Cast & creator
Eddie Bracken
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, What's My Line?
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.
Also known as: Edward Vincent Bracken
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film credits
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television credits
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1939–2006 · acting roles
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Filmography (79)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Great Performances
Cap'n Andy Hawks
1971
Murder, She Wrote
Barney Ogden
1984
Climax!
Ira
1954
The Golden Girls
Buzz
1985
Studio One
Billy Cascade
1948Studio One
Herbert (voice)
1948Studio One
George Short
1948
Tales from the Darkside
Grandpa Titus Tolliver
1984
Rawhide
Morris G. Stevens
1959Rawhide
Edgar Allan Smithers
1959
Burke's Law
'Evil Eye' Hatton
1963Burke's Law
Simeon Quatraine
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Amazing Stories
Nelson Chumsky
1985
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Wiseguy
1987
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Mr. Duncan
1992
Ed
Stuckeyville Stan
2000
Monsters
J.J. 'Freddy' Fredericks
1988
Ellery Queen
1975Lux Video Theatre
Larry
1950
The Roaring 20's
1960
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Jake
1971
Remember WENN
Pepper Canarsie
1996
National Lampoon's Vacation
Roy Walley
1983
Going My Way
1962
Baby's Day Out
Old Timer
1994
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)
1939
Blacke's Magic
1986
Rookie of the Year
Bob Carson
1993
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Peter Ward
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Gunner's Mate
1951
Oscar
« Five Spot » Charlie
1991
Winnetka Road
Father Burke
1994
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Sebastian (voice)
1997
We're Not Married!
Willie Fisher
1952
Summer Stock
Orville Wingait
1950
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Maj. Charles T. Alexander
1994
The Fleet's In
Barney Waters
1942
Hail the Conquering Hero
Woodrow Truesmith
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Norval Jones
1944
Two Tickets to Broadway
Lew Conway
1951
Caught in the Draft
Bert Sparks
1941
A Slight Case of Larceny
Frederick Winthrop Clopp
1953
Fun on a Weekend
Pete Porter
1947
Out of This World
Herbie Fenton
1945
Bring on the Girls
J. Newport Bates
1945
Star Spangled Rhythm
Johnny Webster
1942
The American Clock
Grandpa
1993
The Wind in the Willows
Moley (voice)
1983
Pacific Liner
Junior officer (uncredited)
1939
The Girl from Jones Beach
Chuck Donovan
1949
Hold That Blonde!
Ogden Spencer Trulow III
1945
Young and Willing
George Bodell
1943
Reaching for the Sun
Benny Hogan
1941
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Self
1990
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Self
1991
Always on Sunday
Armando
1962
Too Many Girls
Jojo Jordan
1940
The Fighting Generation
Self / Soldier in Audience
1944
Sweater Girl
Jack Mitchell
1942
Duffy's Tavern
Eddie Bracken
1945
Shinbone Alley
Archy (voice)
1970
Happy Go Lucky
Wally Case
1943
Life with Henry
Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
1941
Ladies' Man
Henry Haskell
1947
Rainbow Island
Toby Smith
1944
The Star Wagon
Stephen Minch
1957
About Face
Biff Roberts
1952
Show Boat
Captain Andy
1989
A Message of Importance
1944Safeguarding Military Information
Soldier (uncredited)
1942Wild Wild World
Narrator
1965