Eddie Acuff
Date of birth: 1908-06-03
Place of birth: Caruthersville, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edward DeKalb Acuff, Edward Acuff
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.
Movie Credits
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Leave It to Blondie
1945-02-22
Older but no wiser, Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead enter a songwriting contest. It's all part of a pl
Life with Blondie
1945-12-13
Daisy, the Bumstead's mischievous mutt, makes the family a little extra cash when she wins a contest
Blondie's Big Moment
1947-01-09
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in t
Blondie's Secret
1948-12-23
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised t
Blondie in the Dough
1947-10-16
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so
Blondie's Big Deal
1949-03-04
Dagwood accidentally discovers a non-flammable paint. Bad guys Dillon and Stack steal it before he
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a loc
The Walking Dead
1936-03-01
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to d
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero
The Flying Serpent
1946-02-01
A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as Quetz
Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola
The Traitor Within
1942-12-16
In this drama, a truck driver begins wooing a young woman who still lives with her father who consta
The Phantom Creeps
1939-01-07
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941-09-05
Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.
Slippy McGee
1948-01-15
A safecracker breaks his leg and reforms with a good girl and a priest.
The Petrified Forest
1936-02-08
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day pennil
Chick Carter, Detective
1946-07-11
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Juli
Four Daughters
1938-08-09
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily to
Bells of San Angelo
1947-04-15
Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into h
They Won't Forget
1937-07-14
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration D
Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young arm
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paral
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952-12-10
With the end of Prohibition a former bootlegger and his wife attempt to go straight. Remake of the 1
The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of mu
Mississippi Gambler
1942-04-17
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, wh
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951-10-10
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers o
Flight at Midnight
1939-08-28
Spinner McGee, devil-may-care mail pilot volunteers his courage and skill for the task of raising $1
Persons in Hiding
1939-02-10
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939-07-29
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runne
Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936-07-03
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, b
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935-12-14
A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title "Miss
Boulder Dam
1936-03-07
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on th
Shipmates Forever
1935-10-12
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He fi
Guns of the Pecos
1936-12-28
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
Between Two Women
1945-03-28
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
What Price Vengeance
1937-05-25
A cop hesitates in using his gun to stop a robbery, & the robbers get away. He is forced to quit the
Rhythm of the Saddle
1938-11-06
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contr
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949-10-20
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the
The Outer Gate
1937-08-04
Bob Terry is in love with Lois Borden the daughter of his employer, John Borden. When some bonds are
Wake Up and Dream
1946-12-02
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
The Bamboo Blonde
1946-07-15
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her
Law of the Underworld
1938-05-06
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connectio
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card
Shooting High
1940-04-25
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
Something for the Boys
1944-11-01
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who ge
She Loved a Fireman
1937-12-18
A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941-04-25
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt V
The Law in Her Hands
1936-05-16
A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
Leather Gloves
1948-11-11
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
Meet Me on Broadway
1946-01-26
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh
Daredevils of the West
1943-05-01
A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier t
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper
Girls of the Road
1940-07-24
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or
Meet Dr. Christian
1939-11-17
The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
The Invisible Menace
1938-01-11
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night.
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." H
Colleen
1936-03-21
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
Laughing at Trouble
1936-12-11
A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publ
The Bank Dick
1940-11-29
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now co
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940-10-11
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Sav
Honeymoon Ahead
1945-05-11
When the prison choir loses its leader, the boys try to get him back in.
The Mysterious Miss X
1939-01-10
After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939-03-08
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods bos
Blind Alley
1939-05-11
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
Miracles for Sale
1939-08-10
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
The Singing Marine
1937-07-03
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they p
Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20
Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Bank ro
Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplo
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Rags to Riches
1941-07-31
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
Belle of the Yukon
1944-12-27
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest c
Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Swing the Western Way
1947-06-25
Swing the Western Way
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945-05-28
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
Bride by Mistake
1944-07-26
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target
Headin' for God's Country
1943-08-26
In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totall
The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940-03-01
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destro
Jailbreak
1936-08-05
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
What's Cookin'?
1942-02-20
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Cour
Society Smugglers
1939-03-01
The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected o
Bungalow 13
1948-11-19
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate w
Ladies in Distress
1938-06-13
Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her tow
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by t
Here Comes the Navy
1934-07-21
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
The Border Legion
1940-12-05
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an ou
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in.
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940-05-31
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of ri
Girl Trouble
1942-10-09
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944-05-04
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he i
It's a Date
1940-03-22
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more s
Talent Scout
1937-07-24
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
One Night in the Tropics
1940-11-15
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'lov
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiance
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
The Boys from Syracuse
1940-07-30
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys fr
Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
Take a Letter, Darling
1942-05-06
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to
Exposed
1947-09-08
A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941-01-14
Robin Hood of the Pecos is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers and directed by Joseph Kane. Fol
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947-12-15
As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the at
The Timber Trail
1948-06-14
Monte Hale is a stagecoach driver for Jed Baker's stage-line. Jed believes his brother, Ralph, is be
Bad Men of Missouri
1941-07-26
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of Wi
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942-08-01
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from menta
Dutiful But Dumb
1941-03-21
The Stooges are photographers for Whack magazine who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to th
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
How to Watch Football
1938-10-07
Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.
Lost Angel
1943-12-23
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest sto
Without Love
1945-03-22
In World War II Washington DC, scientist Pat Jamieson's assistant, Jamie Rowan, enters a loveless ma
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Fall In
1942-11-20
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a ne
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, whi
Too Busy to Work
1939-11-17
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run
On Dress Parade
1939-11-18
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a mil
Blonde Alibi
1946-03-01
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspic
Crash Donovan
1936-08-01
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
South of Dixie
1944-06-23
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-st
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
Johnny Allegro
1949-05-26
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready);
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940-03-15
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss M
Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together
Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their
Black Legion
1937-01-30
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining
Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan g
A Very Young Lady
1941-06-27
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the
On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Her Lucky Night
1945-02-09
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their r
The Jungle Captive
1945-06-25
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured
Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose
She Gets Her Man
1945-01-12
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
In This Our Life
1942-05-08
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the l
Here Comes Happiness
1941-03-15
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue
Guadalcanal Diary
1943-10-27
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the prep
Suddenly It's Spring
1947-02-13
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942-11-01
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn t
Let's Make a Million
1936-09-01
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Blondie Goes Latin
1941-02-27
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the femal
Two Bright Boys
1939-09-21
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
Blondie's Holiday
1947-04-10
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount
Blondie's Reward
1948-06-03
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by
Jungle Girl
1941-06-21
Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother B
She's in the Army
1942-05-15
A socialite joins the Womens Ambulance Corps as both a publicity stunt and to win a bet with a newsp
The Phantom Creeps
1949-06-06
The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the w
Fly By Night
1942-01-19
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out t
Black Bart
1948-02-17
Cheerful outlaw Charlie Boles leaves former partners Lance and Jersey and heads for California, wher
Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe
I Found Stella Parish
1935-11-16
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.
The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a bab
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i