Eddie Albert (born Edward Albert Heimberger; April 22, 1906 – died May 26, 2005) was an American actor and activist. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; the first nomination came in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and the second in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid.[1]
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 sadistic prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom 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.[
In 1995, Albert was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Ten years later, he died from pneumonia at the age of 99. He was survived by his son, Edward Albert Jr., who died a year later in 2006, from lung cancer, his daughter-in-law Katherine Woodville, who died from cancer in 2013, and his grand-daughter, Thaïs.