Eddie Albert
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.
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2022
Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2015Trumbo as Irving Radovich in Roman Holiday (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
1994Spider-Man as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
1993La Classe américaine as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993A Norman Rockwell Christmas as Self
1993Okavango as Uncle Bill Scofield
1992The Golden Palace as Bill Douglas
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
1987thirtysomething as Charlie Weston
1987Turnaround as Theo Aitken
1987Mercy or Murder? as Joe Varon
1986Dress Gray as Judge Hand
1985Musical Comedy Tonight III as Self
1985The Twilight Zone as Roger Leeds
1985Stitches as Dean Bradley
1985In Like Flynn as Bill White
1985Head Office as Pete Helmes
1985The Ray Bradbury Theater as Jonathan Hughes
1984Murder, She Wrote as Jackson Lane
1984Burning Rage as Will Larson
1984Highway to Heaven as Sen. Fritz McCorkindale
1984Dreamscape as The President
1984The Act as Harry Kruger
1983The Demon Murder Case as Father Dietrich
1982Yes, Giorgio as Henry Pollack
1982Hotel as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
1982Rooster as Rev. Harlan Barnum
1982Beyond Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day
1981Falcon Crest as Carlton Travis
1981Simon & Simon as Judge Elliott Morris Taylor
1981Goliath Awaits as Adm. Wiley Sloan
1981Take This Job and Shove It as Samuel Ellison
1981Peter and Paul as Festus
1981The Oklahoma City Dolls as Coach Homer Sixx
1980Foolin' Around as Daggett
1980Beulah Land as Felix Kendrick
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
1980Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic as Self - Host
1979The Concorde... Airport '79 as Eli Sands
1978The Word as Ogden Towery
1978The Crash of Flight 401 as Capt. Dunn
1978Evening in Byzantium as Brian Murphy
1977The Love Boat as Dean Burton Lockwood
1976Moving Violation as Alex Warren
1976Birch Interval as Pa Strawacher
1975Hustle as Leo Sellers
1975Whiffs as Colonel Lockyer
1975Switch as Frank MacBride
1975The Devil's Rain as Dr. Sam Richards
1975Promise Him Anything as Pop
1975Escape to Witch Mountain as Jason O'Day
1975Switch as Frank MacBride
1974The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
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
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972The Heartbreak Kid as Duane Corcoran
1972Kung Fu as Dr. George Baxter
1972Fireball Forward as Col. Douglas Graham
1972The Lorax as Narrator
1971Columbo as Martin Hollister
1971Great Performances as Self
1971The Pet Set as Self
1970McCloud as Roy Erickson
1969The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1968The Mouse on the Mayflower as Capt. Standish (voice)
1968Here's Lucy as Eddie Albert
1968The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show as Self - Guest
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as Self
19657 Women as Charles Pether
1965Green Acres as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1965The Party's Over as Ben Morgan
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Brother Love
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Dr. Fred Wilson
1964The Rogues as Gregg Roberts
1963Captain Newman, M.D. as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Dr. Bert Andrews
1963The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963Petticoat Junction as Oliver Douglas
1963Mr. Novak as Charlie O'Rourke
1963Burke's Law as Arthur J. Poindexter
1963The Greatest Show on Earth as Frank Land
1963The Outer Limits as Andy Thorne
1963The Lieutenant as Rodney Cameron O'Rourke
1963Miracle of the White Stallions as Rider Otto
1962Who's Got the Action? as Clint Morgan
1962Combat! as Phil
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1962The Longest Day as Col. Thompson
1962The Virginian as Cal Kroeger
1962Sam Benedict as Lewis Wiley
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Two Little Bears as Harry Davis
1961The Spiral Staircase as Albert Warren
1961The New Breed as Walter Cowley
1961Ben Casey as Gene Billstrom
1961Dr. Kildare as Dr. Norman French
1961The DuPont Show of the Week as Frank Foster
1961The Young Doctors as Dr. Charles Dornberger
1961Madison Avenue as Harvey Holt Ames
1959Beloved Infidel as Bob Carter
1959Startime
1959Laramie
1959Riverboat as Dan Simpson
1959Disneyland '59 as Self
1959Rawhide as Taylor Dickson
1958The Roots of Heaven as Abe Fields
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Joe Minelli
1958Naked City as Earl Johannis
1958The Gun Runners as Hanagan
1958Orders to Kill as Maj. MacMahon
1957The Joker is Wild as Austin Mack
1957Wagon Train as John Darro
1957The Sun Also Rises as Bill Gorton
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Guest Host
1957The Teahouse of the August Moon as Captain McLean
1956Operation Teahouse as Self
1956Our Mr. Sun as The Fiction Writer
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Bide Turley
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Barlow
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Wiley
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Matson
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956Attack as Erskine Cooney
1956Tony Awards as Self - Co-Host /Presenter
1956Tony Awards as Self - Host
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
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
1955The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater as R.J. Banning
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Jason O'Day
1954Climax! as Gabe Douglas
1954Climax! as Barney Kanda
1954Climax! as David Adams
1954Studio 57 as Jim Hammond
1953The Motorola Television Hour
1953The Bachelor Party as Charlie
19531984 as Winston
1953Letter to Loretta as Lionel Kent
1953Letter to Loretta as Max Asher
1953Letter to Loretta as Tiger Tipton
1953Roman Holiday as Irving Radovich
1953Medallion Theatre
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953The Oscars as Self
1953General Electric Theater as Narrator
1953General Electric Theater as Paul Mattson
1953General Electric Theater as Louie Schmidt
1952Carrie as Charles Drouet
1952Actors and Sin as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
1951Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Randy Smith
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bill Carter
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sheldon Black
1951Meet Me After the Show as Chris Leeds
1951You're in the Navy Now as Lt. Bill Barron
1950Danger
1950The Fuller Brush Girl as Humphrey Briggs
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950Your Show of Shows
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Jesse
1949Lights Out
1949Suspense
1949Suspense as Danny Maguire
1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
1948Studio One as Winston Smith
1948Studio One as John Peter Zenger
1948You Gotta Stay Happy as Bullets Baker
1948The Ford Theatre Hour
1948The Philco Television Playhouse as Charlie
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
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
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host
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