A personal favorite! (802)

April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005

This gentleman is a personal favorite...it is always nice to remember him on my blog. 

His career spanned from the 1920's to the 1990's...covering his time as a circus trapese filer, a radio voice actor, a stage actor, a motion picture star and finally a television star.  Here are some highlights from his career...

Films
(not a complete list)
Brother Rat, Brother Rat and a Baby, The Wagons Roll at Night, Out of the Fog, The Fuller Brush Girl, Oklahoma!, The Longest Day and The Longest Yard...

Television
(not a complete list)
"Suspense"
"Robert Montgomery Presents"
"Goodyear Playhouse"
"Climax!"
"The Loretta Young Show"
"Playhouse 90"
"Wagon Train"
"The United States Steel Hour"
"The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
"Columbo"
"McCloud"
"Kung Fu"
"Simon & Simon"
"Hotel"
"The Love Boat"
"Murder, She Wrote"
"The Twilight Zone"
"The Golden Palace"
"General Hospital"
"Spider-Man: The Animated Series"

His first try at a sitcom was in 1952 with the series "Leave it to Larry" which also starred veteran actor Ed Begley.  The show didn't last much longer than one season.  It was "Green Acres" in 1965 that made the actor a true television star.  Starring as Oliver Wendell Douglas opposite Eva Gabor as his wife Lisa, the show ran from 1965 to 1971 and produced more than 165 episodes.  He also appeared on sister shows "Petticoat Junction" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" as Oliver between 1965 and 1968.  From 1975 to 1978 he played the role of Frank McBride on "Switch" starring Robert Wagner.  In 1987, he had a brief recurring role as the villianous Carlton Travis on the prime time soap opera "Falcon Crest."  His time on "Falcon Crest" allowed him to once again act with his good friend Jane Wyman whom he first worked with in the film Brother Rat in 1938.  His final acting role was as the voice of Ben on an episode of "Extreme Ghostbusters" in 1997.

On his birthday...In Memoriam Remembers:
Eddie Albert

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