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Eddie Albert Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1906-04-22

Birthplace:
Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Credits:
227 Total Roles

Eddie Albert

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2022 Rat Pack MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2002 Restoring Roman Holiday MOVIE Irving Radovich (archive footage)
2000 Frank Sinatra Memorial MOVIE Self
1999 Television: The First Fifty Years MOVIE Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
1995 The Barefoot Executive MOVIE Herbert Gower
1994 Spider-Man TV Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
1993 La Classe américaine MOVIE The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993 A Norman Rockwell Christmas MOVIE Self
1993 Okavango TV Uncle Bill Scofield
1992 The Golden Palace TV Bill Douglas

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