Eddie Albert

Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was an American actor. He is known for his roles on stage and screen and received nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Albert made his acting debut with the film Brother Rat (1938). He went on to receive two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his roles in Roman Holiday (1953), and The Heartbreak Kid (1972).<ref name=nytobit /> His other notable films roles include in Oklahoma! (1955), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), The Longest Yard (1974), and Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the television sitcom Green Acres from 1965 to 1971 and Return to Green Acres (1990). He also played Frank MacBride in the crime drama series Switch from 1975 to 1978. He also acted in Falcon Crest, The Carol Burnett Show and Columbo.<ref name=nytobit />

Early life

Edward Albert Heimberger was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on April 22, 1906, the eldest of the five children of Frank Daniel Heimberger, a real estate agent, and his wife, Julia Jones.Template:Citation needed His year of birth is often given as 1908, but this is incorrect. His parents were not married when Albert was born, and his mother altered his birth certificate after her marriage.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

When he was one year old, his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Young Edward secured his first job as a newspaper boy when he was only six. During World War I, his German surname led to taunts as "the enemy" by his classmates. He studied at Central High School in Minneapolis and joined the drama club. His schoolmate Harriet Lake (later known as actress Ann Sothern) graduated in the same class. Finishing high school in 1926,<ref>The 1926 Centralian yearbook for Minneapolis Central High School</ref> he entered the University of Minnesota, where he majored in business.Template:Citation needed When he graduated, Albert embarked on a business career. However, the stock market crash in 1929 left him essentially unemployed. He then took odd jobs, working as a trapeze performer, an insurance salesman, and a nightclub singer. Albert stopped using his last name professionally because it invariably was mispronounced as "Hamburger".Template:Citation needed

Career

1933–1949: Early roles and military

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Albert and Grace Bradt applying makeup for their first early experimental TV appearance in November 1936

He moved to New York City in 1933, where he co-hosted a radio show, The Honeymooners – Grace and Eddie Show, which ran for three years. At the show's end, he was offered a film contract by Warner Bros.<ref name=wp>Template:Cite news</ref> In the 1930s, Albert performed in Broadway stage productions, including Brother Rat, which opened in 1936. He had lead roles in Room Service (1937–1938) and The Boys from Syracuse (1938–1939). In 1936, Albert had also become one of the earliest television actors, performing live in one of RCA's first television broadcasts in association with NBC, a promotion for their New York City radio stations.<ref name=wp />

Performing regularly on early television, Albert wrote and performed in the first teleplay, titled The Love Nest, written for television. Done live (not recorded on film), this production took place November 6, 1936, and originated in Studio 3H (now 3K) in the GE Building at Rockefeller Center (then called the RCA Building) in New York City and was broadcast over NBC's experimental television station W2XBS (now WNBC-TV). Hosted by Betty Goodwin, The Love Nest starred Albert, Hildegarde, The Ink Spots, Ed Wynn, and actress Grace Bradt. Before this time, television productions were adaptations of stage plays.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Albert landed the starring role in the 1938 Broadway musical The Boys from Syracuse, and met Burl Ives, who had a small role in the play. The two later briefly shared an apartment in the Beachwood Canyon community of Hollywood after Ives moved west the following year. Also in 1938, Albert made his feature-film debut in the Hollywood version of Brother Rat with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, reprising his Broadway role as cadet "Bing" Edwards. The next year, he starred in On Your Toes, adapted for the screen from the Broadway smash by Rodgers and Hart.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the coxswain of a US Navy landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the war years, Albert returned to films, starring in ones such as The Great Mr. Nobody, Lady Bodyguard, and Ladies' Day, as well as reuniting with Reagan and Wyman for An Angel from Texas and co-starring with Humphrey Bogart in The Wagons Roll at Night. After the war, he resumed appearing in leading roles, including 1947's Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, with Susan Hayward. From 1948 on, Albert guest-starred in nearly 90 television series. He made his guest-starring debut on an episode of The Ford Theatre Hour. This part led to other roles such as Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, Suspense, Lights Out, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Studio One, The Philco Television Playhouse, Your Show of Shows, Front Row Center, The Alcoa Hour, and in dramatic series The Eleventh Hour, The Reporter, and General Electric Theater.

