Eddie Acuff
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
- 1934: Here Comes the Navy
- 1934: Sweet Adeline
- 1935: Shipmates Forever
- 1935: I Found Stella Parrish
- 1936: The Petrified Forest (The Petrified Forest)
- 1936: The Walking Dead
- 1936: Boulder Dam
- 1936: The Golden Arrow
- 1937: Secret Society Black Legion (Black Legion)
- 1937: They Won't Forget
- 1937: Love Is on the Air
- 1938: Father conducts (Four Daughters)
- 1938: Mein Mann, der Cowboy (The Cowboy and the Lady)
- 1938: Next Time I Marry
- 1939: Wings of the Navy
- 1939: Blondie Meets the Boss
- 1939: When Tomorrow Comes
- 1939: The Roaring Twenties (The Roaring Twenties)
- 1940: On the Road at Night (They Drive by Night)
- 1940: The Boys from Syracuse
- 1940: The ultimatum for derrick L 9 (Flowing Gold)
- 1940: Dr. Kildare: The Homecoming (Dr. Kildare Goes Home)
- 1940: Spring Parade
- 1940: One Night in the Tropics
- 1940: Dr. Kildare: Fatal Diagnosis (Dr. Kildare's Crisis)
- 1940: The Bank Dick (The Bank Dick)
- 1941: Decision in the Sierra (High Sierra)
- 1941: side street (Backstreet)
- 1941: Blondie Goes Latin
- 1941: Here Comes Happiness
- 1941: Dr. Kildare: In Court (The People vs. Dr. Kildare)
- 1941: Jungle Gangster ( Jungle Girl , Serial )
- 1941: Dr. Kildare: The Wedding Day (Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day)
- 1941: His last command (They Died with Their Boots On)
- 1941: The devil breaks loose in hell! (Hellzapoppin ')
- 1942: Fly-by-Night
- 1942: Dr. Kildare's Victory
- 1942: Fräulein Mama (The Lady Is Willing)
- 1942: What's Cookin '?
- 1942: Liebling, for dictation (Take a Letter, Darling)
- 1942: I want to live my life (In This Our Life)
- 1942: Private Buckaroo
- 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy
- 1942: Calling Dr. Gillespie
- 1942: Blondie for Victory
- 1942: Abbott and Costello among cannibals (Pardon My Sarong)
- 1942: The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- 1942: Youth on Parade
- 1942: Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
- 1943: Slightly Dangerous
- 1943: Daredevils of the West (Serial)
- 1943: Hers to Hold
- 1943: Guadalcanal Diary - Hell in the Pacific
- 1943: The Second Face (Flesh and Fantasy)
- 1943: Swingtime Johnny
- 1943: The Little Angel (Lost Angel)
- 1944: It Happened Tomorrow (It Happened Tomorrow)
- 1944: Pinky and Curly (Once Upon a Time)
- 1944: Christmas holidays (Christmas Holiday)
- 1944: Bride by Mistake
- 1944: Mission in the Pacific (Wing and a Prayer)
- 1944: In the Meantime, Darling
- 1944: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
- 1944: The Song of the Golden West (Can't Help Singing)
- 1944: Belle of the Yukon
- 1945: A Roughly Speaking Woman
- 1945: Her Lucky Night
- 1945: Leave It to Blondie
- 1945: Too Smart for Love (Without Love)
- 1945: Vacation for Love (The Clock)
- 1945: Between Two Women
- 1945: Help, I'm a Millionaire (Brewster's Millions)
- 1945: Diamond Horseshoe
- 1945: San Francisco Lilly (Flame of Barbary Coast)
- 1945: The Wonder Man
- 1945: Shadow of Terror
- 1945: Life with Blondie
- 1945: A Man of Action (San Antonio)
- 1946: The Flying Serpent
- 1947: Lady in the Lake (Lady in the Lake)
- 1947: Blondie's Big Moment
- 1947: Endless is the prairie (The Sea of Grass)
- 1947: The Unruly Wife (Suddenly It's Spring)
- 1947: Blondie's Holiday
- 1947: The Double Life of Walter Mitty (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
- 1947: A goddess on earth (Down to Earth)
- 1947: Blondie in the Dough
- 1947: Blondie's Anniversary
- 1948: Blondie's Reward
- 1948: Leather Gloves
- 1948: Bungalow 13
- 1948: Smoky Mountain Melody
- 1948: Blondie's Secret
- 1949: Blondie's Big Deal
- 1949: Home in San Antone
- 1950: The Lone Ranger (TV series, episode 1x22)
- 1951: Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
- 1952: crook with a white vest (Stop, You're Killing Me)
Web links
- Eddie Acuff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eddie Acuff at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Most pages state 1908 as it is on his tombstone. But sometimes there is also talk of 1903.
- ↑ Eddie Acuff in the Internet Broadway Database , accessed June 1, 2020.
- ↑ a b c d Hal Erickson : Eddie Acuff. In: Allmovie . Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ 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]).
- ↑ Eddie Acuff in the Internet Movie Database , accessed June 1, 2020.
- ↑ Day's Best Hollywood Story . In: Toledo Blade . January 13, 1948 (English, online at Google [accessed June 1, 2020]).
- ↑ a b Eddie Acuff in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ↑ Eddie Acuff. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on June 1, 2020 .
personal data | |
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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 |