Eddie Albert
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Lady Bodyguard
1943
as Terry Moore
Roman Holiday
1953
as Irving Radovich
The Longest Day
1962
as Col. Thompson
McQ
1974
as Kosterman
The Longest Yard
1974
as Warden Hazen
The Big Picture
1989
as M.C.
Head Office
1985
as Pete Helmes
Oklahoma!
1955
as Ali Hakim
Foolin' Around
1980
as Daggett
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brenda Starr
1989
as Police Chief Maloney
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Eli Sands
Yes, Giorgio
1982
as Henry Pollack
Who's Got the Action?
1962
as Clint Morgan
Hustle
1975
as Leo Sellers
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
as Jason O'Day
Attack
1956
as Erskine Cooney
Dreamscape
1984
as The President
The Sun Also Rises
1957
as Bill Gorton
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Humphrey Briggs