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Celebrity Real Name : Edward Albert Heimberger

Date of Birth : April 22, 1906

Birth Location : Rock Island, Illinois

Biography of Edward Albert Heimberger:
Eddie Albert (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was a popular Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener and humanitarian activist, perhaps best known for playing Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films. He was nominated for Oscars in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday and in 1972 for The Heartbreak Kid. In an acting career that spanned nearly seven decades, two of his better known television roles were Oliver Wendell Douglas on the popular 1960s sitcom, Green Acres, and Frank MacBride on the popular 1970s crime drama, Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.

Career :
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 RCA’s first television broadcast, a promotion for their New York City radio stations

Hobbies and Activism :
Eddie Albert had eight hobbies: boating, jogging, swimming, winemaking, beekeeping, sculpting, organic gardening and world travel. He was an out-spoken environmental and humanitarian activist, supporting issues such as creating of gardens in inner cities. He was one of the first people to call for a ban on the pesticide DDT.
In 1969 he and his son (Edward Albert, Jr.), sailed to Anacapa Island off the coast of California, to examine the effects of DDT on the pelican population.
Albert helped to launch the first Earth Day in 1970, which was designated on April 22, partly in honor of his birthday. He was also a special consultant at the World Hunger Conference in Rome in 1974, and a director to the U.S. Commission on Refugees.[wikipedia]