Eddie Albert
Date of birth: 1906-04-22
Place of birth: Rock Island, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edward Albert Heimberger, Eddie Albert Sr., Eddie Albert Heimberger
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.
Movie Credits
Roman Holiday
1953-08-26
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while i
The Longest Yard
1974-08-21
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards
Hustle
1975-12-25
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is i
Dreamscape
1984-08-15
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex
Attack
1956-09-19
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must esta
The Sun Also Rises
1957-08-23
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920'
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face th
Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen
The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the
Beyond Witch Mountain
1982-02-20
After news of the boy's amazing abilities surfaces, Tony and Tia are sent to go find him knowing tha
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963-12-25
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an
McQ
1974-01-04
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements
Orders to Kill
1958-07-25
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955-12-25
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and
The Heartbreak Kid
1972-12-17
Three days into his Miami honeymoon with needy and unsophisticated Lila, Lenny meets tall, blonde Ke
Oklahoma!
1955-10-10
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent
Head Office
1985-06-06
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the c
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979-08-17
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the
The Party's Over
1965-04-22
A group of close friends spend their time drinking and partying. When the American fiancé one of the
Take This Job and Shove It
1981-04-24
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
The Bachelor Party
1953-10-11
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975-03-21
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their un
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1957-01-14
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a
Carrie
1952-07-17
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her
The Perfect Marriage
1947-01-24
A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.
Bombardier
1943-05-14
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U
The Lorax
1972-02-14
The Once-ler, a ruined industrialist, tells the tale of his rise to wealth and subsequent fall, as h
The Devil's Rain
1975-07-01
A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and ens
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947-03-01
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
Brenda Starr
1989-05-15
Fearless reporter Brenda Starr needs a big scoop if she wishes to retain her lofty status within the
7 Women
1965-12-11
In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord c
You're in the Navy Now
1951-02-23
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experim
The Gun Runners
1958-08-01
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban r
Madison Avenue
1961-04-13
An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Stitches
1985-08-23
The misadventures of three students in medical school.
The Roots of Heaven
1958-10-15
In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support fro
The Demon Murder Case
1983-03-06
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963-03-29
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure th
Actors and Sin
1952-06-18
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigge
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941-04-25
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt V
Who's Got the Action?
1962-12-25
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
On Your Toes
1939-10-14
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Foolin' Around
1980-10-17
A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Beloved Infidel
1959-11-17
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At
The Borrowers
1973-12-14
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the
Four Wives
1939-12-22
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she fa
The Border
1980-08-06
Frank Cooper, a senior immigration police, remains a daily struggle against mafias operating between
A Norman Rockwell Christmas
1993-09-15
Could there ever really be a Christmas without Norman Rockwell? For three generations, America's mos
Brother Rat
1938-10-29
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
The Joker is Wild
1957-09-26
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
The Girl Rush
1955-09-16
When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single
The Spiral Staircase
1961-10-04
Based on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute gi
The Young Doctors
1961-08-23
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arran
Ladies' Day
1943-04-09
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie
Thieves Fall Out
1941-05-03
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's l
Promise Him Anything
1975-05-14
A young bachelor using a dating service picks a woman whose information card read "Anything goes." W
The Two Little Bears
1961-11-01
Two little boys use a magic potion to turn themselves into bears.
Meet Me After the Show
1951-08-15
A Broadway star devises a scheme to win back her husband when she suspects he's being unfaithful.
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940-01-13
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a f
Our Mr. Sun
1956-11-19
One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980-07-11
In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to ste
The Barefoot Executive
1995-11-11
A young man working in the mailroom of a television network rises to the top of the company after he
The Dude Goes West
1948-05-30
Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where
Strange Voyage
1946-07-06
A group of men go on an expedition seeking sunken treasure, and wind up battling bad weather, rough
The Mouse on the Mayflower
1968-11-23
The famous ship called Mayflower is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a c
Whiffs
1975-10-15
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980-06-27
A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fran
Moving Violation
1976-07-16
A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for
The Girl From Mars
1991-03-15
A young girl who has telekinetic powers also claims to be a visitor from Mars. The girl's father and
The Act
1984-08-01
Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises
Switch
1975-03-21
In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private invest
Restoring Roman Holiday
2002-11-26
Brief documentary on the painstaking process to restore Roman Holiday (1953) for DVD release.
Hit Parade of 1947
1947-03-22
Four young performers form an act and get a job in a nightclub. Before long, one of them gets the id
In Like Flynn
1985-08-14
Life is one cliff-hanger after another for a bright and beautiful woman and the reluctant young man
The Take
1974-05-01
A policeman in New Mexico takes payoff money but still manages to go after a racketeer.
Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in
See the Man Run
1973-06-16
Kidnappers making a ransom demand dial a wrong number and reach a struggling actor instead. He decid
Return to Green Acres
1990-05-18
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when H
Rendezvous with Annie
1946-07-22
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to
The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981-01-23
Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for
The Big Picture
1989-09-15
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948-12-25
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Bro
Treat 'Em Rough
1942-01-30
When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov
Birch Interval
1976-05-02
A young girl is sent to live with Amish relatives in post-war Pennsylvania, where her life dramatica
An Angel from Texas
1940-04-27
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
1955-05-08
A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a p
The Crash of Flight 401
1978-10-29
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades whi
Yes, Giorgio
1982-09-24
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female th
A Connecticut Yankee
1955-03-12
A live television presentation of Rodgers and Hart's 1927 stage musical.
Lady Bodyguard
1943-01-02
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a
Yesterday
1980-03-28
A young American hockey player, studying in Canada on a hockey scholarship, falls in love while risk
Mercy or Murder?
1987-01-11
Roswell and Emily Gilbert were married for fifty-one years, but for the eight final years of their m
La Classe américaine
1993-12-31
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an
Fireball Forward
1972-03-05
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
Burning Rage
1984-09-21
While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy u
Disneyland '59
1959-06-15
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consis
Turnaround
1987-02-12
Magicians grandson and his girlfriend and their friends are victimized by a bike gang of her former
1984
1953-09-21
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting
Evening in Byzantium
1978-08-14
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig s
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985-11-22
Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuri
Rooster
1982-08-19
A physically small police psychologist and a physically large insurance detective team up on an arso
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000-05-16
Frank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the brightest
Daddy's Girl
1973-06-19
A recently widowed Boston newspaper columnist tries to raise his eight-year old daughter with the he
Operation Teahouse
1956-11-29
This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (
Trumbo
2015-10-27
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies