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May 27, 2005 · Eddie Albert, the actor best known as the constantly befuddled city slicker-turned-farmer in television's Green Acres, has died. He was 99. Albert was nominated for Academy Awards as supporting ...
Eddie Albert is best remembered for his role as the lawyer-turned-farmer on Green Acres, one of the most popular television sitcoms of the 1960s. Though Albert would be indelibly linked to that role, he had a long career in Hollywood and on Broadway, became one of the first entertainment-industry celebrities to voice concern over environmental issues, and was also a decorated war hero.
Jun 1, 2005 · The Eddie Albert Farm Program helped establish the pea-patch concept in Champaign, Ill., and was a driving force behind City Children’s Farms, a garden program for America’s inner cities.
One of the most versatile American movie actors of the mid-20th century, Eddie Albert missed out on stardom but, instead, enjoyed a 50-year-plus screen career that encompassed everything from light comedy and zany satire to the most savage war dramas. Born Edward Albert Heimberger in Rock Island, IL, he attended the University of Minnesota.
May 30, 2005 · But the role Eddie Albert enjoyed most in life, other than as husband to Margo (who died in 1985), and father of the actor Edward Albert and adopted daughter Maria (both of whom survive him), was ...
May 26, 2005 · 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 ...
Sep 28, 2006 · Edward Laurence Albert was born in Los Angeles in 1951, a son of Eddie Albert, best known as the star of “Green Acres.” Edward’s middle name came from the acting legend Laurence Olivier, ...
