Eddie Albert

male

Born on April 22, 1906 (119 years old)

Passed Away on May 26, 2005

From Rock Island, Illinois, USA

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.

Cast Credits

2022
- Rat Pack
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  2022
2015
- Trumbo
  as
  Irving Radovich in Roman Holiday (archive footage) (uncredited)
  2015
2002
- Restoring Roman Holiday
  as
  Irving Radovich (archive footage)
  2002
2000
- Frank Sinatra Memorial
  as
  Self
  2000
1999
- no image
  Television: The First Fifty Years
  as
  Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
  1999
1995
- The Barefoot Executive
  as
  Herbert Gower
  1995
1994
- Spider-Man
  as
  Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
  1994
1993
- A Norman Rockwell Christmas
  as
  Self
  1993
- La Classe américaine
  as
  The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
  1993
- no image
  Okavango
  as
  Uncle Bill Scofield
  1993
1992
- The Golden Palace
  as
  Bill Douglas
  1992
1991
- no image
  The Girl From Mars
  as
  Dr. Charles Favender
  1991
1990
- Return to Green Acres
  as
  Oliver Wendell Douglas
  1990
1989
- Brenda Starr
  as
  Police Chief Maloney
  1989
- The Big Picture
  as
  M.C.
  1989
1987
- Mercy or Murder?
  as
  Joe Varon
  1987
- Turnaround
  as
  Theo Aitken
  1987
- thirtysomething
  as
  Charlie Weston
  1987
1986
- Dress Gray
  as
  Judge Hand
  1986
1985
- Head Office
  as
  Pete Helmes
  1985
- Stitches
  as
  Dean Bradley
  1985
- In Like Flynn
  as
  Bill White
  1985
- Musical Comedy Tonight III
  as
  Self
  1985
- The Twilight Zone
  as
  Roger Leeds
  1985
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  as
  Jonathan Hughes
  1985
1984
- Dreamscape
  as
  The President
  1984
- The Act
  as
  Harry Kruger
  1984
- Burning Rage
  as
  Will Larson
  1984
- Murder, She Wrote
  as
  Jackson Lane
  1984
- Highway to Heaven
  as
  Sen. Fritz McCorkindale
  1984
1983
- The Demon Murder Case
  as
  Father Dietrich
  1983
1982
- Beyond Witch Mountain
  as
  Jason O'Day
  1982
- Yes, Giorgio
  as
  Henry Pollack
  1982
- Rooster
  as
  Rev. Harlan Barnum
  1982
- Hotel
  as
  MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
  1982
1981
- Take This Job and Shove It
  as
  Samuel Ellison
  1981
- The Oklahoma City Dolls
  as
  Coach Homer Sixx
  1981
- Falcon Crest
  as
  Carlton Travis
  1981
- Simon & Simon
  as
  Judge Elliott Morris Taylor
  1981
- Goliath Awaits
  as
  Adm. Wiley Sloan
  1981
- Peter and Paul
  as
  Festus
  1981
1980
- Foolin' Around
  as
  Daggett
  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
- Yesterday
  as
  Bart Kramer
  1980
- Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
  as
  Self - Host
  1980
- Beulah Land
  as
  Felix Kendrick
  1980
1979
- The Concorde... Airport '79
  as
  Eli Sands
  1979
1978
- The Crash of Flight 401
  as
  Capt. Dunn
  1978
- Evening in Byzantium
  as
  Brian Murphy
  1978
- The Word
  as
  Ogden Towery
  1978
1977
- The Love Boat
  as
  Dean Burton Lockwood
  1977
1976
- Moving Violation
  as
  Alex Warren
  1976
- Birch Interval
  as
  Pa Strawacher
  1976
1975
- Hustle
  as
  Leo Sellers
  1975
- Escape to Witch Mountain
  as
  Jason O'Day
  1975
- The Devil's Rain
  as
  Dr. Sam Richards
  1975
- Promise Him Anything
  as
  Pop
  1975
- Whiffs
  as
  Colonel Lockyer
  1975
- Switch
  as
  Frank MacBride
  1975
- Switch
  as
  Frank MacBride
  1975
1974
- The Longest Yard
  as
  Warden Hazen
  1974
- McQ
  as
  Kosterman
  1974
- The Take
  as
  Chief Berrigan
  1974
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
  as
  Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
  1974
1973
- The Borrowers
  as
  Pod Clock
  1973
- See the Man Run
  as
  Dr. Thomas Spencer
  1973
- no image
  Daddy's Girl
  as
  Bob Randall
  1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ...
  as
  Self
  1973
1972
- The Heartbreak Kid
  as
  Duane Corcoran
  1972
- The Lorax
  as
  Narrator
  1972
- Fireball Forward
  as
  Col. Douglas Graham
  1972
- Kung Fu
  as
  Dr. George Baxter
  1972
1971
- Columbo
  as
  Martin Hollister
  1971
- The Pet Set
  as
  Self
  1971
- Great Performances
  as
  Self
  1971
1970
- McCloud
  as
  Roy Erickson
  1970
1969
- The Johnny Cash Show
  as
  Self
  1969
1968
- The Mouse on the Mayflower
  as
  Capt. Standish (voice)
  1968
- Here's Lucy
  as
  Eddie Albert
  1968
- no image
  The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
  as
  Self - Guest
  1968
- The Dick Cavett Show
  as
  Self - Guest
  1968
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show
  as
  Self - Guest
  1967
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
  as
  Self
  1967
1965
- The Party's Over
  as
  Ben Morgan
  1965
- 7 Women
  as
  Charles Pether
  1965
- Green Acres
  as
  Oliver Wendell Douglas
  1965
1964
- The Rogues
  as
  Gregg Roberts
  1964
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  as
  Dr. Fred Wilson
  1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  as
  Brother Love
  1964
1963
- Captain Newman, M.D.
  as
  Col. Norval Algate Bliss
  1963
- Miracle of the White Stallions
  as
  Rider Otto
  1963
- Burke's Law
  as
  Arthur J. Poindexter
  1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  as
  Dr. Bert Andrews
  1963
- Petticoat Junction
  as
  Oliver Douglas
  1963
- Mr. Novak
  as
  Charlie O'Rourke
  1963
- The Lieutenant
  as
  Rodney Cameron O'Rourke
  1963
- The Outer Limits
  as
  Andy Thorne
  1963
- The Danny Kaye Show
  as
  Self
  1963
- no image
  The Greatest Show on Earth
  as
  Frank Land
  1963
1962
- The Longest Day
  as
  Col. Thompson
  1962
- Who's Got the Action?
  as
  Clint Morgan
  1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  as
  Oliver Wendell Douglas
  1962
- The Merv Griffin Show
  as
  Self
  1962
