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 wellknown 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 1974s 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 Description above from the Wikipedia Eddie Albert licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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