Eddie Albert
Acting
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Columbo
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Spider-Man
Falcon Crest
Simon & Simon
The Beverly Hillbillies
Combat!
The Twilight Zone
The Oscars
Highway to Heaven
The Carol Burnett Show
McCloud
The Outer Limits
Green Acres
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Roman Holiday
The Longest Day
The Longest Yard
The Heartbreak Kid
7 Women
McQ
Oklahoma!
Dreamscape
The Big Picture
Escape to Witch Mountain
Kung Fu
The Concorde... Airport '79
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