Eddie Bracken

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.

Known For

Mr. Duncan

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Roy Walley

National Lampoon's Vacation

Bob Carson

Rookie of the Year

Willie Fisher

We're Not Married!

Woodrow Truesmith

Hail the Conquering Hero

Norval Jones

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Orville Wingait

Summer Stock

Biff Roberts

About Face

Barney Waters

The Fleet's In

Moley (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

Jojo Jordan

Too Many Girls

George Bodell

Young and Willing

Bert Sparks

Caught in the Draft

Johnny Webster

Star Spangled Rhythm

Lew Conway

Two Tickets to Broadway

Chuck Donovan

The Girl from Jones Beach

Wally Case

Happy Go Lucky

Frederick Winthrop Clopp

A Slight Case of Larceny

Pete Porter

Fun on a Weekend

Jack Mitchell

Sweater Girl

Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens

Life with Henry

Toby Smith

Rainbow Island

Soldier at Bar

Safeguarding Military Information

Benny Hogan

Reaching for the Sun

Herbie Fenton

Out of This World

J. Newport Bates

Bring on the Girls

Ogden Spencer Trulow III

Hold That Blonde!

Maj. Charles T. Alexander

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

Archy (voice)

Shinbone Alley

Junior officer (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

Narrator

Wild Wild World

« Five Spot » Charlie

Oscar

Eddie Bracken

Duffy's Tavern

Henry Haskell

Ladies' Man

Self

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Grandpa

The American Clock

A Message of Importance

Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Old Timer

Baby's Day Out

Sebastian (voice)

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Captain Andy

Show Boat

Self

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

Armando

Una domenica d'estate

Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

Stephen Minch

The Star Wagon

Self / Soldier in Audience

The Fighting Generation

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-02-07

Place of Birth

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

Also Known As

Edward Vincent Bracken