Portrait of Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Acting

Biography

Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken (February 7, 1915 - November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken became a Hollywood comedy legend with lead performances in the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (both released in 1944), both of which have been preserved by the National Film Registry. During this era, he also had success on Broadway, with performances in plays like Too Many Girls. Bracken's later movie roles include National Lampoon's Vacation, Oscar, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and Rookie of the Year. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eddie Bracken, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 7, 1915

Place of Birth: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2006
Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Ed

as Stuckeyville Stan

1996
Remember WENN

as Pepper Canarsie

1994
Baby's Day Out

as Old Timer

1994
Winnetka Road

as Father Burke

1993
Rookie of the Year

as Bob Carson

1993
1991
Oscar

as « Five Spot » Charlie

1989
Show Boat

as Captain Andy

1987
The Wind in the Willows

as Moley (voice)

1985
Amazing Stories

as Nelson Chumsky

1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Barney Ogden

1984
Tales from the Darkside

as Grandpa Titus Tolliver

1971
Great Performances

as Cap'n Andy Hawks

1970
Shinbone Alley

as Archy (voice)

1963
Burke's Law

as 'Evil Eye' Hatton

1963
Burke's Law

as Simeon Quatraine

1962
1959
Rawhide

as Morris G. Stevens

1959
Rawhide

as Edgar Allan Smithers

1957
The Star Wagon

as Stephen Minch

1954
Climax!

as Ira

1953
A Slight Case of Larceny

as Frederick Winthrop Clopp

1952
We're Not Married!

as Willie Fisher

1952
About Face

as Biff Roberts

1951
1951
1950
Summer Stock

as Orville Wingait

1950
1949
1948
Studio One

as Billy Cascade

1948
Studio One

as Herbert (voice)

1948
Studio One

as George Short

1947
Fun on a Weekend

as Pete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III

1947
Ladies' Man

as Henry Haskell

1945
Hold That Blonde!

as Ogden Spencer Trulow III

1945
Duffy's Tavern

as Eddie Bracken

1945
Out of This World

as Herbie Fenton

1945
Bring on the Girls

as J. Newport Bates

1944
Rainbow Island

as Toby Smith

1944
The Fighting Generation

as Self / Soldier in Audience

1944
Hail the Conquering Hero

as Woodrow Truesmith

1943
Young and Willing

as George Bodell

1943
Happy Go Lucky

as Wally Case

1942
Sweater Girl

as Jack Mitchell

1942
Star Spangled Rhythm

as Johnny Webster

1942
The Fleet's In

as Barney Waters

1941
Caught in the Draft

as Bert Sparks

1941
Reaching for the Sun

as Benny Hogan

1941
Life with Henry

as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens

1940
Too Many Girls

as Jojo Jordan

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

1939
Pacific Liner

as Junior officer (uncredited)

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