Eddie Bracken

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-07 (87 years old)

Deathday

2002-11-14

Place of Birth

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Eddie Bracken

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 cont...

Acting

1993

Rookie of the Year

as Bob Carson

1952

We're Not Married!

as Willie Fisher

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Woodrow Truesmith

1950

Summer Stock

as Orville Wingait

1952

About Face

as Biff Roberts

1942

The Fleet's In

as Barney Waters

1983

The Wind in the Willows

as Moley (voice)

1940

Too Many Girls

as Jojo Jordan

1943

Young and Willing

as George Bodell

1941

Caught in the Draft

as Bert Sparks

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Johnny Webster

1951

1949

1943

Happy Go Lucky

as Wally Case

1953

A Slight Case of Larceny

as Frederick Winthrop Clopp

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Pete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III

1942

Sweater Girl

as Jack Mitchell

1941

Life with Henry

as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens

1944

Rainbow Island

as Toby Smith

1941

Reaching for the Sun

as Benny Hogan

1945

Bring on the Girls

as J. Newport Bates

1945

Out of This World

as Herbie Fenton

1945

Hold That Blonde!

as Ogden Spencer Trulow III

1970

Shinbone Alley

as Archy (voice)

1939

Pacific Liner

as Junior officer (uncredited)

1965

Wild Wild World

as Narrator

1991

Oscar

as « Five Spot » Charlie

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as Eddie Bracken

1947

Ladies' Man

as Henry Haskell

1993

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

1994

Baby's Day Out

as Old Timer

1989

Show Boat

as Captain Andy

1962

2006

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

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