Eddie Albert

News and opinions about TV actor Eddie Albert. According to Wikipedia: Eddie Albert, born Edward Albert Heimberger, was a popular Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener and humanitarian activist... [more]

News and opinions about TV actor Eddie Albert. According to Wikipedia: Eddie Albert, born Edward Albert Heimberger, was a popular Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener and humanitarian activist, perhaps best known for playing Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, or for his role in the 1960s television comedy Green Acres. He was nominated for Oscars in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday and in 1972 for The Heartbreak Kid. In an acting career that spanned nearly seven decades, two of his better known television roles were Oliver Wendell Douglas on the popular 1960s sitcom, Green Acres, and Frank MacBride on the popular 1970s crime drama, Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.