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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Columbo

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Falcon Crest

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (115)

• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Restoring Roman Holiday2002 · as Irving Radovich (archive footage)
• Frank Sinatra Memorial2000 · as Self
• Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
• The Barefoot Executive1995 · as Herbert Gower
• La Classe américaine1993 · as The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
• A Norman Rockwell Christmas1993 · as Self
• The Girl From Mars1991 · as Dr. Charles Favender
• Return to Green Acres1990 · as Oliver Wendell Douglas
• The Big Picture1989 · as M.C.
• Brenda Starr1989 · as Police Chief Maloney
• Turnaround1987 · as Theo Aitken
• Mercy or Murder?1987 · as Joe Varon
• Musical Comedy Tonight III1985 · as Self
• Stitches1985 · as Dean Bradley
• In Like Flynn1985 · as Bill White
• Head Office1985 · as Pete Helmes
• Burning Rage1984 · as Will Larson
• Dreamscape1984 · as The President
• The Act1984 · as Harry Kruger
• The Demon Murder Case1983 · as Father Dietrich
• Yes, Giorgio1982 · as Henry Pollack
• Rooster1982 · as Rev. Harlan Barnum
• Beyond Witch Mountain1982 · as Jason O'Day
• Take This Job and Shove It1981 · as Samuel Ellison
• The Oklahoma City Dolls1981 · as Coach Homer Sixx
• Foolin' Around1980 · as Daggett
• The Border1980 · as Moffat
• How to Beat the High Cost of Living1980 · as Max
• Trouble in High Timber Country1980 · as Carroll Yeager
• Yesterday1980 · as Bart Kramer
• The Concorde... Airport '791979 · as Eli Sands
• The Crash of Flight 4011978 · as Capt. Dunn
• Evening in Byzantium1978 · as Brian Murphy
• Moving Violation1976 · as Alex Warren
• Birch Interval1976 · as Pa Strawacher
• Hustle1975 · as Leo Sellers
• Whiffs1975 · as Colonel Lockyer
• The Devil’s Rain1975 · as Dr. Sam Richards
• Promise Him Anything1975 · as Pop
• Escape to Witch Mountain1975 · as Jason O'Day
• Switch1975 · as Frank MacBride
• The Longest Yard1974 · as Warden Hazen
• The Take1974 · as Chief Berrigan
• McQ1974 · as Kosterman
• The Borrowers1973 · as Pod Clock
• Daddy's Girl1973 · as Bob Randall
• See the Man Run1973 · as Dr. Thomas Spencer
• The Heartbreak Kid1972 · as Duane Corcoran
• Fireball Forward1972 · as Col. Douglas Graham
• The Lorax1972 · as Narrator
• The Mouse on the Mayflower1968 · as Capt. Standish (voice)
• 7 Women1965 · as Charles Pether
• The Party's Over1965 · as Ben Morgan
• Captain Newman, M.D.1963 · as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
• Miracle of the White Stallions1963 · as Rider Otto
• Who's Got the Action?1962 · as Clint Morgan
• The Longest Day1962 · as Col. Thompson
• The Two Little Bears1961 · as Harry Davis
• The Spiral Staircase1961 · as Albert Warren
• The Young Doctors1961 · as Dr. Charles Dornberger
• Madison Avenue1961 · as Harvey Holt Ames
• Beloved Infidel1959 · as Bob Carter
• Disneyland '591959 · as Self
• The Roots of Heaven1958 · as Abe Fields
• The Gun Runners1958 · as Hanagan
• Orders to Kill1958 · as Maj. MacMahon
• The Joker is Wild1957 · as Austin Mack
• The Sun Also Rises1957 · as Bill Gorton
• The Teahouse of the August Moon1957 · as Captain McLean
• Operation Teahouse1956 · as Self
• Our Mr. Sun1956 · as The Fiction Writer
• Attack1956 · as Erskine Cooney
• I'll Cry Tomorrow1955 · as Burt McGuire
• Oklahoma!1955 · as Ali Hakim
• The Girl Rush1955 · as Elliot Atterbury
• General Electric Theater: Into the Night1955 · as Paul Mattson
• A Connecticut Yankee1955 · as Martin Barret
• Sherwood Anderson's I'm A Fool1954
• Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?1954
• The Bachelor Party1953 · as Charlie
• 19841953 · as Winston
• Roman Holiday1953 · as Irving Radovich
• Carrie1952 · as Charles Drouet
• Actors and Sin1952 · as Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
• Meet Me After the Show1951 · as Chris Leeds
• You're in the Navy Now1951 · as Lt. Bill Barron
• The Fuller Brush Girl1950 · as Humphrey Briggs
• Every Girl Should Be Married1948 · as Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
• You Gotta Stay Happy1948 · as Bullets Baker
• The Dude Goes West1948 · as Daniel Bone
• Time Out of Mind1947 · as Jake Bullard
• Hit Parade of 19471947 · as Kip Walker
• Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman1947 · as Steve Nelson
• The Perfect Marriage1947 · as Gil Cummins
• Rendezvous with Annie1946 · as Jeffrey Dolan
• Strange Voyage1946 · as Chris Thompson
• Bombardier1943 · as Tom Hughes
• Ladies' Day1943 · as Wacky Waters
• Lady Bodyguard1943 · as Terry Moore
• Eagle Squadron1942 · as Leckie
• Treat 'Em Rough1942 · as Bill Kingsford aka The Panama Kid
• Breakdowns of 19411941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Out of the Fog1941 · as George Watkins
• Thieves Fall Out1941 · as Edward 'Eddie' Barnes
• The Wagons Roll at Night1941 · as Matt Varney
• The Great Mr. Nobody1941 · as Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
• Four Mothers1941 · as Dr. Clint Forrest, Jr.
• A Dispatch from Reuters1940 · as Max Wagner
• My Love Came Back1940 · as Dusty Rhodes
• An Angel from Texas1940 · as Peter Coleman
• Brother Rat and a Baby1940 · as Bing Edwards
• Four Wives1939 · as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
• On Your Toes1939 · as Phil Dolan Jr.
• Brother Rat1938 · as 'Bing' Edwards

All TV Shows (115)

• Spider-Man1994 · as Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
• Okavango1993 · as Uncle Bill Scofield
• The Golden Palace1992 · as Bill Douglas
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Breckinridge Long
• thirtysomething1987 · as Charlie Weston
• Dress Gray1986 · as Judge Hand
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as Roger Leeds
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Jonathan Hughes
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Jackson Lane
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Sen. Fritz McCorkindale
• Hotel1982 · as MacDonald 'Mack' Erickson
• Falcon Crest1981 · as Carlton Travis
• Simon & Simon1981 · as Judge Elliott Morris Taylor
• Goliath Awaits1981 · as Adm. Wiley Sloan
• Peter and Paul1981 · as Festus
• Beulah Land1980 · as Felix Kendrick
• Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic1980 · as Self - Host
• The Word1978 · as Ogden Towery
• Evening in Byzantium1978 · as Brian Murphy
• The Love Boat1977 · as Dean Burton Lockwood
• Switch1975 · as Frank MacBride
• The Lives of Benjamin Franklin1974 · as Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Kung Fu1972 · as Dr. George Baxter
• Columbo1971 · as Martin Hollister
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Pet Set1971 · as Self
• McCloud1970 · as Roy Erickson
• The Johnny Cash Show1969 · as Self
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Eddie Albert
• The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1967 · as Self
• Green Acres1965 · as Oliver Wendell Douglas
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Brother Love
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964 · as Dr. Fred Wilson
• The Rogues1964 · as Gregg Roberts
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Dr. Bert Andrews
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• Petticoat Junction1963 · as Oliver Douglas
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Charlie O'Rourke
• Burke's Law1963 · as Arthur J. Poindexter
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963 · as Frank Land
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Andy Thorne
• The Lieutenant1963 · as Rodney Cameron O'Rourke
• Combat!1962 · as Phil
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Oliver Wendell Douglas
• The Virginian1962 · as Cal Kroeger
• Sam Benedict1962 · as Lewis Wiley
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The New Breed1961 · as Walter Cowley
• Ben Casey1961 · as Gene Billstrom
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Norman French
• The DuPont Show of the Week1961 · as Frank Foster
• Startime1959 · as Self – Host
• Laramie1959
• Riverboat1959 · as Dan Simpson
• Rawhide1959 · as Taylor Dickson
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Joe Minelli
• Naked City1958 · as Earl Johannis
• Wagon Train1957 · as John Darro
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self - Guest Host
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Bide Turley
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sam Barlow
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Jed Wiley
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Jess Matson
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Co-Host / Presenter
• MGM Parade1955
• MGM Parade1955 · as Self
• The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater1955 · as R.J. Banning
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Jason O'Day
• Climax!1954 · as Gabe Douglas
• Climax!1954 · as Barney Kanda
• Climax!1954 · as David Adams
• Studio 571954 · as Jim Hammond
• The Motorola Television Hour1953
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Lionel Kent
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Max Asher
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Tiger Tipton
• Medallion Theatre1953
• Revlon Mirror Theatre1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Narrator
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Paul Mattson
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Louie Schmidt
• Leave It to Larry1952 · as Larry Tucker
• Goodyear Television Playhouse1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Randy Smith
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Bill Carter
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Sheldon Black
• Danger1950
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• Your Show of Shows1950
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Jesse
• Lights Out1949
• Suspense1949
• Suspense1949 · as Danny Maguire
• Studio One1948 · as Winston Smith
• Studio One1948 · as John Peter Zenger
• The Ford Theatre Hour1948
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Charlie
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Host