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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Roman Holiday
as Irving Radovich
1953
The Longest Yard
as Warden Hazen
1974
Hustle
as Leo Sellers
1975
Dreamscape
as The President
1984
Attack
as Erskine Cooney
1956
The Sun Also Rises
as Bill Gorton
1957
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Bullets Baker
1948
Out of the Fog
as George Watkins
1941
The Longest Day
as Col. Thompson
1962
Beyond Witch Mountain
as Jason O'Day
1982
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1963
McQ
as Kosterman
1974
Orders to Kill
as Maj. MacMahon
1958
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Burt McGuire
1955
The Heartbreak Kid
as Duane Corcoran
1972
Oklahoma!
as Ali Hakim
1955
Head Office
as Pete Helmes
1985
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Eli Sands
1979
The Party's Over
as Ben Morgan
1965
Take This Job and Shove It
as Samuel Ellison
1981
TV Appearances
Falcon Crest
as Carlton Travis
1981
Murder, She Wrote
as Jackson Lane
1984
Spider-Man
as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
1994
Burke's Law
as Arthur J. Poindexter
1963
Here's Lucy
as Eddie Albert
1968
thirtysomething
as Charlie Weston
1987
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Bert Andrews
1963
Simon & Simon
as Judge Elliott Morris Taylor
1981
The Twilight Zone
as Roger Leeds
1985
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Oliver Wendell Douglas
1962
Petticoat Junction
as Oliver Douglas
1963