Eddie Albert
Known for acting · Born 22 April 1906 · Died 26 May 2005 · aged 99 · Rock Island, Illinois, USA
209 credits
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
Green Acres
1965
Roman Holiday
1953
The Longest Yard
1974
Switch
1975
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
The Lorax
1972
Attack
1956
McQ
1974
The Devil’s Rain
1975
Dreamscape
1984
Oklahoma!
1955
Petticoat Junction
1963
Acting (209)
2022Rat PackSelf (archive footage)Film
2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckAdam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)Film
2002Restoring Roman HolidayIrving Radovich (archive footage)Film
2000Frank Sinatra MemorialSelfFilm
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)Film
1995The Barefoot ExecutiveHerbert GowerFilm
1994Spider-ManAdrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1993La Classe américaineThe Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1993OkavangoUncle Bill ScofieldSeries
1993A Norman Rockwell ChristmasSelfFilm
1992The Golden PalaceBill DouglasSeries
1991The Girl From MarsDr. Charles FavenderFilm
1990Return to Green AcresOliver Wendell DouglasFilm
1989The Big PictureM.C.Film
1989Brenda StarrPolice Chief MaloneyFilm
1988War and RemembranceBreckinridge LongSeries
1987thirtysomethingCharlie WestonSeries
1987Mercy or Murder?Joe VaronFilm
1987TurnaroundTheo AitkenFilm
1986Dress GrayJudge Hand · 2 episodesSeries
1985The Twilight ZoneRoger LeedsSeries
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterJonathan HughesSeries
1985Head OfficePete HelmesFilm
1985StitchesDean BradleyFilm
1985In Like FlynnBill WhiteFilm
1985Musical Comedy Tonight IIISelfFilm
1984Murder, She WroteJackson LaneSeries
1984DreamscapeThe PresidentFilm
1984Highway to HeavenSen. Fritz McCorkindaleSeries
1984The ActHarry KrugerFilm
1984Burning RageWill LarsonFilm
1983The Demon Murder CaseFather DietrichFilm
1982HotelMacDonald 'Mack' EricksonSeries
1982Yes, GiorgioHenry PollackFilm
1982Beyond Witch MountainJason O'DayFilm
1982RoosterRev. Harlan BarnumFilm
1981Simon & SimonJudge Elliott Morris Taylor · 2 episodesSeries
1981Falcon CrestCarlton Travis · 3 episodesSeries
1981Take This Job and Shove ItSamuel EllisonFilm
1981Goliath AwaitsAdm. Wiley Sloan · 2 episodesSeries
1981Peter and PaulFestus · 2 episodesSeries
1981The Oklahoma City DollsCoach Homer SixxFilm
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingMaxFilm
1980The BorderMoffatFilm
1980Foolin' AroundDaggettFilm
1980YesterdayBart KramerFilm
1980Beulah LandFelix Kendrick · 3 episodesSeries
1980Trouble in High Timber CountryCarroll YeagerFilm
1980Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of MagicSelf - HostSeries
1979The Concorde... Airport '79Eli SandsFilm
1978The WordOgden Towery · 4 episodesSeries
1978The Crash of Flight 401Capt. DunnFilm
1978Evening in ByzantiumBrian Murphy · 2 episodesSeries
1977The Love BoatDean Burton Lockwood · 2 episodesSeries
1976Moving ViolationAlex WarrenFilm
1976Birch IntervalPa StrawacherFilm
1975Escape to Witch MountainJason O'DayFilm
1975The Devil’s RainDr. Sam RichardsFilm
1975HustleLeo SellersFilm
1975SwitchFrank MacBride · 70 episodesSeries
1975WhiffsColonel LockyerFilm
1975Promise Him AnythingPopFilm
1975SwitchFrank MacBrideFilm
1974The Longest YardWarden HazenFilm
1974McQKostermanFilm
1974The TakeChief BerriganFilm
1974The Lives of Benjamin FranklinDiplomat Benjamin Franklin · 4 episodesSeries
1973The BorrowersPod ClockFilm
1973See the Man RunDr. Thomas SpencerFilm
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfSeries
1973Daddy's GirlBob RandallFilm
1972Kung FuDr. George Baxter · 2 episodesSeries
1972The LoraxNarratorFilm
1972The Heartbreak KidDuane CorcoranFilm
1972Fireball ForwardCol. Douglas GrahamFilm
1971ColumboMartin HollisterSeries
1971Great PerformancesSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1971The Pet SetSelfSeries
1970McCloudRoy EricksonSeries
1969The Johnny Cash ShowSelfSeries
1968Here's LucyEddie AlbertSeries
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1968The Mouse on the MayflowerCapt. Standish (voice)Film
1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1965Green AcresOliver Wendell Douglas · 170 episodesSeries
19657 WomenCharles PetherFilm
1965The Party's OverBen MorganFilm
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaDr. Fred WilsonSeries
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Brother LoveSeries
1964The RoguesGregg RobertsSeries
1963The Outer LimitsAndy ThorneSeries
1963Petticoat JunctionOliver Douglas · 12 episodesSeries
1963Captain Newman, M.D.Col. Norval Algate BlissFilm
1963Miracle of the White StallionsRider OttoFilm
1963Burke's LawArthur J. PoindexterSeries
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreDr. Bert AndrewsSeries
1963The LieutenantRodney Cameron O'RourkeSeries
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1963Mr. NovakCharlie O'RourkeSeries
1963The Greatest Show on EarthFrank LandSeries
1962The Longest DayCol. ThompsonFilm