1950–1969: Leading man roles

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Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert in Roman Holiday (1953)

In his first TV series,<ref name="c">Template:Cite book</ref> Albert portrayed Larry Tucker on the situation comedy Leave It to Larry, which ran from October 14, 1952, until December 23, 1952, on CBS. Tucker was a married man who encountered his father-in-law at work and at home.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Albert had his own daytime variety program, The Eddie Albert Show, on CBS television in 1953. Singer Ellen Hanley was a regular on the show. A review in Broadcasting magazine panned the program, writing "Mr. Albert, with the help of Miss Hanley, conducts an interview, talks a little, sings a little, and looks all-thumbs a lot."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Beginning June 12, 1954, Albert was host of Saturday Night Revue, which replaced Your Show of Shows on NBC. The 9:00–10:30 pm (Eastern Time) program also featured Ben Blue and Alan Young and the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The 1950s also had a return to Broadway for Albert, including roles in Miss Liberty (1949–1950) and The Seven Year Itch (1952–1955). In 1959, Albert was cast as businessman Dan Simpson in the episode "The Unwilling" of the series Riverboat. In the story, Dan Simpson attempts to open a general store in the American West despite a raid from pirates on the Mississippi River, who stole from him $20,000 in merchandise. Debra Paget is cast in this episode as Lela Russell; Russell Johnson is Darius, and John M. Picard is uncredited as a river pirate. He guest-starred on various series, including ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and the Westinghouse Studio One series (CBS, 1953–54), playing Winston Smith in the first TV adaptation of 1984, by William Templeton.Template:Citation needed

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Barbara Lawrence and Albert in Oklahoma! (1955)

In the 1950s, Albert appeared in film roles such as that of Lucille Ball's fiancé in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950), Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises (1957), and a traveling salesman in Carrie (1952). He was nominated for his first Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor with Roman Holiday (1953). In Oklahoma! (1955), he played a womanizing Persian peddler, and in Who's Got the Action? (1962), he portrayed a lawyer helping his partner (Dean Martin) cope with a gambling addiction. In Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), he played a psychiatrist with an enthusiasm for farming. He appeared in several military roles, including The Longest Day (1962), about the Normandy invasion. The film Attack (1956) provided Albert with a dark role as a cowardly, psychotic Army captain whose behavior threatens the safety of his company. In a similar vein, he played a psychotic United States Army Air Force colonel in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), with Gregory Peck. Albert acted in the 1956 special Our Mr. Sun opposite Dr. Frank Baxter directed by Frank Capra.<ref>Our Mr. Sun, a Bell Telephone TV special starring Eddie Albert</ref>

In 1960, Albert replaced Robert Preston in the lead role of Professor Harold Hill, in the Broadway production of The Music Man. Albert also performed in regional theater. He created the title role of Marc Blitzstein's Reuben, Reuben in 1955 in Boston. He performed at The Muny Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, reprising the Harold Hill role in The Music Man in 1966 and playing Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady in 1968. In 1962, Albert appeared as Cal Kroeger on the TV Western The Virginian in the episode titled "Impasse". In 1964, Albert guest-starred in "Cry of Silence", an episode of the science-fiction television series The Outer Limits. Albert played Andy Thorne, who along with his wife Karen (played by June Havoc), had decided to leave the city and buy a farm (a recurring theme in Albert's career). They find themselves lost and in the middle of a deserted valley, where they come under attack by a series of tumbleweeds, frogs, and rocks. Also in 1964, he guest-starred as a government agent in the pilot episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea titled "Eleven Days to Zero". Albert appeared as Taylor Dickson, a western photographer in season seven, episode 11 as “The Photographer” in Rawhide, alongside Clint Eastwood (Rowdy Yates) aired December 11, 1964.

