Biography
Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – 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. 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.
Filmography
All 193
Movies 118
TV Shows 75
Self 29
Narrator 2
Voice 1
Writter 1
Self
Until They Are Home (2012)
Movie
Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
Movie
Self
The Desilu Story (2003)
Movie
Self
Remembering Roman Holiday (2002)
Movie
Irving Radovich
Restoring Roman Holiday (2002)
Movie
Self
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
Movie
Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000)
Movie
Herbert Gower
The Barefoot Executive (1995)
Movie
Adrian Toomes / Old Vulture (voice)
Spider-Man (1994)
TV Show
6.17
The Porter (archive footage) (uncredited)
La Classe américaine (1993)
Movie
3.67
Okavango (1993)
TV Show
Bill Douglas
The Golden Palace (1992)
TV Show
Dr. Charles Favender
The Girl From Mars (1991)
Movie
Oliver Wendell Douglas
Return to Green Acres (1990)
Movie
M.C.
The Big Picture (1989)
Movie
6
Police Chief Maloney
Brenda Starr (1989)
Movie
thirtysomething (1987)
TV Show
1
Theo Aitken
Turnaround (1987)
Movie
Joe Varon
Mercy or Murder? (1987)
Movie
Judge Hand
Dress Gray (1986)
TV Show
Self
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Movie
Dean Bradley
Stitches (1985)
Movie
Jason
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985)
Movie
The Twilight Zone (1985)
TV Show
7
Bill White
In Like Flynn (1985)
Movie
Pete Helmes
Head Office (1985)
Movie
Jonathan Hughes
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV Show
6
Jackson Lane
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV Show
7
Will Larson
Burning Rage (1984)
Movie
The President
Dreamscape (1984)
Movie
6
Harry Kruger
The Act (1984)
Movie
Father Dietrich
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Movie
Henry Pollack
Yes, Giorgio (1982)
Movie
Hotel (1982)
TV Show
6.35
Rev. Harlan Barnum
Rooster (1982)
Movie
Jason O'Day
Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)
Movie
Falcon Crest (1981)
TV Show
Simon & Simon (1981)
TV Show
6
Adm. Wiley Sloan
Goliath Awaits (1981)
TV Show
Samuel Ellison
Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
Movie
6
Festus
Peter and Paul (1981)
TV Show
Coach Homer Sixx
The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)
Movie
Bart Kramer
This Time Forever (1981)
Movie
Daggett
Foolin' Around (1980)
Movie
Felix Kendrick
Beulah Land (1980)
TV Show
Moffat
The Border (1980)
Movie
Max
How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
Movie
Carroll Yeager
Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)
Movie
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic (1980)
TV Show
Eli Sands
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Movie
5.14
Ogden Towery
The Word (1978)
TV Show
Capt. Dunn
The Crash of Flight 401 (1978)
Movie
Brian Murphy
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Movie
Alex Warren
Moving Violation (1976)
Movie
Pa Strawacher
Birch Interval (1976)
Movie
Leo Sellers
Hustle (1975)
Movie
Col. Lockyer
Whiffs (1975)
Movie
Frank MacBride
Switch (1975)
TV Show
Dr. Sam Richards
The Devil's Rain (1975)
Movie
Pop
Promise Him Anything (1975)
Movie
Jason
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Movie
4.64
Frank MacBride
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Switch [Pilot] (1975)
Movie
Warden Hazen
The Longest Yard (1974)
Movie
6
Chief Berrigan
The Take (1974)
Movie
Kosterman
McQ (1974)
Movie
Diplomat Benjamin Franklin
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974)
TV Show
Pod Clock
The Borrowers (1973)
Movie
Bob Randall
Daddy's Girl (1973)
Movie
Dr. Thomas Spencer
See the Man Run (1973)
Movie
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
TV Show
Duane Corcoran
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Movie
Dr. George Baxter
Kung Fu (1972)
TV Show
7.14
Col. Douglas Graham
Fireball Forward (1972)
Movie
Narrator
The Lorax (1972)
Movie
Martin Hollister
Columbo (1971)
TV Show
5.78
Self
Great Performances (1971)
TV Show
Self
The Pet Set (1971)
TV Show
McCloud (1970)
TV Show
7
Self
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
TV Show
Capt. Standish
The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
Movie
Here's Lucy (1968)
TV Show
8
Self - Guest
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (1968)
TV Show
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV Show
Self
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
TV Show
5.33
Self - Host
Hippodrome (1966)
TV Show
Charles Pether
7 Women (1966)
Movie
Oliver Wendell Douglas / Calvin Whittaker / Charlie Foster
Green Acres (1965)
TV Show
3.5
Ben Morgan
The Party's Over (1965)
Movie
Self - Host / Narrator (U.S. version)
The Nutcracker (1964)
Movie
Paul Pollard
The Reporter (1964)
TV Show
Gregg Roberts
The Rogues (1964)
TV Show
Col. Norval Algate Bliss
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Movie
Dr. Bert Andrews
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
TV Show
Self
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
TV Show
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV Show
6
Charlie O'Rourke
Mr. Novak (1963)
TV Show
Arthur J. Poindexter
Burke's Law (1963)
TV Show
6
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
TV Show
Andy Thorne
The Outer Limits (1963)
TV Show
7.4
The Lieutenant (1963)
TV Show
Self
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Movie
Rider Otto
Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
Movie
6.67
Clint Morgan
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
Movie
Phil
Combat! (1962)
TV Show
6
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV Show
