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Eddie Albert
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. Description above from the Wikipedia Eddie Albert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Roman Holiday
as Irving Radovich

The Longest Day
as Col. Thompson

Dreamscape
as The President

The Devil's Rain
as Dr. Sam Richards

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Steve Nelson

Oklahoma!
as Ali Hakim

The Longest Yard
as Warden Hazen

The Big Picture
as M.C.

The Lorax
as Narrator

The Concorde... Airport '79
as Eli Sands