Eddie Acuff

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Edward DeKalb Acuff (born June 3, 1908 in Caruthersville , Missouri , USA , † December 17, 1956 in Hollywood , California , USA) was an American actor .

life and work

Eddie Acuff began his acting career in the theater. From 1932 to 1934 he appeared in six different productions on Broadway . From 1934 he had a contract with Warner Bros. , where he stayed until 1938. After that he worked as an independent actor. He made his first film appearance in Here Comes the Navy . In 19 years (1934 to 1952), according to the Internet Movie Database , he made almost 300 film appearances, although all of them were supporting roles, often on the comedic side. He's been in films like The Petrified Forest , Black Legion Secret Society , Father Conducted , The Bank Detective , Yankee Doodle Dandy , Too Smart for Love , Help, I'm a Millionaire , The Prairie Endless, and Mr Mitty's Double Life . He played the recurring role of Clifford Genet in eight Dr. Kildare / Dr. Gillespie films. Film critics such as Hal Erickson remembered him especially for his role as the postman Mr. Beasley in nine films in the Blondie series (he had previously worked in other roles in three other films in the series). In the 15th episode of the series, Leave It to Blondie , he took on the role of Irving Bacon . The role of the postman who was knocked over again and again was small and sometimes uncredited . But it was very popular, as it turned out when this running gag was missing from a film. Immediately after its release, the production company Columbia Pictures was "bombarded" with phone calls, telegrams, and letters complaining about its absence from fans of the series.

Eddie Acuff had important supporting roles in two serials , in 1941 alongside Frances Gifford as Tom Neal's co-pilot in Jungle Gangster and in 1943 alongside Kay Aldridge as the foreman Red Kelly in Daredevils of the West . In Eddie Acuff's career, on the other hand, there is only one television series, namely The Lone Ranger , where he made a guest appearance in 1950.

Eddie Acuff died of a heart attack in 1956 and was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood .

Eddie Acuff was dubbed by Kurt E. Ludwig , Otto Czarski , Kurt Zips , Hans Zander and Heinz Palm, among others .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Most pages state 1908 as it is on his tombstone. But sometimes there is also talk of 1903.
  2. ↑ Eddie Acuff in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed June 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d Hal Erickson : Eddie Acuff. In: Allmovie . Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Geoff Mayer: Encyclopedia of American Film Serials . McFarland, Jefferson 2017, ISBN 978-0-7864-7762-3 , pp. 26 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 1, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Eddie Acuff in the Internet Movie Database , accessed June 1, 2020.
  6. ↑ Day's Best Hollywood Story . In: Toledo Blade . January 13, 1948 (English, online at Google [accessed June 1, 2020]).
  7. ↑ a b Eddie Acuff in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  8. ↑ Eddie Acuff. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on June 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Acuff, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acuff, Edward DeKalb (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Caruthersville , Missouri , USA
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1956
Place of death Hollywood , California , USA