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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

217

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-04-22

Deathday

2005-05-26 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.

Also Known As

Edward Albert Heimberger
Eddie Albert Sr.
Eddie Albert Heimberger

Eddie Albert

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.

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Acting

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2002		Restoring Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich (archive footage)
2002		The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)

2000

Frank Sinatra Memorial as Self

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)

1995

The Barefoot Executive as Herbert Gower

1994

Spider-Man as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)

1993		La Classe américaine as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993		A Norman Rockwell Christmas as Self
1993		Okavango

1992

The Golden Palace as Bill Douglas

1991

The Girl From Mars as Dr. Charles Favender

1990

Return to Green Acres as Oliver Wendell Douglas

1989		The Big Picture as M.C.
1989		Brenda Starr as Police Chief Maloney

1987		thirtysomething
1987		Turnaround as Theo Aitken
1987		Mercy or Murder? as Joe Varon

1986

Dress Gray as Judge Hand

1985		Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985		The Twilight Zone
1985		Stitches as Dean Bradley
1985		In Like Flynn as Bill White
1985		Head Office as Pete Helmes
1985		The Ray Bradbury Theater as Jonathan Hughes

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Jackson Lane
1984		Burning Rage as Will Larson
1984		Dreamscape as The President
1984		The Act as Harry Kruger

1983

The Demon Murder Case as Father Dietrich

1982		Yes, Giorgio as Henry Pollack
1982		Hotel as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
1982		Rooster as Rev. Harlan Barnum
1982		Beyond Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day

1981		Falcon Crest as Carlton Travis
1981		Simon & Simon
1981		Goliath Awaits as Adm. Wiley Sloan
1981		Take This Job and Shove It as Samuel Ellison
1981		Peter and Paul as Festus
1981		Yesterday as Bart Kramer
1981		The Oklahoma City Dolls as Coach Homer Sixx

1980		Foolin' Around as Daggett
1980		Beulah Land as Felix Kendrick
1980		The Border as Moffat
1980		How to Beat the High Cost of Living as Max
1980		Trouble in High Timber Country as Carroll Yeager
1980		Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

1979

The Concorde... Airport '79 as Eli Sands

1978		The Word as Ogden Towery
1978		The Crash of Flight 401 as Capt. Dunn
1978		Evening in Byzantium as Brian Murphy

1977

The Love Boat as Dean Burton Lockwood

1976		Moving Violation as Alex Warren
1976		Birch Interval as Pa Strawacher

1975		Hustle as Leo Sellers
1975		Whiffs as Colonel Lockyer
1975		Switch as Frank MacBride
1975		The Devil's Rain as Dr. Sam Richards
1975		Promise Him Anything as Pop
1975		Escape to Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day
1975		Switch [Pilot] as Frank MacBride

1974		The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
1974		The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
1974		The Take as Chief Berrigan
1974		McQ as Kosterman

1973		The Borrowers as Pod Clock
1973		Daddy's Girl as Bob Randall
1973		See the Man Run as Dr. Thomas Spencer
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972		The Heartbreak Kid as Duane Corcoran
1972		Kung Fu as Dr. George Baxter
1972		Fireball Forward as Col. Douglas Graham
1972		The Lorax as Narrator

1971		Columbo as Martin Hollister
1971		Great Performances as Self
1971		The Pet Set as Self

1970

McCloud

1969

The Johnny Cash Show as Self

1968		The Mouse on the Mayflower as Capt. Standish (voice)
1968		Here's Lucy as Eddie Albert
1968		The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self - Guest
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967		The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1967		The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self

1966

Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

1965		7 Women as Charles Pether
1965		Green Acres as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1965		The Party's Over as Ben Morgan

1964		The Nutcracker as Self - Host / Narrator (U.S. version)
1964		The Rogues as Gregg Roberts

1963		Captain Newman, M.D. as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre as Dr. Bert Andrews
1963		The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963		Petticoat Junction as Oliver Douglas
1963		Petticoat Junction as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1963		Mr. Novak as Charlie O'Rourke
1963		Burke's Law as Arthur J. Poindexter
1963		The Greatest Show on Earth
1963		The Outer Limits as Andy Thorne
1963		The Lieutenant
1963		Miracle of the White Stallions as Rider Otto

