Edward Albert Heimberger (
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, or for his role in the
1960s television comedy
Green Acres. He was nominated for
Oscars in 1954 for his performance in
Roman Holiday and in 1973 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.
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