ACTOR

Eddie Bracken

1915 - 2002

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Edward Vincent Bracken (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken came to Hollywood prominence for his comedic lead performances in the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek both from 1944, both of which have been preserved by the National Film Registry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Bracken has received more than 1,409,984 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Bracken is the 2,671st most popular actor (down from 2,608th in 2019), the 4,157th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,190th in 2019) and the 1,214th most popular American Actor.

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  • 52.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eddie Bracken ranks 2,671 out of 13,578. Before him are Jimmy Fontana, Cyril Cusack, Oliver Platt, Kristina Wayborn, Alice Brady, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. After him are Gösta Ekman, Sven-Bertil Taube, Jarl Kulle, Dany Robin, Robin Shou, and Sarah Siddons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Eddie Bracken ranks 124. Before him are Robert Motherwell, Henry Kuttner, David Stirling, Hoàng Văn Thái, Nikos Beloyannis, and Torcuato Fernández-Miranda. After him are Albert O. Hirschman, Vítězslava Kaprálová, M. F. Husain, John Tukey, Hans Christian Blech, and Wilhelm Gliese. Among people deceased in 2002, Eddie Bracken ranks 149. Before him are Jean-Paul Riopelle, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Héctor Trujillo, Eugene Odum, and Anatoli Bashashkin. After him are Julio Pérez, Marion Dönhoff, Lolita Torres, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Layne Staley, and Ray Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Bracken ranks 4,157 out of 20,380. Before him are Merce Cunningham (1919), Nancy Meyers (1949), Alice Brady (1892), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909), William Larned (1872), and Frank Carlucci (1930). After him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Jane Toppan (1854), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Willa Cather (1873), Charles Francis Hall (1821), and John D. Rockefeller III (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Eddie Bracken ranks 1,214. Before him are Sally Kirkland (1941), Kim Darby (1947), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Nick Cravat (1912), Alice Brady (1892), and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909). After him are James Karen (1923), James Marsden (1973), Moses Gunn (1929), Don Adams (1923), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), and Adrienne Barbeau (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Mr. Duncan
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 from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
Nov 15th 19926.8 / 10
National Lampoon's Vacation
Roy Walley
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.
Jul 29th 19837.1 / 10
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Norval Jones
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 someone she can't remember.
Dec 12th 19436.8 / 10