- Combat!
  as
  Phil
  1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Cal Kroeger
  1962
- Sam Benedict
  as
  Lewis Wiley
  1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  as
  Self
  1962
1961
- Madison Avenue
  as
  Harvey Holt Ames
  1961
- The Spiral Staircase
  as
  Albert Warren
  1961
- The Young Doctors
  as
  Dr. Charles Dornberger
  1961
- The Two Little Bears
  as
  Harry Davis
  1961
- Ben Casey
  as
  Gene Billstrom
  1961
- The New Breed
  as
  Walter Cowley
  1961
- Dr. Kildare
  as
  Dr. Norman French
  1961
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  as
  Frank Foster
  1961
- The Mike Douglas Show
  as
  Self - Co-Host
  1961
- The Mike Douglas Show
  as
  Self
  1961
1959
- Beloved Infidel
  as
  Bob Carter
  1959
- Disneyland '59
  as
  Self
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Taylor Dickson
  1959
- Laramie
  1959
- Riverboat
  as
  Dan Simpson
  1959
- Startime
  1959
1958
- Orders to Kill
  as
  Maj. MacMahon
  1958
- The Gun Runners
  as
  Hanagan
  1958
- The Roots of Heaven
  as
  Abe Fields
  1958
- Naked City
  as
  Earl Johannis
  1958
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  as
  Joe Minelli
  1958
1957
- The Sun Also Rises
  as
  Bill Gorton
  1957
- The Teahouse of the August Moon
  as
  Captain McLean
  1957
- The Joker is Wild
  as
  Austin Mack
  1957
- no image
  Tonight Starring Jack Paar
  as
  Self
  1957
- no image
  Tonight Starring Jack Paar
  as
  Self - Guest Host
  1957
- Wagon Train
  as
  John Darro
  1957
1956
- Attack
  as
  Erskine Cooney
  1956
- Our Mr. Sun
  as
  The Fiction Writer
  1956
- Operation Teahouse
  as
  Self
  1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  as
  Self
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Bide Turley
  1956
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Co-Host /Presenter
  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
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Host
  1956
- Tony Awards
  as
  Self - Presenter
  1956
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
  1955
- The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
  as
  R.J. Banning
  1955
1954
- Climax!
  as
  Gabe Douglas
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  as
  Jason O'Day
  1954
- Climax!
  as
  Barney Kanda
  1954
- Climax!
  as
  David Adams
  1954
- Studio 57
  as
  Jim Hammond
  1954
1953
- Roman Holiday
  as
  Irving Radovich
  1953
- no image
  The Bachelor Party
  as
  Charlie
  1953
- 1984
  as
  Winston
  1953
- General Electric Theater
  as
  Narrator
  1953
- The Oscars
  as
  Self
  1953
- Letter to Loretta
  as
  Lionel Kent
  1953
- Letter to Loretta
  as
  Max Asher
  1953
- General Electric Theater
  as
  Paul Mattson
  1953
- General Electric Theater
  as
  Louie Schmidt
  1953
- Letter to Loretta
  as
  Tiger Tipton
  1953
- Medallion Theatre
  1953
- The Motorola Television Hour
  1953
- Revlon Mirror Theatre
  1953
1952
- Carrie
  as
  Charles Drouet
  1952
- Actors and Sin
  as
  Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
  1952
1951
- You're in the Navy Now
  as
  Lt. Bill Barron
  1951
- Meet Me After the Show
  as
  Chris Leeds
  1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  1951
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  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
1950
- The Fuller Brush Girl
  as
  Humphrey Briggs
  1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  as
  Self
  1950
- Your Show of Shows
  1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
  as
  Jesse
  1950
- What's My Line?
  as
  Self - Mystery Guest
  1950
- no image
  Danger
  1950
1949
- Suspense
  1949
- Lights Out
  1949
- Suspense
  as
  Danny Maguire
  1949
1948
- You Gotta Stay Happy
  as
  Bullets Baker
  1948
- The Dude Goes West
  as
  Daniel Bone
  1948
- Every Girl Should Be Married
  as
  Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
  1948
- Studio One
  as
  Winston Smith
  1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  as
  Charlie
  1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  as
  Self
  1948
- Studio One
  as
  John Peter Zenger
  1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  1948
- The Ford Theatre Hour
  1948
1947
- The Perfect Marriage
  as
  Gil Cummins
  1947
- Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
  as
  Steve Nelson
  1947
- Hit Parade of 1947
  as
  Kip Walker
  1947
- Time Out of Mind
  as
  Jake Bullard
  1947
1946
- Strange Voyage
  as
  Chris Thompson
  1946
- Rendezvous with Annie
  as
  Jeffrey Dolan
  1946
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
  as
  Self - Presenter
  1944
- Golden Globe Awards
  as
  Self - Host
  1944
1943
- Bombardier
  as
  Tom Hughes
  1943
- Ladies' Day
  as
  Wacky Waters
  1943
- Lady Bodyguard
  as
  Terry Moore
  1943
1942
- no image
  Treat 'Em Rough
  as
  Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
  1942
- Eagle Squadron
  as
  Leckie
  1942
1941
- Out of the Fog
  as
  George Watkins
  1941
- The Wagons Roll at Night
  as
  Matt Varney
  1941
- Four Mothers
  as
  Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
  1941
- The Great Mr. Nobody
  as
  Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
  1941
- Thieves Fall Out
  as
  Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
  1941
- Breakdowns of 1941
  as
  Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  1941
1940
- A Dispatch from Reuters
  as
  Max Wagner
  1940
- My Love Came Back
  as
  Dusty Rhodes
  1940
- Brother Rat and a Baby
  as
  Bing Edwards
  1940
- An Angel from Texas
  as
  Peter Coleman
  1940
1939
- On Your Toes
  as
  Phil Dolan Jr.
  1939
- Four Wives
  as
  Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
  1939
1938
- Brother Rat
  as
  'Bing' Edwards
  1938