1962The Beverly HillbilliesOliver Wendell DouglasSeries
1962Combat!PhilSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962The VirginianCal KroegerSeries
1962Who's Got the Action?Clint MorganFilm
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 13 episodesSeries
1962Sam BenedictLewis WileySeries
1961Dr. KildareDr. Norman FrenchSeries
1961Ben CaseyGene BillstromSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host · 5 episodes, Self · 8 episodesSeries
1961The Young DoctorsDr. Charles DornbergerFilm
1961Madison AvenueHarvey Holt AmesFilm
1961The New BreedWalter CowleySeries
1961The Spiral StaircaseAlbert WarrenFilm
1961The Two Little BearsHarry DavisFilm
1961The DuPont Show of the WeekFrank FosterSeries
1959RawhideTaylor DicksonSeries
1959Beloved InfidelBob CarterFilm
1959LaramieSeries
1959RiverboatDan SimpsonSeries
1959StartimeSelf – HostSeries
1959Disneyland '59SelfFilm
1958The Roots of HeavenAbe FieldsFilm
1958Orders to KillMaj. MacMahonFilm
1958The Gun RunnersHanaganFilm
1958Naked CityEarl JohannisSeries
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseJoe MinelliSeries
1957The Joker is WildAustin MackFilm
1957The Teahouse of the August MoonCaptain McLeanFilm
1957The Sun Also RisesBill GortonFilm
1957Wagon TrainJohn DarroSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 3 episodes, Self - Guest Host · 5 episodesSeries
1956AttackErskine CooneyFilm
1956Our Mr. SunThe Fiction WriterFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreBide Turley, Sam Barlow, Jed Wiley, Jess MatsonSeries
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelfSeries
1956Operation TeahouseSelfFilm
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Host / PresenterSeries
1955Oklahoma!Ali HakimFilm
1955I'll Cry TomorrowBurt McGuireFilm
1955The Girl RushElliot AtterburyFilm
1955A Connecticut YankeeMartin BarretFilm
1955MGM Parade, SelfSeries
1955General Electric Theater: Into the NightPaul MattsonFilm
1955The Eddie Cantor Comedy TheaterR.J. BanningSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJason O'Day · 2 episodesSeries
1954Climax!Gabe Douglas, Barney Kanda, David AdamsSeries
1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A FoolNarratorFilm
1954Studio 57Jim HammondSeries
1954Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?Film
1953Roman HolidayIrving RadovichFilm
1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1953Letter to LorettaLionel Kent, Max Asher, Tiger TiptonSeries
1953General Electric TheaterNarrator, Paul Mattson, Louie SchmidtSeries
19531984WinstonFilm
1953The Motorola Television HourSeries
1953The Bachelor PartyCharlieFilm
1953Medallion TheatreSeries
1953Revlon Mirror TheatreSeries
1952CarrieCharles DrouetFilm
1952Actors and SinOrlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)Film
1952Leave It to LarryLarry Tucker · 11 episodesSeries
1951You're in the Navy NowLt. Bill BarronFilm
1951Meet Me After the ShowChris LeedsFilm
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Randy Smith, Bill Carter, Sheldon BlackSeries
1951Goodyear Television PlayhouseSeries
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery GuestSeries
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelfSeries
1950The Fuller Brush GirlHumphrey BriggsFilm
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsJesseSeries
1950Your Show of Shows · 3 episodesSeries
1950Danger · 2 episodesSeries
1949Suspense, Danny MaguireSeries
1949Lights OutSeries
1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedHarry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)Film
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 6 episodesSeries
1948You Gotta Stay HappyBullets BakerFilm
1948Studio OneWinston Smith, John Peter Zenger · 2 episodesSeries
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseCharlieSeries
1948The Dude Goes WestDaniel BoneFilm
1948The Ford Theatre HourSeries
1947Smash-Up: The Story of a WomanSteve NelsonFilm
1947Time Out of MindJake BullardFilm
1947The Perfect MarriageGil CumminsFilm
1947Hit Parade of 1947Kip WalkerFilm
1946Strange VoyageChris ThompsonFilm
1946Rendezvous with AnnieJeffrey DolanFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter · 4 episodes, Self - HostSeries
1943BombardierTom HughesFilm
1943Ladies' DayWacky WatersFilm
1943Lady BodyguardTerry MooreFilm
1942Eagle SquadronLeckieFilm
1942Treat 'Em RoughBill Kingsford aka The Panama KidFilm
1941Out of the FogGeorge WatkinsFilm
1941The Wagons Roll at NightMatt VarneyFilm
1941Four MothersDr. Clint Forrest, Jr.Film
1941The Great Mr. NobodyRobert 'Dreamy' SmithFilm
1941Thieves Fall OutEdward 'Eddie' BarnesFilm
1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1940A Dispatch from ReutersMax WagnerFilm
1940My Love Came BackDusty RhodesFilm
1940An Angel from TexasPeter ColemanFilm
1940Brother Rat and a BabyBing EdwardsFilm
1939Four WivesDr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.Film
1939On Your ToesPhil Dolan Jr.Film
1938Brother Rat'Bing' EdwardsFilm