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Acting

Eddie Bracken

Career: Active from 1940 to 1994, with a break from 1971 to 1982, busiest in 1945 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Summer Stock
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Eddie Bracken Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.1, average 5.5
Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Melancholy
2.7, average 4.7
Tension
4.1, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Lighthearted 4
Classic Hollywood 4
Situational Humor 3
Family-Friendly 3
Nostalgic 3
Wholesome Entertainment 3
Romantic Comedy 2
Feel-Good Movie 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Social Commentary 2
WWII Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 82

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Orville (archive footage) (uncredited)

82

TV show · as Stuckeyville Stan

1990s

9 titles · average score 52

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

56

as Sebastian (voice)

Remember WENN

55

TV show · as Pepper Canarsie

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

50

as Maj. Charles T. Alexander

Baby's Day Out

45

as Old Timer

Winnetka Road

TV show · as Father Burke

Rookie of the Year

54

as Bob Carson

The American Clock

as Grandpa

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

54

as Mr. Duncan

Oscar

48

as « Five Spot » Charlie

1980s

10 titles · average score 69

Show Boat

as Captain Andy

Monsters

71

TV show · as J.J. 'Freddy' Fredericks

Wiseguy

59

TV show

Blacke's Magic

TV show

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Buzz

Amazing Stories

54

TV show · as Nelson Chumsky

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Barney Ogden

Tales from the Darkside

72

TV show · as Grandpa Titus Tolliver

National Lampoon's Vacation

74

as Roy Walley

The Wind in the Willows

66

as Moley (voice)

1970s

4 titles · average score 68

Ellery Queen

79

TV show

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Cap'n Andy Hawks

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

61

TV show · as Jake

Shinbone Alley

62

as Archy (voice)

1960s

5 titles · average score 68

Wild Wild World

as Narrator

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as 'Evil Eye' Hatton / Simeon Quatraine

Going My Way

TV show

Always on Sunday

as Armando

The Roaring 20's

TV show

1950s

11 titles · average score 58

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Edgar Allan Smithers / Morris G. Stevens

The Star Wagon

as Stephen Minch

The 20th Century Fox Hour

65

TV show

Climax!

51

TV show · as Ira

A Slight Case of Larceny

58

as Frederick Winthrop Clopp

About Face

45

as Biff Roberts

We're Not Married!

45

as Willie Fisher

Two Tickets to Broadway

46

as Lew Conway

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show · as Peter Ward / Gunner's Mate

Summer Stock

86

as Orville Wingait

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Larry

1940s

21 titles · average score 63

The Girl from Jones Beach

51

as Chuck Donovan

Fun on a Weekend

69

as Pete Porter

Hold That Blonde!

61

as Ogden Spencer Trulow III

Out of This World

as Herbie Fenton

Bring on the Girls

as J. Newport Bates

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

78

as Norval Jones

Hail the Conquering Hero

86

as Woodrow Truesmith

Young and Willing

54

as George Bodell

Sweater Girl

as Jack Mitchell

The Fleet's In

56

as Barney Waters

Caught in the Draft

66

as Bert Sparks

Reaching for the Sun

as Benny Hogan

1930s

2 titles · average score 65

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

75

as Soldier at Festival of Fools (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

56

as Junior officer (uncredited)