Eddie Bracken

Actor Feb 7 (died age 87) Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA 1939–2006 (67 year career)

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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 Alo…

Known For

Film

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Mr. Duncan

Film

National Lampoon's Vacation

Roy Walley

Film

Baby's Day Out

Old Timer

Film

Oscar

« Five Spot » Charlie

Film

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

Film

Rookie of the Year

Bob Carson

Film

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Norval Jones

Film

Hail the Conquering Hero

Woodrow Truesmith

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (46)

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

2006

as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

as Sebastian (voice)

Baby's Day Out

as Old Timer

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

1994

as Maj. Charles T. Alexander

Rookie of the Year

as Bob Carson

The American Clock

as Grandpa

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

as Mr. Duncan

6.8

Oscar

1991

as « Five Spot » Charlie

6.3

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991

as Self

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

1990

as Self

6.0

Show Boat

1989

as Captain Andy

The Wind in the Willows

1983

as Moley (voice)

6.0

National Lampoon's Vacation

as Roy Walley

Shinbone Alley

as Archy (voice)

Wild Wild World

as Narrator

Always on Sunday

1962

as Armando

The Star Wagon

1957

as Stephen Minch

A Slight Case of Larceny

1953

as Frederick Winthrop Clopp

We're Not Married!

as Willie Fisher

About Face

as Biff Roberts

Two Tickets to Broadway

as Lew Conway

Summer Stock

as Orville Wingait

The Girl from Jones Beach

1949

as Chuck Donovan

4.8

Ladies' Man

1947

as Henry Haskell

Fun on a Weekend

1947

as Pete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III

Out of This World

as Herbie Fenton

Hold That Blonde!

as Ogden Spencer Trulow III

Duffy's Tavern

as Eddie Bracken

Bring on the Girls

as J. Newport Bates

Rainbow Island

as Toby Smith

The Fighting Generation

1944

as Self / Soldier in Audience

5.2

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

as Woodrow Truesmith

7.1

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944

as Norval Jones

6.8

A Message of Importance

Young and Willing

as George Bodell

Happy Go Lucky

as Wally Case

Sweater Girl

as Jack Mitchell

Safeguarding Military Information

as Soldier at Bar

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Johnny Webster

The Fleet's In

as Barney Waters

Reaching for the Sun

as Benny Hogan

Life with Henry

as Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens

Caught in the Draft

as Bert Sparks

Too Many Girls

as Jojo Jordan

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

7.3

Pacific Liner

1939

as Junior officer (uncredited)

5.2

Television (26)

as Stuckeyville Stan

Remember WENN

as Pepper Canarsie

Winnetka Road

as Father Burke

Wiseguy

Blacke's Magic

Amazing Stories

as Nelson Chumsky

The Golden Girls

as Buzz

Murder, She Wrote

as Barney Ogden

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Grandpa Titus Tolliver

Ellery Queen

Great Performances

as Cap'n Andy Hawks

Burke's Law

as 'Evil Eye' Hatton

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Going My Way

The Roaring 20's

Rawhide

as Morris G. Stevens

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Climax!

as Ira

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Peter Ward

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Larry

Studio One

as Billy Cascade

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self