Eddie Albert

Known for

Acting

Born

April 22, 1906

Birthplace

Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Died

May 26, 2005 (aged 99)

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 W...

Best known work

Roman Holiday

1953

Spider-Man

1994

The Longest Day

1962

Columbo

1971

Murder, She Wrote

1984

The Longest Yard

1974

Dreamscape

1984

The Twilight Zone

1985

La Classe américaine

1993

Escape to Witch Mountain

1975

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as Adam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
2002
Restoring Roman Holiday
as Irving Radovich (archive footage)
2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
1995
The Barefoot Executive
as Herbert Gower
1994
Spider-ManTV
as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice) (2 episodes)
1993
La Classe américaine
as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
as Self
1993
OkavangoTV
as Uncle Bill Scofield (1 episode)
1992
The Golden PalaceTV
as Bill Douglas (1 episode)
1991
The Girl From Mars
as Dr. Charles Favender
1990
Return to Green Acres
as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1989
The Big Picture
as M.C.
1989
Brenda Starr
as Police Chief Maloney
1988
War and RemembranceTV
as Breckinridge Long (1 episode)
1987
thirtysomethingTV
as Charlie Weston (1 episode)
1987
Turnaround
as Theo Aitken
1987
Mercy or Murder?
as Joe Varon
1986
Dress GrayTV
as Judge Hand (2 episodes)
1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III
as Self
1985
The Twilight ZoneTV
as Roger Leeds (1 episode)
1985
Stitches
as Dean Bradley
1985
In Like Flynn
as Bill White
1985
Head Office
as Pete Helmes