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Eddie Albert

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Eddie Albert

Born April 22, 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois, USADied May 26, 2005104 films

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.

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Roman Holiday posterFirst watchRoman Holiday19537.9as Irving RadovichOverwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on…View film

Essential films

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The Longest Day poster7.6The Longest Day1962The Joker is Wild poster8.1The Joker is Wild1957The Longest Yard poster6.7The Longest Yard1974The Lorax poster7.2The Lorax1972Dreamscape poster6.1Dreamscape1984Escape to Witch Mountain poster6.4Escape to Witch Mountain1975Oklahoma! poster6.6Oklahoma!1955Attack poster6.8Attack1956

Filmography

104 films as actor
  1. 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckAdam Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
  2. 1995The Barefoot ExecutiveHerbert Gower
  3. 1991The Girl From MarsDr. Charles Favender
  4. 1990Return to Green AcresOliver Wendell Douglas
  5. 1989The Big PictureM.C.
  6. 1989Brenda StarrPolice Chief Maloney
  7. 1987TurnaroundTheo Aitken
  8. 1987Mercy or Murder?Joe Varon
  9. 1985StitchesDean Bradley
  10. 1985In Like FlynnBill White
  11. 1985Head OfficePete Helmes
  12. 1984Burning RageWill Larson
  13. 1984DreamscapeThe President
  14. 1984The ActHarry Kruger
  15. 1983The Demon Murder CaseFather Dietrich
  16. 1982Yes, GiorgioHenry Pollack
  17. 1982RoosterRev. Harlan Barnum
  18. 1982Beyond Witch MountainJason O'Day
  19. 1981Take This Job and Shove ItSamuel Ellison
  20. 1981The Oklahoma City DollsCoach Homer Sixx
  21. 1980Foolin' AroundDaggett
  22. 1980The BorderMoffat
  23. 1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingMax
  24. 1980Trouble in High Timber CountryCarroll Yeager
  25. 1980YesterdayBart Kramer
  26. 1979The Concorde... Airport '79Eli Sands
  27. 1978The Crash of Flight 401Capt. Dunn
  28. 1976Moving ViolationAlex Warren
  29. 1976Birch IntervalPa Strawacher
  30. 1975HustleLeo Sellers
  31. 1975WhiffsColonel Lockyer
  32. 1975The Devil’s RainDr. Sam Richards
  33. 1975Promise Him AnythingPop
  34. 1975Escape to Witch MountainJason O'Day
  35. 1975SwitchFrank MacBride
  36. 1974The Longest YardWarden Hazen
  37. 1974The TakeChief Berrigan
  38. 1974McQKosterman
  39. 1973The BorrowersPod Clock
  40. 1973Daddy's GirlBob Randall
  41. 1973See the Man RunDr. Thomas Spencer
  42. 1972The Heartbreak KidDuane Corcoran
  43. 1972Fireball ForwardCol. Douglas Graham
  44. 1972The LoraxNarrator
  45. 1968The Mouse on the MayflowerCapt. Standish (voice)
  46. 19657 WomenCharles Pether
  47. 1965The Party's OverBen Morgan
  48. 1963Captain Newman, M.D.Col. Norval Algate Bliss
  49. 1963Miracle of the White StallionsRider Otto
  50. 1962Who's Got the Action?Clint Morgan
  51. 1962The Longest DayCol. Thompson
  52. 1961The Two Little BearsHarry Davis
  53. 1961The Spiral StaircaseAlbert Warren
  54. 1961The Young DoctorsDr. Charles Dornberger
  55. 1961Madison AvenueHarvey Holt Ames
  56. 1959Beloved InfidelBob Carter
  57. 1958The Roots of HeavenAbe Fields
  58. 1958The Gun RunnersHanagan
  59. 1958Orders to KillMaj. MacMahon
  60. 1957The Joker is WildAustin Mack
  61. 1957The Sun Also RisesBill Gorton
  62. 1957The Teahouse of the August MoonCaptain McLean
  63. 1956AttackErskine Cooney
  64. 1955I'll Cry TomorrowBurt McGuire
  65. 1955Oklahoma!Ali Hakim
  66. 1955The Girl RushElliot Atterbury
  67. 1955General Electric Theater: Into the NightPaul Mattson
  68. 1955A Connecticut YankeeMartin Barret
  69. 1954Sherwood Anderson's I'm A FoolNarrator
  70. 1954Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?
  71. 1953The Bachelor PartyCharlie
  72. 19531984Winston
  73. 1953Roman HolidayIrving Radovich
  74. 1952CarrieCharles Drouet
  75. 1952Actors and SinOrlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
  76. 1951Meet Me After the ShowChris Leeds
  77. 1951You're in the Navy NowLt. Bill Barron
  78. 1950The Fuller Brush GirlHumphrey Briggs
  79. 1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedHarry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
  80. 1948You Gotta Stay HappyBullets Baker
  81. 1948The Dude Goes WestDaniel Bone
  82. 1947Time Out of MindJake Bullard
  83. 1947Hit Parade of 1947Kip Walker
  84. 1947Smash-Up: The Story of a WomanSteve Nelson
  85. 1947The Perfect MarriageGil Cummins
  86. 1946Rendezvous with AnnieJeffrey Dolan
  87. 1946Strange VoyageChris Thompson
  88. 1943BombardierTom Hughes
  89. 1943Ladies' DayWacky Waters
  90. 1943Lady BodyguardTerry Moore
  91. 1942Eagle SquadronLeckie
  92. 1942Treat 'Em RoughBill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
  93. 1941Out of the FogGeorge Watkins
  94. 1941Thieves Fall OutEdward 'Eddie' Barnes
  95. 1941The Wagons Roll at NightMatt Varney
  96. 1941The Great Mr. NobodyRobert 'Dreamy' Smith
  97. 1941Four MothersDr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
  98. 1940A Dispatch from ReutersMax Wagner
  99. 1940My Love Came BackDusty Rhodes
  100. 1940An Angel from TexasPeter Coleman
  101. 1940Brother Rat and a BabyBing Edwards
  102. 1939Four WivesDr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
  103. 1939On Your ToesPhil Dolan Jr.
  104. 1938Brother Rat'Bing' Edwards