

By the 1920s, he began a career in show business. This is the story of Eddie Albert: World War II hero.Īlbert was born in 1906 in Rock Island. The two-time Oscar nominee with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame was more proud of earning a Bronze Star with a “V.” by saving over 50 lives at the crucial Battle of Tarawa. Although his character failed miserably as a farmer, the role is forever identified as a signature success for Eddie Albert.

Eddie Albert made over 200 film and television appearances and starred in ten Broadway shows – but the lowbrow “Green Acres” made Eddie Albert a star! He played a flag-waving, patriotic New York lawyer who moved to Iowa to become a farmer.
