![]() ![]() ![]() He was also the national conservation chairman for the Boy Scouts of America. Because of him, Earth Day falls on his birthday, April 22. You can get a total list of his credits at the IMDb.Įddie was also a dedicated environmentalist. Eddie played sleazy hardass characters very well. He was in many movies as well, including The Heartbreak Kid, with Charles Grodin and Cybil Shepherd, and The Longest Yard, with Burt Reynolds. Much more as an adult – as a kid most of the humor was beyond me. Green Acres is one of the damn funniest shows I have ever watched. We never had any problems,” said Eddie, with a dismissing shrug of his shoulders.Eddie was born Edward Albert Heimberger, and is certainly most known as Oliver Wendell Douglas, the lawyer turned farmer on the television series Green Acres, with Eva Gabor. Not even during the normally strained period when Edward was in his mid- teens? Eddie said that he could remember nothing but a harmonious relationship with his son. After Edward dashed off for a night shoot on Hostage: Dallas, dad opened up a bit. In Edward’s presence, father Eddie is guarded in his comments about his relationship with his son. In movies in Europe I’ve already played everything from psychos, to soldiers, to young Americans.” I figure that between the ages of 30 and 50, I’ll be able to play leading men type roles. While he is more prone to be cast in leads than his father, Edward said, “What I want to be is an actor, not a star. (1936), repeating a role she performed on Broadway, and Lost Horizon (1937). She got an earlier start in Hollywood, with memorable appearances in Crime Without Passion (1934), and Winterset He made his own film debut in Brother Rat that same year, appearing in a cast that included Ronald Reagan. He was appearing on stage in New York when Hollywood beckoned in 1938. I just kind of drifted from city to city, ending up in New York.” Therefore, I didn’t offer it.”Įddie Albert, who was born in 1908, got his show business start singing in a bar in his home town of Minneapolis. It has been my experience they don’t take my advice. If you try to encourage them in one direction they will go another. “You can’t really determine what your children are going to do. Our friends were in show business - although my daughter, Maria, loathed the idea of going into show business. “Certainly, environment had something to do with it. Then, turning more serious, he continued. If you didn’t pick it up, he was ready to nudge you in the right direction, to remind you that Butterflies Are Free was the title of Edward’s first film. You have to wait until it comes out of its cocoon.” What you have is something like a butterfly. Common sense should tell you that you are in no position to determine something like that. Margo, Eddie’s actress wife of 40 years and Edward’s mother, died in the middle of production of Hostage: Dallas, but it was more than a shared grief that brought the two together.Īsk Eddie if he knew from Edward’s birth that acting would become a family tradition, and he says, “No. Most recently, he starred in the action drama Hostage: Dallas, filmed here.įather Eddie paid more than one visit during Edward’s stint in Dallas. Moving back and forth between films, TV and a stint in Europe, he also has moved through a variety of roles but with an inclination toward leads. Son Edward’s very first job in the movies, on the other hand, was the male lead in Butterflies Are Free, opposite Goldie Hawn. and go out and work until 8 or 9 at night.” ![]() Not like my dad who had to get up at 4 a.m. They the roles are all the same to me, villain or whatever. I’ve always done my job, gone home and turned it off. “I never really paid that much attention. “I guess Heartbreak Kid came out a little more exciting than some of my other films,” he said thoughtfully. His work has been good enough to earn him Academy Award nominations for his performances in Roman Holiday in 1953 and The Heartbreak Kid in 1972, although they are not necessarily his favorite films. “I’ve never enjoyed the Polo Lounge,” Eddie said dryly. He never had much interest in playing the movie star game. ![]()
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