Eddie Albert
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1906-04-22 · Rock Island, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 2005-05-26
Known for
- Roman Holiday (1953) — Irving Radovich
- Spider-Man (1994) — Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
- The Longest Day (1962) — Col. Thompson
- Columbo (1971) — Martin Hollister
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Jackson Lane
- The Longest Yard (1974) — Warden Hazen
- Dreamscape (1984) — The President
- The Twilight Zone (1985) — Roger Leeds
- La Classe américaine (1993) — The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) — Jason O'Day
- Kung Fu (1972) — Dr. George Baxter
- The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) — Eli Sands
- Highway to Heaven (1984) — Sen. Fritz McCorkindale
- The Love Boat (1977) — Dean Burton Lockwood
- Oklahoma! (1955) — Ali Hakim
- The Outer Limits (1963) — Andy Thorne