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