#Eddie albert on columbo tv
Since 1948, Albert enjoyed being both a popular and beloved character actor and guest-starred in nearly ninety TV series.
Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire. A genuine war hero, he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November, 1943, when, as the pilot of a U.S. On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Navy and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors. Prior to World War II, and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. (Warner had previously pulled him off a picture as it was being shot and kept him under contract for a period afterward, primarily as a way of preventing him from getting other work.) was abruptly terminated in 1941, purportedly because of an affair he was having with studio head Jack L. The next year, he starred in On Your Toes, adapted for the screen from the Broadway smash by Rodgers and Hart. In 1938, he made his feature film debut in the Hollywood version of Brother Rat with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, reprising his Broadway role as cadet "Bing" Edwards. 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.
He had lead roles in Room Service (1937–1938) and The Boys from Syracuse (1938–1939). In the 1930s, Albert performed in Broadway stage productions, including Brother Rat, which opened in 1936. Ar the show's end, he was offered a film contract by Warner Bros. He moved to New York City in 1933, where he co-hosted a radio show, The Honeymooners - Grace and Eddie Show, which ran for three years. He then took odd jobs, working as a trapeze performer, an insurance salesman, and a nightclub singer.Īlbert stopped using his last name professionally, since it invariably was mangled into "Hamburger". However, the stock market crash in 1929 left him substantially unemployed. When he graduated, he embarked on a business career. Finishing high school in 1924, he entered the University of Minnesota, where he majored in business. His schoolmate Harriette Lake (later known as actress Ann Sothern), was a few years his junior. He studied at Central High School in Minneapolis, where he joined the drama club. During World War I, his German name led to taunts as "the enemy" by his classmates. Albert got his first job as a newspaper boy when he was only six. When he was one year old, his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Albert's parents were unmarried when Albert was born and his mother altered his birth certificate after her marriage. His year of birth is often given as 1908, but this is incorrect. Edward Albert Heimberger was born in Rock Island, Illinois, the oldest of the five children of Frank Daniel Heimberger, a realtor, and his wife Julia Jones.
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