EDDIE ALBERT - CONTRACT MULTI-SIGNED 08/31/1961 - HFSID 281474

EDDIE ALBERT
Oscar-nominated actor Eddie Albert signed this contract to appear in 1963's Who's Got the Action?
Contract signed "Eddie Albert" four times in blue ink. Penciled notations in unknown hand. 7 pages with 9 pages of signed amendments, 8½x11, bound with staples. Aug. 31, 1961 and Jan. 2, 1962. Albert signed this contract with Amro Productions, Claude Productions, Inc. and MEA Productions, Inc. to appear as Clint Morgan in 1963's Who's Got the Action. According to this contract, he was to work on Who's Got the Action for six weeks for a weekly salary of $5,000. Albert appeared in a total of 15 movies and TV shows in 1961 and 1962, including The Longest Day. Best known for his role as city slicker turned farmer Oliver Douglas on TV's Green Acres (1965-1971) with Eva Gabor as his wife, Albert (1908-2005), bornEdward Albert Heimberger, had made his movie debut in Brother Rat in 1938; his costars included Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 (Roman Holiday) and 1972 (The Heartbreak Kid), Albert's film career included Airport '79, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Longest Yard, Captain Newman, M.D., The Longest Day, The Sun Also Rises, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Oklahoma!, You're in the Navy Now and Hit Parade of 1947. Lightly toned, stained, creased and rippled. Albert's first signature has bled from stain but is legible. Staples are rusted. Paper clip impressions and rust stains in top left corner. Otherwise in fine condition.