Eddie Acuff
Born: 1908-06-03 in Caruthersville, Missouri, USA
Died: 1956-12-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eddie Acuff (June 3, 1908 – December 17, 1956) was an American actor. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the Blondie movie series that starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. Acuff was born Edward DeKalb Acuff in Caruthersville, Missouri. His maternal uncle was a performer on 19th century showboats along the Mississippi River. Before beginning his Hollywood film career in 1934, Acuff performed in Broadway theatre in the early-1930s. His Broadway credits include Jayhawker (1934), Yellow Jack (1934), John Brown (1934), Growing Pains (1933), Heat Lightning (1933), and The Dark Hours (1932). He was seen in three film serials — as Curly in Jungle Girl, as Red Kelly, in Daredevils of the West, and as Spud Warner in Chick Carter Detective. On December 17, 1956, Acuff died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
1952
- Stop, You're Killing Me as Cab Driver
1951
- Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Golden Egg Doorman (uncredited)
1949
- Johnny Allegro as Sam
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- The Phantom Creeps as Mac
- Blondie's Big Deal as Mailman
1948
- Black Bart as Elkins (uncredited)
- Leather Gloves as Duke
- Bungalow 13 as José Fernando
- Blondie's Reward as Mr. Johnson
- Blondie's Secret as Mailman
- Slippy McGee as Charlie
- The Timber Trail as Telegraph Operator
1947
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
- Bandits of Dark Canyon as Faraday
- Swing the Western Way as Mr. Spraggs
- Suddenly It's Spring as Man Retrieving Pajamas from Peter
- The Sea of Grass as Cattleman (uncredited)
- Blondie's Holiday as Postman
- Buck Privates Come Home as Soldier (uncredited)
- Blondie's Big Moment as Mailman (uncredited)
- Exposed as Policeman at Bentry Mansion Door
- Blondie in the Dough as Postman
- Bells of San Angelo as Bus Driver
1946
- Lady in the Lake as Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)
- The Flying Serpent as Jerry 'Jonesy' Jones
- Blonde Alibi as Ambulance Attendant (Uncredited)
- The Bamboo Blonde as M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf as Detective Jones (uncredited)
- Meet Me on Broadway as Waiter (uncredited)
- Wake Up and Dream as Bus Driver
- Chick Carter, Detective as Spud Warner
1945
- Honeymoon Ahead as Connors
- Without Love as Cabbie
- The Jungle Captive as Bill
- Life with Blondie as Mailman (uncredited)
- Flame of Barbary Coast as Smokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)
- On Stage Everybody as George (uncredited)
- Between Two Women as Orderly
- Her Lucky Night as Chauffeur
- Leave It to Blondie as Mailman (uncredited)
- She Gets Her Man as Boze, the Photographer
- The Hidden Eye as Whitey
1944
- Bride by Mistake as Photographer
- South of Dixie as Jay Hatcher
- It Happened Tomorrow as Jim
- Can't Help Singing as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
- Something for the Boys as Blue Army Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Belle of the Yukon as Miner (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
1943
- Guadalcanal Diary as Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous as - (uncredited)
- Lost Angel as Policeman (uncredited)
- Daredevils of the West as Red Kelly
- Headin' for God's Country as Hugo Higgins
1942
- Mississippi Gambler as Everett - Desk Clerk
- Fall In as Sgt. Topps
- The Lady Is Willing as Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)
- Take a Letter, Darling as Man Who Picks Teeth (uncredited)
- Pardon My Sarong as Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
- She's in the Army as Pete
- Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant as Clifford Genet
- Dr. Kildare's Victory as Clifford Genet
- Calling Dr. Gillespie as Clifford
- In This Our Life as Worker (uncredited)
- Fly By Night as Garage Attendantt (Uncredited)
- The Traitor Within as Tommy
- Who Is Hope Schuyler? as Arthur Guerney (uncredited)
- Girl Trouble as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- What's Cookin'? as Doorman (uncredited)
1941
- Hellzapoppin' as Drafted Devil (uncredited)
- Jungle Girl as Curly Rogers
- Robin Hood of the Pecos as Sam Starr