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Albert and Eva Gabor on Green Acres

Albert was cast as Charlie O'Rourke in the 1964 episode "Visions of Sugar Plums" of the NBC education drama series, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus. Bobby Diamond, formerly of the Fury series, also appeared in this episode. In 1965, Albert was approached by producer Paul Henning to star in a sitcom for CBS titled Green Acres. His character, Oliver Wendell Douglas, was a lawyer who left the city to enjoy a simple life as a gentleman farmer. Co-starring on the show was Eva Gabor as his wife Lisa. The show was an immediate hit, achieving fifth place in the ratings in its first season. The series lasted six seasons with 170 episodes. In 1968, Albert was a guest on The Carol Burnett Show episode six. He played Harvey Korman's boss in an episode of "Carol and Sis", and sang.

1970–1995: Established actor

After a four-year absence from the small screen, and upon reaching age 69 in 1975, Albert signed a new contract with Universal Television, and starred in the popular 1970s series Switch for CBS as a retired police officer, Frank McBride, who goes to work as a private detective with a former criminal he had once jailed. In its first season, Switch was a hit. By late 1976, the show had become a more serious and traditional crime drama. At the end of its third season in 1978, ratings began to drop, and the show was cancelled after 70 episodes. In 1965, the year that Green Acres premiered, Albert served as host/narrator for the telecast of a German-American made-for-television film version of The Nutcracker, which was rerun several times. The host sequences and the narration were especially filmed for English-language telecasts of this short film (it was only an hour in length, and cut much from the Tchaikovsky ballet).Template:Citation needed In 1968, he voiced Myles Standish in the Rankin/Bass animated TV special The Mouse on the Mayflower. Template:Citation needed

In 1971, Albert guest-starred in a season-one Columbo episode titled "Dead Weight" as a highly decorated retired US Marine Corps major general, and combat war hero from the Korean War, who murders his adjutant to cover up an illegal contracting conspiracy scheme. In 1972, Albert resumed his film career and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as an overprotective father in The Heartbreak Kid (1972), and delivered a memorable performance as an evil prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard. In a lighter vein, Albert portrayed the gruff though soft-hearted Jason O'Day in the successful Disney film Escape to Witch Mountain in 1975.

Albert appeared in such 1980s films as How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980), Yesterday (1981), Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Rooster (1982 television film), and Yes, Giorgio (1982), and as the US president in Dreamscape (1984). His final film role was a cameo in The Big Picture (1989). He also appeared in many all-star television miniseries, including Evening in Byzantium (1978), The Word (1978), Peter and Paul (1981), Goliath Awaits (1981), and War and Remembrance (1988). In 1982, Albert sang the character role of the elderly Altoum in the San Francisco Opera staging of Puccini's Turandot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the mid-1980s, Albert was reunited with longtime friend and co-star of the Brother Rat and An Angel from Texas films, Jane Wyman, in a recurring role as the villainous Carlton Travis in the popular 1980s series Falcon Crest. He also guest-starred on an episode of the 1980s television series Highway to Heaven, as well as Murder, She Wrote, and in 1990, he reunited with Eva Gabor for a Return to Green Acres. In 1993, he guest-starred for several episodes on the daytime soap opera General Hospital as Jack Boland, and he made a guest appearance on the Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace the same year.

Hollywood blacklist

Eddie Albert's wife, Mexican actress Margo, was well known in Hollywood for her left-wing political leanings,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> but she was not a member of the Communist Party.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1950, Margo and Albert's names were both published in "Red Channels", an anti-Communist pamphlet that sought to expose purported Communist influence within the entertainment industry.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="autogenerated973">Template:Cite book</ref> This was part of a larger trend of blacklisting motion-picture professionals with known or suspected Communist leanings, unless they testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee to disavow any Communist affiliations.<ref name="autogenerated973" />

Albert's son spoke of his parents' blacklisting in an interview published in December 1972, crediting Albert's military service during World War II with ultimately saving his career:

