Eddie Bracken
Date of birth: 1915-02-07
Place of birth: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edward Vincent 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 contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992-11-15
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983-07-29
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but t
Rookie of the Year
1993-07-07
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreami
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944-08-09
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944-09-18
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell
Summer Stock
1950-08-31
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's siste
About Face
1952-05-23
Three friends enter military school together, but two of them don't know that the third one is secre
The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous
The Wind in the Willows
1987-07-05
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
Too Many Girls
1940-10-08
Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he send
Young and Willing
1943-02-05
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' f
Caught in the Draft
1941-07-04
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get marrie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a
Two Tickets to Broadway
1951-11-20
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with h
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949-07-16
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Rando
Happy Go Lucky
1943-01-04
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodo
A Slight Case of Larceny
1953-06-05
Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.
Fun on a Weekend
1947-05-15
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by P
Sweater Girl
1942-07-13
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together th
Life with Henry
1941-01-23
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
Rainbow Island
1944-10-05
Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a
Safeguarding Military Information
1942-01-16
World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military info
Reaching for the Sun
1941-05-01
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by work
Out of This World
1945-07-13
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of
Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money.
Hold That Blonde!
1945-11-23
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a g
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994-02-26
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tie
Shinbone Alley
1970-06-26
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assume
Pacific Liner
1939-01-06
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's
Wild Wild World
1965-08-04
A study of some bizarre customs as practiced throughout the world: opium smoking and prostitution in
Oscar
1991-04-26
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world o
Duffy's Tavern
1945-09-28
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces t
Ladies' Man
1947-02-07
A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990-07-02
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
The American Clock
1993-01-02
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed
A Message of Importance
1944-12-31
In the final push of World War II, with Germany and Japan on the ropes, Eddie Bracken urges the Amer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut
Baby's Day Out
1994-07-01
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997-11-01
When Toaster and the gang spark friendships with the playful animals at the veterinary hospital, the
Show Boat
1989-10-27
A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991-11-01
American Movie Classics produced this original salute to those celebrities who worked to improve the
Always on Sunday
1962-03-10
A roving Roman's weekend becomes a nightmare of traffic mix-ups, marital mix-ups and hilarious make-
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006-04-25
Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).
The Star Wagon
1957-01-24
An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine an
The Fighting Generation
1944-10-01
A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bon