1962		Who's Got the Action? as Clint Morgan
1962		Combat! as Phil
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies
1962		The Longest Day as Col. Thompson
1962		The Virginian as Cal Kroeger
1962		Sam Benedict

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Two Little Bears as Harry Davis
1961		The Spiral Staircase as Albert Warren
1961		The New Breed as Walter Cowley
1961		Ben Casey
1961		Dr. Kildare as Dr. Norman French
1961		The DuPont Show of the Week as Frank Foster
1961		The Young Doctors as Dr. Charles Dornberger
1961		Madison Avenue as Harvey Holt Ames

1959		Beloved Infidel as Bob Carter
1959		Startime
1959		Laramie
1959		Riverboat as Dan Simpson
1959		Disneyland '59 as Self
1959		Rawhide as Taylor Dickson

1958		The Roots of Heaven as Abe Fields
1958		Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958		Naked City as Earl Johannis
1958		The Gun Runners as Hanagan
1958		Orders to Kill as Maj. MacMahon

1957		The Joker is Wild as Austin Mack
1957		Wagon Train as John Darro
1957		The Sun Also Rises as Bill Gorton
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Guest Host
1957		The Teahouse of the August Moon as Captain McLean

1956		Operation Teahouse as Self
1956		Our Mr. Sun as The Fiction Writer
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Bide Turley
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Wiley
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Matson
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Barlow
1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		Attack as Erskine Cooney
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host /Presenter
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955		I'll Cry Tomorrow as Burt McGuire
1955		Oklahoma! as Ali Hakim
1955		The Girl Rush as Elliot Atterbury
1955		General Electric Theater: Into the Night as Paul Mattson
1955		A Connecticut Yankee as Martin Barret

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Jason O'Day
1954		Climax! as Gabe Douglas
1954		Climax! as Barney Kanda
1954		Climax! as David Adams

1953		The Bachelor Party as Charlie
1953		1984 as Winston
1953		Letter to Loretta as Lionel Kent
1953		Letter to Loretta as Max Asher
1953		Letter to Loretta as Tiger Tipton
1953		Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich
1953		Medallion Theatre
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		General Electric Theater as Narrator
1953		General Electric Theater as Paul Mattson
1953		General Electric Theater as Louie Schmidt

1952		Carrie as Charles Drouet
1952		Actors and Sin as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)

1951		Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Randy Smith
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bill Carter
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sheldon Black
1951		Meet Me After the Show as Chris Leeds
1951		You're in the Navy Now as Lt. Bill Barron

1950		The Fuller Brush Girl as Humphrey Briggs
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		Your Show of Shows
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Jesse

1949		Lights Out
1949		Suspense
1949		Suspense as Danny Maguire

1948		Every Girl Should Be Married as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
1948		Studio One as Winston Smith
1948		Studio One as John Peter Zenger
1948		You Gotta Stay Happy as Bullets Baker
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Charlie
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		The Dude Goes West as Daniel Bone

1947		Time Out of Mind as Jake Bullard
1947		Hit Parade of 1947 as Kip Walker
1947		Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Steve Nelson
1947		The Perfect Marriage as Gil Cummins

1946		Rendezvous with Annie as Jeffrey Dolan
1946		Strange Voyage as Chris Thompson

1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host

1943		Bombardier as Tom Hughes
1943		Ladies' Day as Wacky Waters
1943		Lady Bodyguard as Terry Moore

1942		Eagle Squadron as Leckie
1942		Treat 'Em Rough as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid

1941		Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941		Out of the Fog as George Watkins
1941		Thieves Fall Out as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
1941		The Wagons Roll at Night as Matt Varney
1941		The Great Mr. Nobody as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
1941		Four Mothers as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.

1940		A Dispatch from Reuters as Max Wagner
1940		My Love Came Back as Dusty Rhodes
1940		An Angel from Texas as Peter Coleman
1940		Brother Rat and a Baby as Bing Edwards

1939		Four Wives as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
1939		On Your Toes as Phil Dolan Jr.

1938

Brother Rat as 'Bing' Edwards