Albright was born on December 16, 1903, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, to traveling vaudeville performers.

[citation needed] In June 1926, Albright graduated from Carnegie Tech with a bachelor of arts degree in drama.

[2] Albright gained acting experience as a member of the repertory company of Eva Le Gallienne.

He provided the (uncredited) voice of the adolescent Bambi in the Disney film of the same title.

During the 1960s, he made many guest appearances on television series such as Hazel, Leave It to Beaver, Bewitched and Gunsmoke.