Edward Albert (Heimberger) Albert (1906 - 2005)

Born 22 Apr 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Husband of María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela (Bolado) Albert — married 5 Dec 1945 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States

Died 26 May 2005 at age 99 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA

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Biography

Lieutenant Junior Grade Eddie (Heimberger) Albert served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 1 February 1943
Unit(s): USS Sheridan (APA-51), with Task Force 53
Service ended:

Eddie (Heimberger) Albert was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

Eddie Albert was an American actor and activist. He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres. He was nominated for Academy Awards as supporting actor in "Roman Holiday" (1953) and "The Heartbreak Kid."

He was born Edward Albert Heimberger 22 April 1906, the son of Frank Heimberger Julia Jones.^[1][2]

He married María Marguerita Guadalupe Teresa Estela Bolado Castilla y O'Donnell 5 December 1945 in Yonkers, New York. "Margo Married to Eddie Albert, New York, Dec. 5 (AP)--Maria Margharita Bolada, known on the stage and screen as Margo, was married Wednesday to Lt. Eddie Albert, USNR, former motion picture actor, in the Chapel of Our Lady, St. Patrick's Cathedral. Margo's first marriage to Francis Lederer ended in divorce in 1940. Roman Catholic Church authorities said because it was a civil ceremony it was not recognized by the church." ^[3]

He died 26 May 2005 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California at the age of 99.^[4][5]

Obituary:^[6]

LOS ANGELES -- 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 died of pneumonia Thursday at his home in the Pacific Palisades area, in the presence of caregivers including his son Edward, who was holding his hand at the time.

Albert achieved his greatest fame on "Green Acres" as Oliver Douglas, a New York lawyer who settles in a rural town with his glamorous wife, played by Eva Gabor, and finds himself perplexed by the antics of a host of eccentrics, including a pig named Arnold Ziffel.

He was nominated for Academy Awards as supporting actor in "Roman Holiday" (1953) and "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972).

The actor moved smoothly from the Broadway stage to movies to television. Besides the 1965-1971 run in "Green Acres," he costarred on TV with Robert Wagner in "Switch" from 1975 to 1978 and was a semi-regular on "Falcon Crest" in 1988.

Rarely the star of films, Albert often portrayed the wisecracking sidekick, fast-talking salesman or sympathetic father. His stardom came in television, especially with "Green Acres," in which, ironically, he played a straight man. The show joined "The Beverly Hillbillies,""Petticoat Junction" and other high-rated CBS comedies of the 1960s and '70s.

His break in show business came during the '30s in the Broadway hit "Brother Rat," a comedy about life at Virginia Military Institute.

The actor joined the Navy in World War II and served in combat in the South Pacific. He received a Bronze Star for his heroic rescue of wounded Marines at Tarawa.

Albert managed to rehabilitate his film career after the war, beginning with "Smash-up" with Susan Hayward in 1947.

Among his other films: "Carrie,""Oklahoma!""The Teahouse of the August Moon,""The Sun Also Rises,""The Roots of Heaven,""The Longest Day,""Miracle of the White Stallions,""The Longest Yard" and "Escape to Witch Mountain."

Sources

1. ↑ Eddie Albert Biography Encyclopedia of World Biography online.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2GC-P55 : accessed 2 October 2020), Edward A Heimberger in household of Frank D Heimberger, Minneapolis Ward 8, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 8B, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 703; FHL microfilm 1,374,716.
3. ↑ Margo Married to Eddie Albert Dallas Morning News Thursday, Dec 06, 1945 Dallas, TX Page: Page Fourteen.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11043389.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSMY-NY8 : 20 May 2014), Eddie Albert, 26 May 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Note: DOB is 22 Apr 1908, FAG differs.
6. ↑ Erie Times-News (Pennsylvania) 28 May 2005, obit for Eddie Albert, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/10A603D9688A44D8-10A603D9688A44D8 : accessed 2 October 2020)

See also:

• Wikipedia
• IMDb

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWY2-18H : accessed 2 October 2020), Edward A Heimberger in household of Franklin D Heimberger, Minneapolis Ward 8, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 140, sheet 13A, line 28, family 305, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 835; FHL microfilm 1,820,835.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3ZN-B8S : accessed 28 August 2017), Edward A Heimberger in household of Frank D Heimberger, Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 114, sheet 19A, line 12, family 439, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1093; FHL microfilm 2,340,828.
• https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1997/august/tarawa-hooterville