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Actor · 1915 to 2002

Eddie Bracken

Best rated: Hail the Conquering Hero (7.6)

Films
22
Avg rating
6.78
Peak run
1943’83
7+ run
4 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Eddie Bracken, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1943 to 1983, 7.16678194019501960197019801990Hail the Conquering Hero 7.6Rookie of the Year 6.1Career avg 6.78

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Eddie Bracken's career barcodecoolhot
194022 films1994
Current formLast 5: 6.64 vs career 6.78 (−0.14)
  1. WNational Lampoon's Vacation1983 · 7.3+0.5
  2. LOscar1991 · 6.6−0.2
  3. WHome Alone 2: Lost in New York1992 · 6.9+0.1
  4. LRookie of the Year1993 · 6.1−0.7
  5. LBaby's Day Out1994 · 6.3−0.5
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Eddie by the numbers

Average
6.78
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.79
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
55y
1940 to 1994
Total votes
758K
across every film
Best
7.6
Hail the Conquering Hero
Worst
6.1
Rookie of the Year
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1994Baby's Day Out posterBaby's Day Out·6.361,545
1993Rookie of the Year posterRookie of the YearBob Carson6.134,578
1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York posterHome Alone 2: Lost in New York·6.9464K
1991Oscar posterOscar·6.637,577
1983National Lampoon's Vacation posterNational Lampoon's VacationRoy Walley7.3130K
1970Shinbone AlleyArchy·319
1953A Slight Case of LarcenyFrederick Winthrop Clopp·271
1952We're Not Married!Wilson Boswell 'Willie' Fisher6.32,671
1951Two Tickets to BroadwayLew Conway·685
1950Summer Stock posterSummer StockOrville Wingait7.15,329
1949The Girl from Jones BeachChuck Donovan·720
1947Fun on a WeekendPete Porter aka P.P. Porterhouse III·269
1945Duffy's TavernEddie Bracken·269
1944Hail the Conquering Hero posterHail the Conquering HeroWoodrow Truesmith7.65,609
1943The Miracle of Morgan's Creek posterThe Miracle of Morgan's CreekNorval Jones7.58,473
1943Happy Go LuckyWally Case·259
1943Young and WillingGeorge Bodell·370
1942Star Spangled Rhythm··736
1942My Favorite Blonde·7.01,775
1942The Fleet's InBarney Waters·454
Better together?

Eddie Bracken's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken movies · Preston Sturges and Eddie Bracken movies

Takes

On Eddie Bracken