Edward Albert (February 20, 1951 – September 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was also known as Edward Laurence Albert and occasionally Eddie Albert Jr.
Born Edward Laurence Heimberger in Los Angeles, California, to television and screen veteran Eddie Albert, and Mexican dancer/actress Margo Albert, his godfather was family friend, screen legend Laurence Olivier, which is where Edward's middle name originated.
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Edward Albert (February 20, 1951 – September 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was also known as Edward Laurence Albert and occasionally Eddie Albert Jr.
Born Edward Laurence Heimberger in Los Angeles, California, to television and screen veteran Eddie Albert, and Mexican dancer/actress Margo Albert, his godfather was family friend, screen legend Laurence Olivier, which is where Edward's middle name originated.
Albert made his motion picture debut in the unusual and offbeat 1965 drama The Fool Killer. In the film he played a runaway orphan who crosses paths with a disturbed Civil War veteran, played by Anthony Perkins. He is best known for his work in the 1972 film Butterflies Are Free, in which he played a blind man, starring opposite Goldie Hawn. The performance earned him a Golden Globe Award as Most Promising Male Newcomer. The following year he starred opposite Liv Ullman in the film adaptation of the play 40 Carats. Albert appeared as a U.S. Navy fighter...
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