Eddie Albert Biography
Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 - May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films, traveling salesman Ali Hakim in the musical Oklahoma!, and the corrupt prison warden in 1974's The Longest Yard.
He starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s television situation comedy Green Acres and as Frank MacBride in the 1970s crime drama Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.
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Marriage Proposals and Class Struggles in Oklahoma
Carnes: [to Ali, cocking his gun]
That's enough. In this country that better be a proposal of marriage.
Ali Hakim: [about Ado Annie]
I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun.
Aunt Eller Murphy: [with gun in hand]
SING! SING! C'mon now! Sing!
Jud Fry: [to Laurey]
Look at me. I'm a hired hand. I got dirt on my hands. Pig slop. I ain't fit to touch you, am I - you're better. Oh, you're so much better, Miss Laurey Williams! Well we'll see how much better you are, and then you won't be so free and easy and hifalutin with your airs! You such a FINE lady!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Regret in the Face of Authority
Paul Crewe:
You know, there's only one thing I'm sorry about.
Warden Hazen:
What's that, Mr. Crewe?
Paul Crewe:
That you're not out here with us knockin heads.
Warden Hazen:
I'm afraid I'm a little old for that.
Paul Crewe:
No, you never had the guts to begin with!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