My mom was blacklisted for appearing at an anti-Franco rally; she was branded a Communist, was spat upon in the streets, and had to have a bodyguard. And my dad found himself unemployable at several major studios, just when his career was gathering momentum. During the Second World War, dad joined the Navy and saw action at Tarawa, and because he came back something of a hero, he was able to get work again, but he never got as far as he should have gotten.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>{{#if:|

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Albert later spoke of this period: "Everyone was so full of fear. Many people couldn't support their families, or worse, their lives were ruined and they had to go out and do menial jobs. Some even killed themselves."<ref name=price>Template:Cite book</ref> While Albert's career survived the blacklist, his wife, Margo, had extreme difficulty finding work.<ref name=price/>

Personal life

Marriage and family

{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Ambox }} }} Albert married Mexican actress Margo (née María Margarita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell) in 1945. Albert and Margo had a son, Edward Jr., also an actor, and adopted a daughter, Maria, who became her father's business manager. Margo Albert died from brain cancer on July 17, 1985. The Alberts lived in Pacific Palisades, California, in a Spanish-style house on an acre of land with a cornfield in front. Albert grew organic vegetables in a greenhouse and recalled how his parents had a liberty garden at home during World War I.

Albert's son, Edward Jr. (1951–2006), was an actor, musician, singer, and linguist/dialectician.<ref>"Edward Albert" profile Internet Accuracy Project. "Edward Albert was also a photographer, sculptor, singer/songwriter, musician (guitar), and a linguist/dialectician who was fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese."</ref> Edward Jr. died at age 55, one year after his father. He had been suffering from lung cancer for 18 months.Template:Citation needed

Activism and interests

Albert was active in social and environmental causes, especially from the 1970s onward. In 1970, Albert participated in the creation of Earth Day and spoke at one of its events in that year.<ref name="Congressional Record 2005" />

Albert founded the Eddie Albert World Trees Foundation and was national chairman for the Boy Scouts of America's conservation program. He was a trustee of the National Recreation and Park Association and a member of the U.S. Department of Energy's advisory board. TV Guide called him "an ecological Paul Revere".<ref name=lat/>

He was special envoy for Meals for Millions and consultant for the World Hunger Conference.<ref name="Congressional Record 2005">Congressional Record, July 18, 2005, Section 22</ref> He joined Albert Schweitzer in a documentary about African malnutrition.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Excerpts of documentary about African malnutrition at Google Video</ref> and fought agricultural and industrial pollution, particularly DDT.<ref name="Congressional Record 2005" /> Albert promoted organic gardening, and founded City Children's Farms for inner-city children,<ref>Pacific Palisades Post, June 2, 2005</ref> while supporting eco-farming and tree planting.<ref>Walters, Charles. "The Last Word", Acres USA, July 2005, Vol. 35, No. 7</ref> Albert was also a director of the U.S. Council on Refugees.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Beginning in the 1940s, Eddie Albert Productions produced films for various US corporations, as well as documentaries such as Human Beginnings (a for-its-time controversial sex-education film) and Human Growth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1971 he starred in an industrial film sponsored and promoted by a major logging and forest products concern called Weyerhaeuser Company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> which emphasized the Pacific Northwest. Shot partly amid old growth timber and narrated solely by Albert, the film documented industrial methods of handling such trees for market. It also shows re-planted clear cuts and emphasized "the need for advanced lumber production in response to rapidly increasing population," according to the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.<ref>To Touch the Sky (1971) Texas Archive of the Moving Image</ref>

Illness and death

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Albert's grave

Albert was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1995.<ref name=lat>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=wp/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His son put aside his acting career to care for his father. Albert exercised regularly until shortly before his death. Eddie Albert died of pneumonia on May 26, 2005, at the age of 99 in his home in Pacific Palisades, California.<ref name=nytobit>Template:Cite news</ref> He is interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, next to his late wife and near his Green Acres co-star Eva Gabor.Template:Citation needed For contributions to the television industry, Eddie Albert was honored on February 8, 1960, with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6441 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref name="HWOFDB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting credits

