Born February 7, 1915· Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
† Died November 14, 2002
21Roles★ 6.9Average rating
Emerging from a vaudeville act at nine and later honing his craft on Broadway, the New York-born performer Eddie Bracken became a leading comic figure in 1940s Hollywood. Preston Sturges cast him in the celebrated wartime comedies The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero, both later entered into the National Film Registry, and he headlined his own radio program, The Eddie Bracken…