Eddie Albert
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Columbo
Martin Hollister
1971
Series
The Love Boat
Dean Burton Lockwood
1977
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Falcon Crest
Carlton Travis
1981
Series
Wagon Train
John Darro
1957
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Jackson Lane
1984
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host / Presenter
1956
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Guest Host
1957
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Host
1944
Series
The Virginian
Cal Kroeger
1962
Series
Studio One
Winston Smith
1948
Series
Studio One
John Peter Zenger
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
Charlie
1948
Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
Oliver Wendell Douglas
1962
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Jesse
1950
Series
Climax!
Gabe Douglas
1954
Series
Climax!
Barney Kanda
1954
Series
Climax!
David Adams
1954
Series
Petticoat Junction
Oliver Douglas
1963
Series
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Norman French
1961
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Bide Turley
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Barlow
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jed Wiley
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jess Matson
1956
Series
Naked City
Earl Johannis
1958
Series
Simon & Simon
Judge Elliott Morris Taylor
1981
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Series
Hotel
MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
1982
Series
Highway to Heaven
Sen. Fritz McCorkindale
1984
Series
Combat!
Phil
1962
Series
Spider-Man
Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
1994
Series
The Twilight Zone
Roger Leeds
1985
Series
Rawhide
Taylor Dickson
1959
Series
Ben Casey
Gene Billstrom
1961
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Green Acres
Oliver Wendell Douglas
1965
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Burke's Law
Arthur J. Poindexter
1963
Series
Here's Lucy
Eddie Albert
1968
Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Fred Wilson
1964
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
thirtysomething
Charlie Weston
1987
Series
McCloud
Roy Erickson
1970
Series
Laramie
1959
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Dr. Bert Andrews
1963
Series
Switch
Frank MacBride
1975
Series
Studio 57
Jim Hammond
1954
Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Brother Love
1964
Series
The Outer Limits
Andy Thorne
1963
Series
Suspense
1949
Series
Suspense
Danny Maguire
1949
Series
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Jonathan Hughes
1985
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
Lights Out
1949
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Mr. Novak
Charlie O'Rourke
1963
Series
Riverboat
Dan Simpson
1959
Series
MGM Parade
1955
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Danger
1950
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jason O'Day
1954
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Joe Minelli
1958
Film
Roman Holiday
Irving Radovich
1953
Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1967
Series
War and Remembrance
Breckinridge Long
1988
Series
The New Breed
Walter Cowley
1961
Series
The Rogues
Gregg Roberts
1964
Series
The Golden Palace
Bill Douglas
1992
Series
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
1969
Series
Startime
Self – Host
1959
Series
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
The Greatest Show on Earth
Frank Land
1963
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Sam Benedict
Lewis Wiley
1962
Series
The Lieutenant
Rodney Cameron O'Rourke
1963
Series
The Pet Set
Self
1971
Series
Letter to Loretta
Lionel Kent
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Max Asher
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Tiger Tipton
1953
Film
The Longest Day
Col. Thompson
1962
Series
The DuPont Show of the Week
Frank Foster
1961
Film
Dreamscape
The President
1984
Series
Medallion Theatre
1953
Film
McQ
Kosterman
1974
Series
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Film
Escape to Witch Mountain
Jason O'Day
1975
Series
The Word
Ogden Towery
1978
Series
General Electric Theater
Narrator
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Paul Mattson
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Louie Schmidt
1953
Series
The Ford Theatre Hour
1948
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater
R.J. Banning
1955
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Randy Smith
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bill Carter
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sheldon Black
1951
Series
Goliath Awaits
Adm. Wiley Sloan
1981
Series
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
Film
The Longest Yard
Warden Hazen
1974
Series
Peter and Paul
Festus
1981
Okavango
Uncle Bill Scofield
1993
Film
The Concorde... Airport '79
Eli Sands
1979
Film
Oklahoma!
Ali Hakim
1955
Series
Beulah Land
Felix Kendrick
1980
Series
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
1974
Film
The Sun Also Rises
Bill Gorton
1957
Film
Turnaround
Theo Aitken
1987
Series
Dress Gray
Judge Hand
1986
Film
The Big Picture
M.C.
1989
Film
Captain Newman, M.D.
Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1963
Film
7 Women
Charles Pether
1965
Film
Who's Got the Action?
