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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 7, 1915
Died
November 14, 2002
Place of Birth
Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Edward Vincent Bracken
Eddie Bracken
3.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
7.7
Stuckeyville Stan
Ed
2000
6.1
Sebastian (voice)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
8.0
Pepper Canarsie
Remember WENN
1996
6.4
Old Timer
Baby's Day Out
1994
3.0
Father Burke
Winnetka Road
1994
6.2
Maj. Charles T. Alexander
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
6.2
Bob Carson
Rookie of the Year
1993
5.4
Grandpa
The American Clock
1993
6.8
Mr. Duncan
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Credits
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
0.0
Ed
as Stuckeyville Stan
2000
7.7
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
as Sebastian (voice)
1997
6.1
Remember WENN
as Pepper Canarsie
1996
8.0
Baby's Day Out
as Old Timer
1994
6.4
Winnetka Road
as Father Burke
1994
3.0
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Maj. Charles T. Alexander
1994
6.2
Rookie of the Year
as Bob Carson
1993
6.2
The American Clock
as Grandpa
1993
5.4
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Mr. Duncan
1992
6.8
🎬
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
1991
0.0
Oscar
as « Five Spot » Charlie
1991
6.3
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
as Self
1990
6.0
Show Boat
as Captain Andy
1989
0.0
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
Blacke's Magic
1986
6.0
Amazing Stories
as Nelson Chumsky
1985
7.4
The Golden Girls
as Buzz
1985
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
as Barney Ogden
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Grandpa Titus Tolliver
1984
7.2
The Wind in the Willows
as Moley (voice)
1983
6.0
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Roy Walley
1983
7.1
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
Great Performances
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
1971
5.8
Shinbone Alley
as Archy (voice)
1970
6.3
🎬
Wild Wild World
as Narrator
1965
0.0
Burke's Law
as 'Evil Eye' Hatton
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Simeon Quatraine
1963
6.0
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Always on Sunday
as Armando
1962
0.0
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Rawhide
as Morris G. Stevens
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Edgar Allan Smithers
1959
7.2
The Star Wagon
as Stephen Minch
1957
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Climax!
as Ira
1954
3.3
A Slight Case of Larceny
as Frederick Winthrop Clopp
1953
4.0
We're Not Married!
as Willie Fisher
1952
5.8
About Face
as Biff Roberts
1952
3.7
Two Tickets to Broadway
as Lew Conway
1951
4.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Peter Ward
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Gunner's Mate
1951
7.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Larry
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Summer Stock
as Orville Wingait
1950
6.6
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Chuck Donovan
1949
4.8
Studio One
as Billy Cascade
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Herbert (voice)
1948
5.0
Studio One
as George Short
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Fun on a Weekend
as Pete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III
1947
7.0
Ladies' Man
as Henry Haskell
1947
0.0
Hold That Blonde!
as Ogden Spencer Trulow III
1945
6.0
Duffy's Tavern
as Eddie Bracken
1945
6.1
Out of This World
as Herbie Fenton
1945
7.3
Bring on the Girls
as J. Newport Bates
1945
6.1
A Message of Importance
1944
4.5
Rainbow Island
as Toby Smith
1944
6.0
The Fighting Generation
as Self / Soldier in Audience
1944
5.0
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Norval Jones
1944
6.8
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Woodrow Truesmith
1944
7.0
Young and Willing
as George Bodell
1943
4.7
Happy Go Lucky
as Wally Case
1943
4.0
Sweater Girl
as Jack Mitchell
1942
4.0
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Johnny Webster
1942
6.0
The Fleet's In
as Barney Waters
1942
7.0
Safeguarding Military Information
as Soldier at Bar
1942
5.0
Caught in the Draft
as Bert Sparks
1941
5.6
Reaching for the Sun
as Benny Hogan
1941
6.0
Life with Henry
as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
1941
5.0
Too Many Girls
as Jojo Jordan
1940
5.6
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)
1939
7.3
Pacific Liner
as Junior officer (uncredited)
1939
5.2