Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Birthday: 1915-02-07

Place of Birth: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel ...

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National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but t...

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Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year

12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreami...

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We're Not Married!
We're Not Married!

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later...

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Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow ...

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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell ...

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Summer Stock
Summer Stock

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's siste...

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About Face
About Face

Three friends enter military school together, but two of them don't know that the third one is secre...

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The Fleet's In
The Fleet's In

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous ...

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The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows

The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall....

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Too Many Girls
Too Many Girls

Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he send...

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Young and Willing
Young and Willing

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' f...

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Caught in the Draft
Caught in the Draft

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get marrie...

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Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a...

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Two Tickets to Broadway
Two Tickets to Broadway

A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with h...

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The Girl from Jones Beach
The Girl from Jones Beach

Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Rando...

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Happy Go Lucky
Happy Go Lucky

A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodo...

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A Slight Case of Larceny
A Slight Case of Larceny

Two nitwits decide to open a gas station....

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Fun on a Weekend
Fun on a Weekend

Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by P...

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Sweater Girl
Sweater Girl

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together th...

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Life with Henry
Life with Henry

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska....

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Rainbow Island
Rainbow Island

Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a...

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Safeguarding Military Information
Safeguarding Military Information

World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military info...

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Reaching for the Sun
Reaching for the Sun

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by work...

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Bring on the Girls
Bring on the Girls

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. ...

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Out of This World
Out of This World

An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of...

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Hold That Blonde!
Hold That Blonde!

Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a g...

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

The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tie...

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Shinbone Alley
Shinbone Alley

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assume...

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Pacific Liner
Pacific Liner

The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's ...

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Wild Wild World
Wild Wild World

A study of some bizarre customs as practiced throughout the world: opium smoking and prostitution in...

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Oscar
Oscar

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world o...

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Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces t...

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Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man

A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up....

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Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges....

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The American Clock
The American Clock

Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed...

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A Message of Importance
A Message of Importance

In the final push of World War II, with Germany and Japan on the ropes, Eddie Bracken urges the Amer...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut...

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Baby's Day Out
Baby's Day Out

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge ...

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The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

When Toaster and the gang spark friendships with the playful animals at the veterinary hospital, the...

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Show Boat
Show Boat

A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill ...

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Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

American Movie Classics produced this original salute to those celebrities who worked to improve the...

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Always on Sunday
Always on Sunday

A roving Roman's weekend becomes a nightmare of traffic mix-ups, marital mix-ups and hilarious make-...

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Summer Stock: Get Happy!
Summer Stock: Get Happy!

Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950)....

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The Star Wagon
The Star Wagon

An inventor, pondering on how he might differently have arranged his life, invents a time machine an...

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The Fighting Generation
The Fighting Generation

A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bon...

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