1 eps
The Greatest Show on Earth
TVas Frank Land
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dr. Norman French• 1 eps
1962
The Longest Day
as Col. Thompson
Who's Got the Action?
as Clint Morgan
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
Naked City
TVas Earl Johannis• 1 eps
Ben Casey
TVas Gene Billstrom• 1 eps
The New Breed
TVas Walter Cowley• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Cal Kroeger• 1 eps
1961
Madison Avenue
as Harvey Holt Ames
The Young Doctors
as Dr. Charles Dornberger
The Two Little Bears
as Harry Davis
The Spiral Staircase
as Albert Warren
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Host• 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self / Self - Co-Host
The DuPont Show of the Week
TVas Frank Foster
1960
1959
Beloved Infidel
as Bob Carter
Disneyland '59
as Self
The Oscars
TVas Self• 2 eps
Riverboat
TVas Dan Simpson• 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self - Guest Host• 5 eps
1958
Orders to Kill
as Maj. MacMahon
The Roots of Heaven
as Abe Fields
The Gun Runners
as Hanagan
Studio 57
TVas Jim Hammond• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Jed Wiley / Sam Barlow / Jess Matson / Bide Turley• 1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TVas Joe Minelli• 1 eps
1957
The Sun Also Rises
as Bill Gorton
The Teahouse of the August Moon
as Captain McLean
The Joker is Wild
as Austin Mack
Climax!
TVas David Adams• 1 eps
Wagon Train
TVas John Darro• 1 eps
1956
1955
Oklahoma!
as Ali Hakim
A Connecticut Yankee
as Martin Barret
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Burt McGuire
The Girl Rush
as Elliot Atterbury
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
as Paul Mattson
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Jesse• 1 eps
MGM Parade
TVas Self
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
TVas R.J. Banning
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Jason O'Day
1953
Roman Holiday
as Irving Radovich
1984
as Winston
The Bachelor Party
as Charlie
General Electric Theater
TVas Louie Schmidt / Paul Mattson / Narrator
Letter to Loretta
TVas Max Asher / Tiger Tipton / Lionel Kent
Suspense
TVas Danny Maguire• 1 eps
1952
Actors and Sin
as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
Carrie
as Charles Drouet
1951
You're in the Navy Now
as Lt. Bill Barron
Meet Me After the Show
as Chris Leeds
Studio One
TVas John Peter Zenger• 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Randy Smith / Bill Carter / Sheldon Black
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Humphrey Briggs
1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
The Dude Goes West
as Daniel Bone
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Bullets Baker
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
The Perfect Marriage
as Gil Cummins
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Steve Nelson
Time Out of Mind
as Jake Bullard
Hit Parade of 1947
as Kip Walker
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
as Jeffrey Dolan
Strange Voyage
as Chris Thompson
1943
1942
Eagle Squadron
as Leckie
Treat 'Em Rough
as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
Four Mothers
as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
Out of the Fog
as George Watkins
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Matt Varney
Thieves Fall Out
as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Max Wagner
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Bing Edwards
An Angel from Texas
as Peter Coleman
My Love Came Back
as Dusty Rhodes
1939
Four Wives
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
On Your Toes
as Phil Dolan Jr.
1938
Brother Rat
as 'Bing' Edwards