A different set of facts...
This write-up indicates he REALLY was a SINGER and a HERO.
but age of death listed here as 97

Born: 22-Apr-1908
Birthplace: Rock Island, IL
Died: 26-May-2005
Location of death: Pacific Palisades, CA

Military service: U.S. Navy (WWII)

Eddie Albert started out as a soda jerk, and then sang with a 1930s pop trio called Threesome.

He first gained notoriety on Broadway in Brother Rat and Room Service (without the Marx Brothers).

His Hollywood career started with the film adaption of Brother Rat with Ronald Reagan, and was interrupted by a stint in the Navy during WWII.

Albert was a genuine war hero. A thousand Americans and 4,800 Japanese lives were lost in bloody battle at Tarawa, a Pacific island, and Albert fought in the first wave of the three day combat. Afterward, he was ordered to salvage usable military equipment off the battlefield, and won his Purple Heart for finding and rescuing wounded men instead, who'd been abandoned under heavy fire.