Eddie Bracken
Born: 1915-02-07 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2002-11-14
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2006
- Summer Stock: Get Happy! as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- Ed as Stuckeyville Stan
1997
- The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Sebastian (voice)
1996
- Remember WENN as Pepper Canarsie
1994
- Baby's Day Out as Old Timer
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Maj. Charles T. Alexander
- Winnetka Road as Father Burke
1993
- Rookie of the Year as Bob Carson
- The American Clock as Grandpa
1992
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Mr. Duncan
1991
- Oscar as « Five Spot » Charlie
- Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
1989
- Show Boat as Captain Andy
1987
- Wiseguy
- The Wind in the Willows as Moley (voice)
1986
1985
- The Golden Girls as Buzz
- Amazing Stories as Nelson Chumsky
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Barney Ogden
- Tales from the Darkside as Grandpa Titus Tolliver
1983
- National Lampoon's Vacation as Roy Walley
1975
1971
- Great Performances as Cap'n Andy Hawks
1970
- Shinbone Alley as Archy (voice)
1965
- Wild Wild World as Narrator
1963
- Burke's Law as 'Evil Eye' Hatton
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Going My Way
- Always on Sunday as Armando
1960
1959
- Rawhide as Morris G. Stevens
1957
- The Star Wagon as Stephen Minch
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1954
- Climax! as Ira
1953
- A Slight Case of Larceny as Frederick Winthrop Clopp
1952
- About Face as Biff Roberts
- We're Not Married! as Willie Fisher
1951
- Two Tickets to Broadway as Lew Conway
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Peter Ward
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Lux Video Theatre as Larry
- Summer Stock as Orville Wingait
1949
- The Girl from Jones Beach as Chuck Donovan
1948
- Studio One as Billy Cascade
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947
- Ladies' Man as Henry Haskell
- Fun on a Weekend as Pete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III
1945
- Duffy's Tavern as Eddie Bracken
- Out of This World as Herbie Fenton
- Hold That Blonde! as Ogden Spencer Trulow III
- Bring on the Girls as J. Newport Bates
1944
- Rainbow Island as Toby Smith
- The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek as Norval Jones
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Woodrow Truesmith
- The Fighting Generation as Self / Soldier in Audience
- A Message of Importance
1943
- Young and Willing as George Bodell
- Happy Go Lucky as Wally Case
1942
- Sweater Girl as Jack Mitchell
- Safeguarding Military Information as Soldier at Bar
- The Fleet's In as Barney Waters
- Star Spangled Rhythm as Johnny Webster
1941
- Life with Henry as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
- Reaching for the Sun as Benny Hogan
- Caught in the Draft as Bert Sparks
1940
- Too Many Girls as Jojo Jordan
1939
- Pacific Liner as Junior officer (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)