Eddie Albert

14 titles·Since 1952

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.

Frequently works with

Robert Aldrich

2 titles together

William Wyler

2 titles together

Filmography (14)

Dreamscape

1984 · The President

Switch

1975 · Frank MacBride

The Devil’s Rain

1975 · Dr. Sam Richards

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975 · Jason O'Day

The Longest Yard

1974 · Warden Hazen

McQ

1974 · Kosterman

The Heartbreak Kid

1972 · Duane Corcoran

The Lorax

1972 · Narrator

Green Acres

1965 · Oliver Wendell Douglas

The Joker is Wild

1957 · Austin Mack

Attack

1956 · Erskine Cooney

Oklahoma!

1955 · Ali Hakim

Roman Holiday

1953 · Irving Radovich

Carrie

1952 · Charles Drouet

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.