Film

Film appearances of Eddie Albert

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1938	Brother Rat	"Bing" Edwards	Film debut
1939	On Your Toes	Phil Dolan Jr.
1939	Four Wives	Dr. Clinton Forrest Jr.
1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	"Bing" Edwards
1940	An Angel from Texas	Peter Coleman
1940	My Love Came Back	Dusty Rhodes
1940	A Dispatch from Reuter's	Max Wagner
1941	Four Mothers	Clinton Forrest Jr.
1941	The Great Mr. Nobody	Robert "Dreamy" Smith
1941	The Wagons Roll at Night	Matt Varney
1941	Thieves Fall Out	Eddie Barnes
1941	Out of the Fog	George Watkins
1942	Treat 'Em Rough	Bill Kingsford / The Panama Kid
1942	Eagle Squadron	Leckie
1943	Lady Bodyguard	Terry Moore
1943	Ladies' Day	Wacky Waters
1943	Bombardier	Tom Hughes
1946	Strange Voyage	Chris Thompson
1946	Rendezvous with Annie	Cpl. Jeffrey Dolan
1947	The Perfect Marriage	Gil Cummins
1947	Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman	Steve Nelson
1947	Hit Parade of 1947	Kip Walker
1947	Time Out of Mind	Jake Bullard
1947	Unconquered	Barker	Scenes deleted
1948	The Dude Goes West	Daniel Bone
1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Bullets Baker
1948	Every Girl Should Be Married	Harry Proctor/"Old" Joe	Cameo; uncredited
1950	The Fuller Brush Girl	Humphrey Briggs
1951	You're in the Navy Now	Lt. Bill Baron
1951	Meet Me After the Show	Chris Leeds
1952	Actors and Sin	Orlando Higgens
1952	Carrie	Charles Drouet
1953	Roman Holiday	Irving Radovich
1955	The Girl Rush	Elliot Atterbury
1955	Oklahoma!	Ali Hakim
1955	I'll Cry Tomorrow	Burt McGuire
1956	Attack!	Capt. Erskine Cooney
1956	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Capt. McLean
1957	The Sun Also Rises	Bill Gorton
1957	The Joker Is Wild	Austin Mack
1958	Orders to Kill	Major MacMahon
1958	The Gun Runners	Hanagan
1958	The Roots of Heaven	Abe Fields
1959	Beloved Infidel	Bob Carter
1961	Madison Avenue	Harvey Holt Ames
1961	The Young Doctors	Dr. Charles Dornberger
1962	The Two Little Bears	Harry Davis
1962	The Longest Day	Col. Thompson
1962	Who's Got the Action?	Clint Morgan
1963	Miracle of the White Stallions	Rider Otto
1963	Captain Newman, M.D.	Col. Norval Algate Bliss
1965	The Party's Over	Ben
1966	7 Women	Charles Pether
1972	The Heartbreak Kid	Mr. Corcoran
1973	The Borrowers	Pod Clock
1974	McQ	Kosterman
1974	The Take	Chief Berrigan
1974	The Longest Yard	Warden Hazen
1975	Escape to Witch Mountain	Jason O'Day
1975	The Devil's Rain	Dr. Sam Richards
1975	Whiffs	Colonel Lockyer
1975	Hustle	Leo Sellers
1976	Birch Interval	Pa Strawacher
1976	Moving Violation	Alex Warren
1979	The Concorde... Airport '79	Eli Sands
1979	Border Cop	Moffat
1980	How to Beat the High Co$t of Living	Max
1980	Foolin' Around	Daggett
1981	Yesterday	Bart Kramer
1981	Take This Job and Shove It	Samuel Ellison
1982	Yes, Giorgio	Henry Pollack
1984	The Act	Harry Kruger
1984	Dreamscape	The President
1985	Stitches	Dean Bradley
1985	Head Office	Pete Helmes
1987	Turnaround	Theo
1989	The Big Picture	M.C.	Cameo
1989	Brenda Starr	Police Chief Maloney
1994	Death Valley Memories	Narrator	Documentary
1994	Headless!	Sheriff George	Short film