- The Wagons Roll at Night as Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)
- They Died with Their Boots On as Cpl. Smith (uncredited)
- Here Comes Happiness as Bill
- A Very Young Lady as Sheriff Bill Stone (uncredited)
- Dutiful But Dumb as Headquarters Guard - Right of Door (uncredited)
- Mr. District Attorney as Cabbie
- Blondie Goes Latin as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Bad Men of Missouri as Peg Leg
- The People Vs. Dr. Kildare as Clifford Genet
- Bad Man of Deadwood as Reports Burns is dead
- Rags to Riches as Ace
1940
- Flowing Gold as Shorty Smith (uncredited)
- Cafe Hostess as Scotty
- One Night in the Tropics as First S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
- It's a Date as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
- The Boys from Syracuse as Taxi Cab Driver
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Lowery - a Reporter
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Joe (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Bud - Ranger Stenographer (uncredited)
- Spring Parade as Earl (uncredited)
- Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Counter Man (uncredited)
- Money and the Woman as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- Sailor's Lady as Guide
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Clifford Genet - an Orderly (uncredited)
- Charlie Chan in Panama as Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi
- Girls of the Road as Bartley, Bus Driver (Uncredited)
- They Drive by Night as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
- The Bank Dick as Reporter (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Truck Driver
- Castle on the Hudson as Bill - Prisoner Dispensing Clothing (uncredited)
- The Border Legion as Ticket Agent
- Shooting High as Andy Carson
- Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Clifford Genet, Window Cleaner
1939
- Blind Alley as State Trooper Stopping Fred
- Society Smugglers as Radio Expert
- Espionage Agent as Minor Role
- The Roaring Twenties as Cabbie (uncredited)
- The Phantom Creeps as Mac
- Days of Jesse James as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Persons in Hiding as Collins (uncredited)
- The Mysterious Miss X as Pete, a Policeman
- Rough Riders' Round-up as Tommy Ward
- Flight at Midnight as Stubby - Passenger Plane Pilot (uncredited)
- The Cowboy Quarterback as Pilot
- Meet Dr. Christian as Benson
- On Dress Parade as Fort Lewis Sergeant (uncredited)
- Blondie Meets the Boss as Pots and Pans Peddler (uncredited)
- Two Bright Boys as Washburn
- Miracles for Sale as Second Taxi Driver
- Wings of the Navy as Reporter
- When Tomorrow Comes as Second Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Too Busy to Work as Stage Manager
1938
- Four Daughters as Sam
- Hollywood Hotel as Cameraman
- Next Time I Marry as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Bus Driver (uncredited)
- The Invisible Menace as Corporal Sanger
- Breakdowns of 1938 as Dunk Glover (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Youth Takes a Fling as Bum
- Law of the Underworld as Henchman Bill
- Ladies in Distress as Horace (1st Thug)
- Rhythm of the Saddle as Dixie Erwin
- How to Watch Football as Yelling fan next to Benchley
- Smashing the Rackets as Joe - Hoodlum
- The Chaser as Photographer
1937
- Love Is on the Air as 'Dunk' Glover
- They Won't Forget as Drugstore Clerk
- The Singing Marine as Sam
- She Loved a Fireman as Skillet Michaels
- Missing Witnesses as Detective Pete (uncredited)
- The Outer Gate as Todd
- The Go-Getter as Bob Blair
- What Price Vengeance as Tex McGirk
- Black Legion as Ted Metcalf
- Back in Circulation as Murphy
- Talent Scout as Musselman - Writer (uncredited)
1936
- Colleen as (uncredited)
- Crash Donovan as Alabam
- The Petrified Forest as Lineman
- The Walking Dead as 'Betcha'
- Laughing at Trouble as Jamie Bradford
- Guns of the Pecos as Jeff Carter
- The Golden Arrow as Davis
- Jailbreak as Sig Patton
- Let's Make a Million
- The Law in Her Hands as Eddie O'Malley
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as Spudsy Drake
- Boulder Dam as Ed Harper
1935
- Shipmates Forever as Lincoln 'Cowboy'
- I Found Stella Parish as Dimmie
- Miss Pacific Fleet as Clarence 'Dutch'
1934
- Here Comes the Navy as Marine Orderly (uncredited)