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV Show
6
Col. Thompson
The Longest Day (1962)
Movie
1
Cal Kroeger
The Virginian (1962)
TV Show
Sam Benedict (1962)
TV Show
Harry Davis
The Two Little Bears (1961)
Movie
Albert Warren
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
Movie
Walter Cowley
The New Breed (1961)
TV Show
Ben Casey (1961)
TV Show
4.75
Dr. Norman French
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV Show
6
Dr. Charles Dornberger
The Young Doctors (1961)
Movie
Harvey Holt Ames
Madison Avenue (1961)
Movie
Bob Carter
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Movie
Laramie (1959)
TV Show
Dan Simpson
Riverboat (1959)
TV Show
Self
Disneyland '59 (1959)
Movie
Adam Winter
The David Niven Show (1959)
TV Show
Taylor Dickson
Rawhide (1959)
TV Show
4
Abe Fields
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Movie
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV Show
Earl Johannis
Naked City (1958)
TV Show
Hanagan
The Gun Runners (1958)
Movie
Maj. MacMahon
Orders to Kill (1958)
Movie
Austin Mack
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
Movie
Bill Gorton
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Movie
Capt. McLean
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1957)
Movie
Self
Operation Teahouse (1956)
Movie
The Fiction Writer
Our Mr. Sun (1956)
Movie
Sam Barlow / Bide Turley / Jess Matson / Jed Wiley
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV Show
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
TV Show
Capt. Erskine Cooney
Attack (1956)
Movie
Self - Host
Tony Awards (1956)
TV Show
Burt McGuire
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Movie
8
Ali Hakim
Oklahoma! (1955)
Movie
2
Elliot Atterbury
The Girl Rush (1955)
Movie
Martin Barret
A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
Movie
David Adams / Gabe Douglas / Barney Kanda
Climax! (1954)
TV Show
Winston Smith
1984 (1953)
Movie
Tiger Tipton / Lionel Kent / Max Asher
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV Show
Irving Radovich
Roman Holiday (1953)
Movie
5.54
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV Show
Louie Schmidt / Narrator / Paul Mattson
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV Show
John Peter Zenger
The Trial of John Peter Zenger (1953)
Movie
Larry Tucker
Leave It to Larry (1952)
TV Show
Charles Drouet
Carrie (1952)
Movie
Orlando Higgens (segment Woman of Sin)
Actors and Sin (1952)
Movie
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951)
TV Show
Randy Smith / Bill Carter / Sheldon Black
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV Show
Chris Leeds
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Movie
Lt. Bill Barron
You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Movie
Humphrey Briggs
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
Movie
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
TV Show
Your Show of Shows (1950)
TV Show
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV Show
Jesse
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV Show
Danny Maguire
Suspense (1949)
TV Show
Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Movie
Winston Smith / John Peter Zenger
Studio One (1948)
TV Show
Bullets Baker
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Movie
Charlie
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV Show
Self / Self - Singer / Dramatic Reader
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
TV Show
6
Daniel Bone
The Dude Goes West (1948)
Movie
Jake Bullard
Time Out Of Mind (1947)
Movie
Kip Walker
Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
Movie
Steve Nelson
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
Movie
Gil Cummins
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
Movie
Cpl. Jeffrey Dolan
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Movie
Chris Thompson
Strange Voyage (1946)
Movie
Lights Out (1946)
TV Show
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform (1943)
Movie
Tom Hughes
Bombardier (1943)
Movie
Wacky Waters
Ladies' Day (1943)
Movie
Terry Moore
Lady Bodyguard (1943)
Movie
Leckie
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Movie
Bill Kingsford - aka The Panama Kid
Treat 'Em Rough (1942)
Movie
The Dr. Seuss Show (1942)
TV Show
Self
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Movie
George Watkins
Out of the Fog (1941)
Movie
6
Eddie Barnes
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Movie
Matt Varney
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Movie
Robert 'Dreamy' Smith
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
Movie
Clint Forrest
Four Mothers (1941)
Movie
Max Wagner
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
Movie
Dusty Rhodes
My Love Came Back (1940)
Movie
Peter Coleman
An Angel from Texas (1940)
Movie
'Bing' Edwards
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Movie
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Jr.
Four Wives (1939)
Movie
Phil Dolan Jr.
On Your Toes (1939)
Movie
'Bing' Edwards
Brother Rat (1938)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.86
Based on 567 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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1953
1963
1955
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1906-04-22
Deathday2005-05-26 (99 years old)
Place of birthRock Island, United States of America
RelationshipsMargo (1945-01-01 - 1985-01-01)
ChildrenEdward Albert
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asEdward Albert Heimberger, Eddie Albert Sr., Eddie Albert Heimberger
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Bronze Star Medal
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