Eddie Bracken
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 February 1915 · Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 14 November 2002
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
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- 2006Summer Stock: Get Happy! as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Sebastian (voice)
- 1994Baby's Day Out as Old Timer
- 1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Maj. Charles T. Alexander
- 1993Rookie of the Year as Bob Carson
- 1993The American Clock as Grandpa
- 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Mr. Duncan
- 1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
- 1991Oscar as « Five Spot » Charlie
- 1990Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer as Self
- 1989Show Boat as Captain Andy
- 1983The Wind in the Willows as Moley (voice)
- 1983National Lampoon's Vacation as Roy Walley
- 1970Shinbone Alley as Archy (voice)
- 1965Wild Wild World as Narrator
- 1962Always on Sunday as Armando
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1957The Star Wagon as Stephen Minch
- 1953A Slight Case of Larceny as Frederick Winthrop Clopp
- 1952We're Not Married! as Willie Fisher
- 1952About Face as Biff Roberts
- 1951Two Tickets to Broadway as Lew Conway
- 1950Summer Stock as Orville Wingait
- 1949The Girl from Jones Beach as Chuck Donovan
- 1947Fun on a Weekend as Pete Porter
- 1947Ladies' Man as Henry Haskell
- 1945Hold That Blonde! as Ogden Spencer Trulow III
- 1945Duffy's Tavern as Eddie Bracken
- 1945Out of This World as Herbie Fenton
- 1945Bring on the Girls as J. Newport Bates
- 1944A Message of Importance
- 1944Rainbow Island as Toby Smith
- 1944The Fighting Generation as Self / Soldier in Audience
- 1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek as Norval Jones
- 1944Hail the Conquering Hero as Woodrow Truesmith
- 1943Young and Willing as George Bodell
- 1943Happy Go Lucky as Wally Case
- 1942Sweater Girl as Jack Mitchell
- 1942Star Spangled Rhythm as Johnny Webster
- 1942The Fleet's In as Barney Waters
- 1942Safeguarding Military Information as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1941Caught in the Draft as Bert Sparks
- 1941Reaching for the Sun as Benny Hogan
- 1941Life with Henry as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
- 1940Too Many Girls as Jojo Jordan
- 1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)
- 1939Pacific Liner as Junior officer (uncredited)