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

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

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II — Self
• 1990Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1944The Fighting Generation — Self / Soldier in Audience