Television

Television appearances of Eddie Albert

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Leave It to Larry	Larry Tucker	TV series
1953	Westinghouse Studio One	Winston	Episode: "1984"
1955	A Connecticut Yankee	Martin Barret	Teleplay (live)
	The Chocolate Soldier	Bumerli	Teleplay (live)
1957–1962	Wagon Train	Kurt Davos / Frank Elgin	2 episodes
1959	Laramie		episode 2
	The Ballad of Louie the Louse	Paul Hughes	Television film
1961	Wells Fargo	Bonzo	TV series
1963	General Hospital	Jack Boland	TV series
	Combat!	Phil	Episode: "Doughboy"
1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Dr. Fred Wilson	Episode: “11 Days to Zero”
1965–1971	Green Acres	Oliver Wendell Douglas	Main role; 170 episodes
1968	The Mouse on the Mayflower	Capt. Standish	Television film
1971	Columbo	Major General Martin Hollister	Episode: "Dead Weight"
	See the Man Run	Dr. Thomas Spencer	Television film
1972	The Lorax	Narrator	Animated television special
1975	Promise Him Anything	Pop	Television film
1975–1978	Switch	Frank MacBride	Main role; 71 episodes
1978	Evening in Byzantium	Brian Murphy	Television film
	Crash	Capt. Dunn	Television film
	The Word	Ogden Towery	TV miniseries
1981	The Oklahoma City Dolls	Coach Homer Sixx	Television film
	Peter and Paul	Porcius Festus	TV miniseries
1981	Goliath Awaits	Adm. Wiley Sloan	Television film
1982	Beyond Witch Mountain	Jason O'Day	Television film
	Rooster	Rev. Harlan Barnum	Television film
1983	The Demon Murder Case	Father Dietrich	Television film
1984	Burning Rage	Will Larson	Television film
1986	Dress Gray	Judge Hand	TV miniseries
	Highway to Heaven	Corky McCorkindale	Episode: "Jonathan Smith Goes to Washington"
1987	Mercy or Murder?	Joe Varon	Television film
	Falcon Crest	Carlton Travis	4 episodes
1988	War and Remembrance	Breckinridge Long	TV miniseries; Part VI
	The Twilight Zone	Roger Leeds	Episode: "Dream Me a Life"
	Murder, She Wrote	Jackson Lane	Episode: "The Body Politic"
1989	Thirtysomething	Charlie Weston	Episode: "Elliot's Dad"
1990	Return to Green Acres	Oliver Wendell Douglas	Television film
1991	The Girl from Mars	Dr. Charles Favender	Television film
1993	Time Trax	Noah	Episode: "Treasure of the Ages"
	General Hospital	Jack Boland	2 episodes
	The Jackie Thomas Show	Eddie Albert	Episode: "One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
	The Golden Palace	Bill Douglas	Episode: "Say Goodbye Rose"
	Okavango: The Wild Frontier	Uncle Bill	13 episodes
1995	The Barefoot Executive	Herbert Gower	Television film
1996–1997	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Elderly Adrian Toomes/Vulture	Voice; 3 episodes
1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Old Ben	Voice; Episode: "The Jersey Devil"

Theater

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1936	O Evening Star	Ben Martin	Empire Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1936	Brother Rat	Bing Edwards	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1937	Room Service	Leo Davis	Cort Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1938	The Boys from Syracuse	Antipholus of Syracuse	Alvin Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1949	Miss Liberty	Horace Miller	Imperial Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1952	The Seven Year Itch	Richard Sherman (replacement)	Fulton Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1957	The Music Man	Harold Hill (replacement)	Majestic Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1958	Say, Darling	Jack Darling (replacement)	ANTA Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1976	No Hard Feelings	George Bartlett	Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1983	You Can't Take It With You	Martin Vanderhof (replacement)	Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
1953	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Roman Holiday	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1954	BAFTA Award	Best Foreign Actor		Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1956	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Teahouse of the August Moon	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Heartbreak Kid	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1972	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Longest Yard	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Further reading

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