Eddie Bracken
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken 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 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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 15.984 |
Birthday | 1915-02-07 |
Place of Birth | Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Edward Vincent Bracken, |
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
6.757/9695
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
7.1/1535
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
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National Lampoon's Vacation
1993
Rookie of the Year
6.159/348
12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical short...
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Rookie of the Year
1952
We're Not Married!
5.9/20
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally m...
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We're Not Married!
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
7.008/66
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to...
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Hail the Conquering Hero
1943
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
6.862/105
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married some...
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1950
Summer Stock
6.7/51
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores...
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Summer Stock
1952
About Face
3/2
Three friends enter military school together, but two of them don't know that the third one is secretly married.
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About Face
1942
The Fleet's In
7/2
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are plac...
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The Fleet's In
1983
The Wind in the Willows
5.9/9
The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
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The Wind in the Willows
1940
Too Many Girls
5.7/11
Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The col...
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Too Many Girls
1943
Young and Willing
0/0
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Young and Willing
1941
Caught in the Draft
5.8/16
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake...
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Caught in the Draft
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
5.9/8
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1951
Two Tickets to Broadway
4.3/10
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
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Two Tickets to Broadway
1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
5.4/4
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his...
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The Girl from Jones Beach
1943
Happy Go Lucky
4/1
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
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Happy Go Lucky
1953
A Slight Case of Larceny
4/3
Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.
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A Slight Case of Larceny
1947
Fun on a Weekend
7/1
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth sim...
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Fun on a Weekend
1942
Sweater Girl
4/2
College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.
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Sweater Girl
1941
Life with Henry
5/1
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
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Life with Henry
1944
Rainbow Island
6/1
Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the nati...
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Rainbow Island
1942
Safeguarding Military Information
5/2
World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military information.
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Safeguarding Military Information
1941
Reaching for the Sun
6/2
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
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Reaching for the Sun
1945
Bring on the Girls
6.1/5
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hote...
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Bring on the Girls
1945
Hold That Blonde!
7/6
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another...
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Hold That Blonde!
1945
Out of This World
7.3/3
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
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Out of This World
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
6.3/10
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1970
Shinbone Alley
6.2/13
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of...
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Shinbone Alley
1939
Pacific Liner
5.2/11
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the shi...
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Pacific Liner
1965
Wild Wild World
0/0
A study of some bizarre customs as practiced throughout the world: opium smoking and prostitution in Kowloon; interracial lovemaking in a stag movie;...
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Wild Wild World
1991
Oscar
6.3/507
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite...
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Oscar
1945
Duffy's Tavern
6.1/7
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
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Duffy's Tavern
1947
Ladies' Man
0/0
A boy from the country inherits $10 million, and decides to go to New York City to live it up.
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Ladies' Man
1990
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
6/2
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
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Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1993
The American Clock
6.5/4
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...
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The American Clock
1944
A Message of Importance
4.5/2
In the final push of World War II, with Germany and Japan on the ropes, Eddie Bracken urges the American people to buy more war bonds.
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A Message of Importance
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.238/187
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1994
Baby's Day Out
6.4/1325
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the soci...
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Baby's Day Out
1997
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
6/91
When Toaster and the gang spark friendships with the playful animals at the veterinary hospital, they soon discover their new pals are about to be sen...
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The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1989
Show Boat
0/0
A stage production of the classic musical, videotaped in front of a live audience at the Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey.
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