Clint Morgan
1962
Series
Evening in Byzantium
Brian Murphy
1978
Film
The Devil’s Rain
Dr. Sam Richards
1975
Film
Foolin' Around
Daggett
1980
Film
Every Girl Should Be Married
Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
1948
Film
Brenda Starr
Police Chief Maloney
1989
Film
Yes, Giorgio
Henry Pollack
1982
Film
The Joker is Wild
Austin Mack
1957
Film
Our Mr. Sun
The Fiction Writer
1956
Film
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Captain McLean
1957
Film
The Act
Harry Kruger
1984
Film
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Burt McGuire
1955
Film
The Roots of Heaven
Abe Fields
1958
Film
Hustle
Leo Sellers
1975
Film
Head Office
Pete Helmes
1985
Film
The Lorax
Narrator
1972
Film
The Heartbreak Kid
Duane Corcoran
1972
Film
Attack
Erskine Cooney
1956
Film
Carrie
Charles Drouet
1952
Leave It to Larry
Larry Tucker
1952
Series
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
Self - Host
1980
Series
Kung Fu
Dr. George Baxter
1972
Film
Miracle of the White Stallions
Rider Otto
1963
Film
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Fuller Brush Girl
Humphrey Briggs
1950
Film
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Max
1980
Film
Beloved Infidel
Bob Carter
1959
Film
Time Out of Mind
Jake Bullard
1947
Film
La Classe américaine
The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
Film
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Steve Nelson
1947
Film
The Dude Goes West
Daniel Bone
1948
Film
Out of the Fog
George Watkins
1941
Film
You Gotta Stay Happy
Bullets Baker
1948
Film
The Crash of Flight 401
Capt. Dunn
1978
Film
The Demon Murder Case
Father Dietrich
1983
Film
You're in the Navy Now
Lt. Bill Barron
1951
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool
Narrator
1954
Film
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
2004
Film
A Dispatch from Reuters
Max Wagner
1940
Film
An Angel from Texas
Peter Coleman
1940
Film
My Love Came Back
Dusty Rhodes
1940
Film
1984
Winston
1953
Film
The Wagons Roll at Night
Matt Varney
1941
Film
Orders to Kill
Maj. MacMahon
1958
Film
Brother Rat and a Baby
Bing Edwards
1940
Film
Take This Job and Shove It
Samuel Ellison
1981
Film
Four Wives
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
1939
Film
The Great Mr. Nobody
Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
1941
Film
The Mouse on the Mayflower
Capt. Standish (voice)
1968
Film
The Perfect Marriage
Gil Cummins
1947
Film
Return to Green Acres
Oliver Wendell Douglas
1990
Film
The Gun Runners
Hanagan
1958
Film
Bombardier
Tom Hughes
1943
Film
The Party's Over
Ben Morgan
1965
Film
The Young Doctors
Dr. Charles Dornberger
1961
Film
See the Man Run
Dr. Thomas Spencer
1973
Film
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Coach Homer Sixx
1981
Film
Meet Me After the Show
Chris Leeds
1951
Film
Yesterday
Bart Kramer
1980
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
1999
Film
Rooster
Rev. Harlan Barnum
1982
Film
The Girl Rush
Elliot Atterbury
1955
Film
Whiffs
Colonel Lockyer
1975
Film
Brother Rat
'Bing' Edwards
1938
Film
Fireball Forward
Col. Douglas Graham
1972
Film
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
2000
Film
The Barefoot Executive
Herbert Gower
1995
Film
On Your Toes
Phil Dolan Jr.
1939
Film
Disneyland '59
Self
1959
Film
Stitches
Dean Bradley
1985
Film
Four Mothers
Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
1941
Film
The Two Little Bears
Harry Davis
1961
Film
Trouble in High Timber Country
Carroll Yeager
1980
Film
The Border
Moffat
1980
Film
Burning Rage
Will Larson
1984
Film
Actors and Sin
Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
1952
Film
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Self
1985
Film
Eagle Squadron
Leckie
1942
Film
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
Paul Mattson
1955
Film
Rendezvous with Annie
Jeffrey Dolan
1946
Film
The Borrowers
Pod Clock
1973
Film
The Take
Chief Berrigan
1974
The Girl From Mars
Dr. Charles Favender
1991
Film
Moving Violation
Alex Warren
1976
Film
Birch Interval
Pa Strawacher
1976
Film
Beyond Witch Mountain
Jason O'Day
1982
Film
Operation Teahouse
Self
1956
Film
Thieves Fall Out
Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
1941
Film
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
Self
1993
Film
Promise Him Anything
Pop
1975
Film
The Spiral Staircase
Albert Warren
1961
Film
Switch
Frank MacBride
1975
Film
In Like Flynn
Bill White
1985
Treat 'Em Rough
Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
1942
Daddy's Girl
Bob Randall
1973
Film
Mercy or Murder?
Joe Varon
1987
Film
Madison Avenue
Harvey Holt Ames
1961
Film
Lady Bodyguard
Terry Moore
1943
Film
Hit Parade of 1947
Kip Walker
1947
Film
Ladies' Day
Wacky Waters
1943
Film
Strange Voyage
Chris Thompson
1946
Film
A Connecticut Yankee
Martin Barret
1955
The Bachelor Party
Charlie
1953
Film
Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?
1954
Film
Restoring Roman Holiday
Irving Radovich (archive footage)
2002