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.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960
- Bronze Star Medal
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1954 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Mercy or Murder?
Spider-Man
Columbo
Roman Holiday
The Outer Limits
Combat!
Kung Fu
The Carol Burnett Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Longest Day
Our Mr. Sun
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Highway to Heaven
McCloud
Green Acres
Rawhide
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
What's My Line?
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Longest Yard
The Dick Cavett Show
Attack
The Ed Sullivan Show
Simon & Simon
Here's Lucy
The Party's Over
Captain Newman, M.D.
Laramie
The Pet Set
Wagon Train
Oklahoma!
Letter to Loretta
The Virginian
Carrie
The Wagons Roll at Night
The Golden Palace
Escape to Witch Mountain
The Borrowers
7 Women
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
The Love Boat
Out of the Fog
The Roots of Heaven
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Dreamscape
McQ
Great Performances