Eddie Albert (né Edward Albert Heimberger) (1906-2005) Lt. US Navy Reserve 1942-45 WW II. Before the war toured Mexico as high-wire artist while secretly spying on German U-Boats in Mexican harbors for U.S. Army Intelligence. In 1942 joined the Navy and in 1943 was commissioned a Lt. in the Navy Reserve. Earned a Bronze Star w/Combat "V" during the invasion of Tarawa 1943, when he rescued 47 Marines while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.
In many movies & co-star of CBS “Green Acres” series.
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