| Eddie Albert  AKA Edward Albert Heimberger
Born: 22-Apr-1906
Birthplace: Rock Island, IL
Died: 26-May-2005
Location of death: Pacific Palisades, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Oliver on Green Acres Military service: US Navy (WWII) Eddie Albert started out as a soda jerk, and then sang with a 1930s pop trio called Threesome. He first gained notoriety on Broadway in Brother Rat and Room Service (without the Marx Brothers). His Hollywood career started with the film adaption of Brother Rat with Ronald Reagan, and was interrupted by a stint in the Navy during WWII.
Albert was a genuine war hero. A thousand Americans and 4,800 Japanese lives were lost in bloody battle at Tarawa, a Pacific island, and Albert fought in the first wave of the three day combat. Afterward, he was ordered to salvage usable military equipment off the battlefield, and won his Bronze Star for finding and rescuing wounded men, who had been abandoned under heavy fire, instead.
He was nominated for Oscars as Gregory Peck's pal with a camera in Roman Holiday (1953) and as a deranged military officer in Attack. But Albert will always be remembered as the exasperated Oliver Douglas, lawyer turned farmer, on TV's Green Acres. He also played a con man on Switch, and had a side career as narrator and producer of educational films. He explained the facts of life in How Life Begins (1968), and made a series of public service announcements urging people to protect the environment. Father: Frank Heimberger
Mother: Julia Jones
Wife: Margo (actress, b. 10-May-1917, m. 5-Dec-1945, d. 1985)
Son: Edward Albert (actor, b. 20-Feb-1951, d. 22-Sep-2006)
Daughter: Maria Albert Zucht (adopted, her father's business manager)
University: University of Minnesota (dropped out)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6441 Hollywood Blvd.
Bronze Star Battle of Tarawa, 1943
Purple Heart
Risk Factors: Alzheimer's
TELEVISION
Green Acres Oliver Wendell Douglas (1965-71)
Petticoat Junction Oliver Wendell Douglas (1965-68)
Switch Frank MacBride (1975-78)
Falcon Crest Carlton Travis
General Hospital Jack Boland (#1, 1993)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Big Picture (15-Sep-1989)
Brenda Starr (20-Jul-1989)
War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
Dress Gray (9-Mar-1986)
Head Office (29-Dec-1985)
Dreamscape (15-Aug-1984)
The Demon Murder Case (6-Mar-1983)
Yes, Giorgio (24-Sep-1982)
Goliath Awaits (11-Nov-1981)
How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (21-Aug-1981)
Take This Job and Shove It (24-Apr-1981)
Peter and Paul (12-Apr-1981)
Foolin' Around (17-Oct-1980)
Beulah Land (7-Oct-1980)
The Concorde: Airport '79 (17-Aug-1979)
Hustle (25-Dec-1975)
The Devil's Rain (Jul-1975)
Escape to Witch Mountain (21-Mar-1975)
The Longest Yard (21-Aug-1974)
McQ (6-Feb-1974)
The Heartbreak Kid (17-Dec-1972)
The Lorax (14-Feb-1972) Narrator [VOICE]
7 Women (04-May-1966)
Captain Newman, M.D. (25-Dec-1963)
Miracle of the White Stallions (29-Mar-1963)
The Longest Day (Sep-1962)
Beloved Infidel (17-Nov-1959)
The Roots of Heaven (15-Oct-1958)
The Joker Is Wild (26-Sep-1957)
The Sun Also Rises (23-Aug-1957)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (29-Nov-1956)
Attack (19-Sep-1956)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (25-Dec-1955)
Oklahoma! (11-Oct-1955)
Roman Holiday (27-Aug-1953)
Carrie (17-Jul-1952)
You're in the Navy Now (23-Feb-1951)
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (Mar-1947)
The Perfect Marriage (24-Jan-1947)
Bombardier (13-May-1943)
Out of the Fog (14-Jun-1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night (25-Apr-1941)
A Dispatch from Reuters (19-Oct-1940)
Four Wives (25-Dec-1939)
Brother Rat (29-Oct-1938)
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