Eddie Albert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 April 1906 · Rock Island, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 26 May 2005
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
Acting 118
- 2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Trumbo as Irving Radovich in Roman Holiday (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
- 2002Restoring Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich (archive footage)
- 2000Frank Sinatra Memorial as Self
- 1999Television: The First Fifty Years as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
- 1995The Barefoot Executive as Herbert Gower
- 1993La Classe américaine as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993A Norman Rockwell Christmas as Self
- 1991The Girl From Mars as Dr. Charles Favender
- 1990Return to Green Acres as Oliver Wendell Douglas
- 1989The Big Picture as M.C.
- 1989Brenda Starr as Police Chief Maloney
- 1987Turnaround as Theo Aitken
- 1987Mercy or Murder? as Joe Varon
- 1985Musical Comedy Tonight III as Self
- 1985Stitches as Dean Bradley
- 1985In Like Flynn as Bill White
- 1985Head Office as Pete Helmes
- 1984Burning Rage as Will Larson
- 1984Dreamscape as The President
- 1984The Act as Harry Kruger
- 1983The Demon Murder Case as Father Dietrich
- 1982Yes, Giorgio as Henry Pollack
- 1982Rooster as Rev. Harlan Barnum
- 1982Beyond Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day
- 1981Take This Job and Shove It as Samuel Ellison
- 1981The Oklahoma City Dolls as Coach Homer Sixx
- 1980Foolin' Around as Daggett
- 1980The Border as Moffat
- 1980How to Beat the High Cost of Living as Max
- 1980Trouble in High Timber Country as Carroll Yeager
- 1980Yesterday as Bart Kramer
- 1979The Concorde... Airport '79 as Eli Sands
- 1978The Crash of Flight 401 as Capt. Dunn
- 1978Evening in Byzantium as Brian Murphy
- 1976Moving Violation as Alex Warren
- 1976Birch Interval as Pa Strawacher
- 1975Hustle as Leo Sellers
- 1975Whiffs as Colonel Lockyer
- 1975The Devil’s Rain as Dr. Sam Richards
- 1975Promise Him Anything as Pop
- 1975Switch as Frank MacBride
- 1975Escape to Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day
- 1974The Longest Yard as Warden Hazen
- 1974The Take as Chief Berrigan
- 1974McQ as Kosterman
- 1973The Borrowers as Pod Clock
- 1973Daddy's Girl as Bob Randall
- 1973See the Man Run as Dr. Thomas Spencer
- 1972The Heartbreak Kid as Duane Corcoran
- 1972Fireball Forward as Col. Douglas Graham
- 1972The Lorax as Narrator
- 1968The Mouse on the Mayflower as Capt. Standish (voice)
- 19657 Women as Charles Pether
- 1965The Party's Over as Ben Morgan
- 1964The Nutcracker as Self - Host / Narrator (U.S. version)
- 1963Captain Newman, M.D. as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
- 1963Miracle of the White Stallions as Rider Otto
- 1962Who's Got the Action? as Clint Morgan
- 1962The Longest Day as Col. Thompson
- 1961The Two Little Bears as Harry Davis
- 1961The Spiral Staircase as Albert Warren
- 1961The Young Doctors as Dr. Charles Dornberger
- 1961Madison Avenue as Harvey Holt Ames
- 1959Beloved Infidel as Bob Carter
- 1959Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1958The Roots of Heaven as Abe Fields
- 1958The Gun Runners as Hanagan
- 1958Orders to Kill as Maj. MacMahon
- 1957The Joker is Wild as Austin Mack
- 1957The Sun Also Rises as Bill Gorton
- 1957The Teahouse of the August Moon as Captain McLean
- 1956Operation Teahouse as Self
- 1956Our Mr. Sun as The Fiction Writer
- 1956Attack as Erskine Cooney
- 1955I'll Cry Tomorrow as Burt McGuire
- 1955Oklahoma! as Ali Hakim
- 1955The Girl Rush as Elliot Atterbury
- 1955General Electric Theater: Into the Night as Paul Mattson
- 1955A Connecticut Yankee as Martin Barret
- 1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool as Narrator
- 1954Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?
- 1953The Bachelor Party as Charlie
- 19531984 as Winston
- 1953Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich
- 1952Carrie as Charles Drouet
- 1952Actors and Sin as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
- 1951Meet Me After the Show as Chris Leeds
- 1951You're in the Navy Now as Lt. Bill Barron
- 1950The Fuller Brush Girl as Humphrey Briggs
- 1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
- 1948You Gotta Stay Happy as Bullets Baker
- 1948The Dude Goes West as Daniel Bone
- 1947Time Out of Mind as Jake Bullard
- 1947Hit Parade of 1947 as Kip Walker
- 1947Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Steve Nelson
- 1947The Perfect Marriage as Gil Cummins
- 1946Rendezvous with Annie as Jeffrey Dolan
- 1946Strange Voyage as Chris Thompson
- 1943Bombardier as Tom Hughes
- 1943Ladies' Day as Wacky Waters
- 1943Lady Bodyguard as Terry Moore
- 1942Eagle Squadron as Leckie
- 1942Treat 'Em Rough as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941Out of the Fog as George Watkins
- 1941Thieves Fall Out as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
- 1941The Wagons Roll at Night as Matt Varney
- 1941The Great Mr. Nobody as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
- 1941Four Mothers as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
- 1940A Dispatch from Reuters as Max Wagner
- 1940My Love Came Back as Dusty Rhodes
- 1940An Angel from Texas as Peter Coleman
- 1940Brother Rat and a Baby as Bing Edwards
- 1939Four Wives as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
- 1939On Your Toes as Phil Dolan Jr.
- 1938Brother Rat as 'Bing' Edwards