Eddie Albert

Biography

Cast Credits

Rat Pack

Trumbo

Restoring Roman Holiday

Frank Sinatra Memorial

Television: The First Fifty Years

The Barefoot Executive

Spider-Man

A Norman Rockwell Christmas

La Classe américaine

Okavango

The Golden Palace

The Girl From Mars

Return to Green Acres

Brenda Starr

The Big Picture

Mercy or Murder?

Turnaround

thirtysomething

Dress Gray

Head Office

Stitches

In Like Flynn

Musical Comedy Tonight III

The Twilight Zone

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Dreamscape

The Act

Burning Rage

Murder, She Wrote

Highway to Heaven

The Demon Murder Case

Beyond Witch Mountain

Yes, Giorgio

Rooster

Hotel

Take This Job and Shove It

The Oklahoma City Dolls

Falcon Crest

Simon & Simon

Goliath Awaits

Peter and Paul

Foolin' Around

The Border

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

Trouble in High Timber Country

Yesterday

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

Beulah Land

The Concorde... Airport '79

The Crash of Flight 401

Evening in Byzantium

The Word

The Love Boat

Moving Violation

Birch Interval

Hustle

Escape to Witch Mountain

The Devil's Rain

Promise Him Anything

Whiffs

Switch

Switch

The Longest Yard

McQ

The Take

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

The Borrowers

See the Man Run

Daddy's Girl

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The Heartbreak Kid

The Lorax

Fireball Forward

Kung Fu

Columbo

The Pet Set

Great Performances