Eddie Bracken

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Eddie Bracken

Acting February 7, 1915

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

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

6.8 1992 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

7.1 1983 Movie
Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

6.4 1994 Movie
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.6 1985 TV Show
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Oscar

Oscar

6.4 1991 Movie
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

7.5 1985 TV Show
Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year

6.2 1993 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2006
    Summer Stock: Get Happy!

    Movie Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2000
    Ed

    TV show Stuckeyville Stan

  3. 1997
    The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

    Movie Sebastian (voice)

  4. 1996
    Remember WENN

    TV show Pepper Canarsie

  5. 1994
    Baby's Day Out

    Movie Old Timer

  6. 1994
    Winnetka Road

    TV show Father Burke

  7. 1994
    Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

    Movie Maj. Charles T. Alexander

  8. 1993
    Rookie of the Year

    Movie Bob Carson

  9. 1993
    The American Clock

    Movie Grandpa

  10. 1992
    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Movie Mr. Duncan

  11. 1991
    Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

    Movie Self

  12. 1991
    Oscar

    Movie « Five Spot » Charlie

  13. 1990
    Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

    Movie Self

  14. 1989
    Show Boat

    Movie Captain Andy

  15. 1988
    Monsters

    TV show J.J. 'Freddy' Fredericks

  16. 1987
    Wiseguy

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1986
    Blacke's Magic

    TV show

  2. 1985
    Amazing Stories

    TV show Nelson Chumsky

  3. 1985
    The Golden Girls

    TV show Buzz

  4. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Barney Ogden

  5. 1984
    Tales from the Darkside

    TV show Grandpa Titus Tolliver

  6. 1983
    The Wind in the Willows

    Movie Moley (voice)

  7. 1983
    National Lampoon's Vacation

    Movie Roy Walley

  8. 1975
    Ellery Queen

    TV show

  9. 1971
    The New Dick Van Dyke Show

    TV show Jake

  10. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Cap'n Andy Hawks

  11. 1970
    Shinbone Alley

    Movie Archy (voice)

  12. 1965
    Wild Wild World

    Movie Narrator

  13. 1963
    Burke's Law

    TV show 'Evil Eye' Hatton

  14. 1962
    Going My Way

    TV show

  15. 1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    TV show Self

  16. 1962
    The Merv Griffin Show

    TV show Self

  17. 1962
    Always on Sunday

    Movie Armando

  18. 1960
    The Roaring 20's

    TV show

  19. 1959
    Rawhide

    TV show Morris G. Stevens

  20. 1957
    The Star Wagon

    Movie Stephen Minch

  21. 1956
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    TV show Self

  22. 1955
    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    TV show

  23. 1954
    Climax!

    TV show Ira

  24. 1953
    A Slight Case of Larceny

    Movie Frederick Winthrop Clopp