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Eddie Albert

Acting · Born April 22, 1906 · 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.

Movies with Eddie Albert

• Roman Holiday (1953) — Irving Radovich
• The Longest Day (1962) — Col. Thompson
• The Longest Yard (1974) — Warden Hazen
• The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) — Eli Sands
• Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) — Jason O'Day
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) — Col. Norval Algate Bliss
• The Devil’s Rain (1975) — Dr. Sam Richards
• The Big Picture (1989) — M.C.
• Oklahoma! (1955) — Ali Hakim
• The Sun Also Rises (1957) — Bill Gorton
• Dreamscape (1984) — The President
• McQ (1974) — Kosterman

TV shows with Eddie Albert

• Petticoat Junction (1963) — Oliver Douglas
• Switch (1975) — Frank MacBride
• Green Acres (1965) — Oliver Wendell Douglas