“There are so many things to do besides guesting on weekly series,” he told The Journal News in 1964. These appearances were well-received, but Eddie viewed them philosophically.
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In the 1960s, Eddie appeared in nine movies, ranging from The Young Doctors (1961) to Seven Women (1966) starred on Broadway in The Music Man was featured on more anthology shows and guest starred on The Lieutenant (the first series from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry), The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Mr. “I convinced myself,” he said, “in one great moment of terror, that if I got out of this alive, I could never go back to the rather casual, selfish behavior that I’d considered the norm.” He told The Californian in 1983 that his experiences in World War II actually had a massive impact on him and inspired him to do so. An actor only lives once, so why spend that ‘once’ doing the same thing over and over again?”ĭuring this time, he launched Eddie Albert Productions, through which he started creating many education and industrial films. I’d rather have a few lean periods career-wise and do an assortment of roles. In that way a performer grows and rounds out his acting technique. If he’s lucky, he can play a widely differentiated series of parts in a single year. I like Hollywood, because after a film is finished, an actor is able to turn his attention to another part. After that, except in very unusual instances, boredom sets in and one’s work deteriorates. “Personally,” he related to the Valley Times in 1950, “I feel an actor is at his best for the first six months of a show.
This diversity worked out fine for him personally both in terms of film and the stage.
Between 19, Eddie starred in 15 movies, continuing to prove his abilities in comedy, drama, as a leading man, in supporting roles and as a character actor.
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