Edward Albert Biography

Fast Facts

• His father, Eddie Albert, was the star of the television series Green Acres
• His mother, Margo Albert, was an actress who once studied dance under Rita Hayworth's father, Eduardo Cansino
• In his early teens, made his film debut opposite Anthony Perkins in The Fool Killer (1965)
• Was studying psychology at UCLA when he got his award-winning part in Butterflies Are Free (1972)
• Served on the California Coastal Commission and California's Native American Heritage Commission
• Cared for his ailing father during the final years of the Green Acres' star's life
• In 2006, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy named a trail in his honor
• (Like his father, he was a dedicated environmentalist
• ) Got his middle name from Laurence Olivier, his godfather