Eddie Albert
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1906-04-22 – 2005-05-26
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.
Known for
Roman Holiday
1953Irving Radovich
The Longest Yard
1974Warden Hazen
Hustle
1975Leo Sellers
Dreamscape
1984The President
Attack
1956Erskine Cooney
The Sun Also Rises
1957Bill Gorton
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948Bullets Baker
Out of the Fog
1941George Watkins
The Longest Day
1962Col. Thompson
Beyond Witch Mountain
1982Jason O'Day
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963Col. Norval Algate Bliss
McQ
1974Kosterman
Orders to Kill
1958Maj. MacMahon
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955Burt McGuire
The Heartbreak Kid
1972Duane Corcoran
Oklahoma!
1955Ali Hakim
Head Office
1985Pete Helmes
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979Eli Sands
The Party's Over
1965Ben Morgan