Albert Stroller
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Albert Stroller (affectionately known as Albie) is a character in the BBC TV series Hustle. He is played by Robert Vaughn.
Albert is a member of a crew of grifters. He is the group roper; his role is to identify people as targets ("marks") and lead them to the inside-man. He is a member of numerous gentlemen's clubs and (under numerous aliases) is friends with many wealthy people.
Albert is the mentor of his crew and is regarded almost as a father figure. He fled from the United States in the 1970s where he had worked in a shoe shop until the work-force was laid off. To secure a decent redundancy package, Albert conned the company out of $60,000 and shared it amongst his former co-workers before leaving the country. Reputedly he enjoyed the experience so much that he became a grifter. He was "out-grifted" once by Victor Maher, before joining with Mickey Bricks and the rest of the crew, although he had spoken about Maher to Mickey before Maher turns up in Season 1 Episode 4 trying to out-grift Mickey.
Stroller is an habitual gambler; he is also an habitual card cheat. These two habits combined have proven to be a weakness, and during the first season he was hospitalized after receiving a severe beating after being caught cheating by a casino owner. During the second season, he briefly dealt with a bout of depression after the death of a close friend caused him to question his own lifestyle.
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