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Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Known for: Acting

Born 07/02/1915
Died 2002-11-14
Place of birth Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Series ★ 7,5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

1962

Murder, She Wrote Series ★ 7,5

Murder, She Wrote

Barney Ogden

1984

Great Performances Series ★ 6,1

Great Performances

Cap'n Andy Hawks

1971

The Merv Griffin Show Series ★ 6,8

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

1962

The Golden Girls Series ★ 7,6

The Golden Girls

Buzz

1985

Rawhide Series ★ 7,2

Rawhide

Morris G. Stevens

1959

Rawhide Series ★ 7,2

Rawhide

Edgar Allan Smithers

1959

Burke's Law Series ★ 6,3

Burke's Law

'Evil Eye' Hatton

1963

Burke's Law Series ★ 6,3

Burke's Law

Simeon Quatraine

1963

Climax! Series ★ 3,8

Climax!

Ira

1954

What's My Line? Series ★ 7,0

What's My Line?

Self

1950

Tales from the Darkside Series ★ 7,2

Tales from the Darkside

Grandpa Titus Tolliver

1984

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

Billy Cascade

1948

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

Herbert (voice)

1948

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

George Short

1948

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Film ★ 6,8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Mr. Duncan

1992

Amazing Stories Series ★ 7,5

Amazing Stories

Nelson Chumsky

1985

The Colgate Comedy Hour Series ★ 6,9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

1950

Wiseguy Series ★ 6,6

Wiseguy

1987

The Ed Sullivan Show Series ★ 6,8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

Monsters Series ★ 7,0

Monsters

J.J. 'Freddy' Fredericks

1988

Ed Series ★ 7,6

Ed

Stuckeyville Stan

2000

Ellery Queen Series ★ 7,5

Ellery Queen

1975

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Series ★ 6,4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour Series ★ 6,0

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Baby's Day Out Film ★ 6,4

Baby's Day Out

Old Timer

1994

National Lampoon's Vacation Film ★ 7,1

National Lampoon's Vacation

Roy Walley

1983

Remember WENN Series ★ 7,8

Remember WENN

Pepper Canarsie

1996

The New Dick Van Dyke Show Series ★ 5,2

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Jake

1971

Series ★ 6,7

Lux Video Theatre

Larry

1950

The Roaring 20's Series

The Roaring 20's

1960

Going My Way Series ★ 5,8

Going My Way

1962

Blacke's Magic Series ★ 6,8

Blacke's Magic

1986

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Film ★ 7,3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

1939

Oscar Film ★ 6,4

Oscar

« Five Spot » Charlie

1991

Rookie of the Year Film ★ 6,2

Rookie of the Year

Bob Carson

1993

Summer Stock Film ★ 6,7

Summer Stock

Orville Wingait

1950

Winnetka Road Series ★ 4,7

Winnetka Road

Father Burke

1994

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Film ★ 6,1

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Sebastian (voice)

1997

Hail the Conquering Hero Film ★ 7,1

Hail the Conquering Hero

Woodrow Truesmith

1944

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Series ★ 7,2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Peter Ward

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Series ★ 7,2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Gunner's Mate

1951

We're Not Married! Film ★ 5,9

We're Not Married!

Willie Fisher

1952

Hold That Blonde! Film ★ 6,3

Hold That Blonde!

Ogden Spencer Trulow III

1945

The Wind in the Willows Film ★ 6,2

The Wind in the Willows

Moley (voice)

1983

Star Spangled Rhythm Film ★ 6,2

Star Spangled Rhythm

Johnny Webster

1942

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Film ★ 6,8

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Norval Jones

1944

Two Tickets to Broadway Film ★ 4,6

Two Tickets to Broadway

Lew Conway

1951

Young and Willing Film ★ 5,8

Young and Willing

George Bodell

1943

The American Clock Film ★ 5,7

The American Clock

Grandpa

1993

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Film ★ 6,3

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Maj. Charles T. Alexander

1994

Rainbow Island Film ★ 7,5

Rainbow Island

Toby Smith

1944

The Fleet's In Film ★ 7,3

The Fleet's In

Barney Waters

1942

Fun on a Weekend Film ★ 7,2

Fun on a Weekend

Pete Porter

1947

Shinbone Alley Film ★ 6,4

Shinbone Alley

Archy (voice)

1970

Sweater Girl Film ★ 5,3

Sweater Girl

Jack Mitchell

1942

Bring on the Girls Film ★ 6,3

Bring on the Girls

J. Newport Bates

1945

Too Many Girls Film ★ 5,9

Too Many Girls

Jojo Jordan

1940

Show Boat Film

Show Boat

Captain Andy

1989

Caught in the Draft Film ★ 5,9

Caught in the Draft

Bert Sparks

1941

Happy Go Lucky Film ★ 5,5

Happy Go Lucky

Wally Case

1943

Duffy's Tavern Film ★ 6,4

Duffy's Tavern

Eddie Bracken

1945

Out of This World Film ★ 8,0

Out of This World

Herbie Fenton

1945

Pacific Liner Film ★ 5,5

Pacific Liner

Junior officer (uncredited)

1939

Reaching for the Sun Film ★ 7,3

Reaching for the Sun

Benny Hogan

1941

Ladies' Man Film ★ 10,0

Ladies' Man

Henry Haskell

1947

The Fighting Generation Film ★ 5,0

The Fighting Generation

Self / Soldier in Audience

1944

Film ★ 6,0

Safeguarding Military Information

Soldier (uncredited)

1942

The Star Wagon Film

The Star Wagon

Stephen Minch

1957

A Slight Case of Larceny Film ★ 5,5

A Slight Case of Larceny

Frederick Winthrop Clopp

1953

Film

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

Self

1991

Life with Henry Film ★ 6,5

Life with Henry

Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens

1941

Always on Sunday Film ★ 10,0

Always on Sunday

Armando

1962

The Girl from Jones Beach Film ★ 5,5

The Girl from Jones Beach

Chuck Donovan

1949

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer Film ★ 6,0

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Self

1990

About Face Film ★ 5,0

About Face

Biff Roberts

1952

Summer Stock: Get Happy! Film

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006

A Message of Importance Film ★ 4,5

A Message of Importance

1944

Film ★ 8,0

Wild Wild World

Narrator

1965