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Eddie Acuff is a Actor American born on 3 june 1908 at Caruthersville (USA)
Eddie Acuff (June 3, 1903 – December 17, 1956) was an American actor. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the Blondie movie series that starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.
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Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1908 at Caruthersville (USA)
Death 17 december 1956 (at 48 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 3 june 1908 at Caruthersville (USA)
Death 17 december 1956 (at 48 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Eddie Acuff (June 3, 1903 – December 17, 1956) was an American actor. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the Blondie movie series that starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake.
Biography
He was born in Caruthersville, Missouri. Acuff's maternal uncle was a performer on 19th century showboats along the Mississippi River. Before beginning his Hollywood film career in 1934, he performed in Broadway theatre in the early-1930s. He died in Hollywood, California and is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.Usually with
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Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Sheldon Leonard, Virginia Gibson, Harry Morgan, Margaret Dumont
Roles Cab Driver
Rating61%
The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron's plans to crash high society.
, 1h27Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Lucille Norman, S.Z. Sakall, Virginia Gibson
Roles Golden Egg Doorman (uncredited)
Rating58%
Three smart Las Vegas theatrical girls decide to look for husbands; - Carol, (Virginia Mayo), who thinks a millionaire would be good, Abby (Lucille Norman), who is in love with baritone Vince Nichols (Dennis Morgan), but is perturbed because he gambles, and June (Virginia Gibson), who has a crush on Ted Lansing, a dancer, (Gene Nelson). Ted, however, is in love with Abby.
Johnny Allegro (1949)
, 1h20Directed by Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready, Will Geer, Gloria Henry, Ivan Triesault
Roles Sam
Rating63%
Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro is asked to help get the goods on Morgan Vallin (George MacReady), a polished counterfeiter who is involved in a right-wing plot to bring down the American government by flooding the U.S. economy with bogus currency.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
, 1h27Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Gloria Henry, Frank McHugh
Roles Bus Driver (uncredited)
Rating65%
For Ellen Grant (Ball), the worst student at the Woodruff Secretarial School, it comes as a great surprise when Dick Richmond (Holden) hires her to work at his realty company. Actually, it is her apparent empty-headedness that has won her the job. The real estate firm, and now Ellen, are merely fronts for a bookmaking operation run from the back of the office, where Dick and his associates, Gleason (James Gleason) and Kilcoyne (Frank McHugh), take bets on races.
Black Bart (1948)
, 1h20Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Western
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Percy Kilbride, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank Lovejoy, Lloyd Gough
Roles Elkins (uncredited)
Rating61%
Charles Boles et Lance Hardeen échappent de justesse à la pendaison et décident de mettre fin à leur collaboration - Mais le destin les remettra sur un chemin commun en leur faisant rencontrer la danseuse Lola Montez.
Bungalow 13 (1948)
, 1h18Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Actors Tom Conway, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Cromwell, James Flavin, Frank Cady, Eddie Acuff
Roles José Fernando
Leather Gloves (1948)
, 1h15Directed by Richard Quiney, William Asher
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Virginia Grey, Jane Nigh, Sam Levene, Blake Edwards, Henry O'Neill
Roles Duke
Rating22%
Former boxer Dave Collins leaves the city to get away from his previous life to hide out in the southwest. He applies for a job in a sleepy old town and is immediately offered by bar owner Bernie, to fight the local champ, Vince Reedy. The prize if he wins is $200.
Northwest Stampede (1948)
, 1h19Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie, Chill Wills, Victor Kilian, Stanley Andrews
Rating55%
The Sea of Grass (1947)
, 2h3Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Cattleman (uncredited)
Rating62%
The film opens in St. Louis, Missouri, on Lutie Cameron's (Katharine Hepburn) wedding day. She has had a short courtship with a cattle rancher of New Mexico. As she dresses, she receives a telegram from her fiancé Col. Brewton (Spencer Tracy) telling her to board the train for New Mexico to marry him in the small town of Salt Fork. The first person she meets in town is Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas), who warns her of likely unhappiness with Brewton, locally considered a tyrant. He takes her to the courthouse, where she sees Brewton testifying against a settler who had tried to stake a claim to part of the government-owned land where Brewton runs his cattle.
, 1h50Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Dorothy Christy, Thurston Hall
Roles Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
Rating68%
Walter Mitty (Kaye) is an "inconsequential guy from Perth Amboy, New Jersey", henpecked and harassed by everyone in his life including his bossy mother, his overbearing, idea-stealing boss Bruce Pierce, his childishly dimwitted fiancée Gertrude Griswold, and Gertrude's obnoxious would-be suitor Tubby Wadsworth and loud-mouthed mother, Mrs. Griswold.
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
, 1h18Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Musical, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Andy Devine, Dale Evans, John McGuire, Fritz Leiber, Olaf Hytten
Roles Bus Driver
Rating56%
Roy is a "Border Inspector" ever on the alert for smuggling silver between Mexico and the United States. Roy's Mexican friends have told him that one of their own has important information about a silver mine on the American side of the border, but their contact is shot and killed by the mine guards. Before shooting him they plant a piece of ore containing a high level of silver on his body.
Roses Are Red (1947)
, 1h7Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Peggy Knudsen, Patricia Knight, Joe Sawyer, Edward Keane, Jeff Chandler, Charles McGraw
Rating60%
Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
, 1h27Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey, Arleen Whelan, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Faylen
Roles Man Retrieving Pajamas from Peter
Rating63%
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
, 1h17Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Nat Pendleton, Joan Shawlee, Russell Hicks
Roles Soldier (uncredited)
Rating67%
After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) and Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) return to the United States aboard a troop ship. Also onboard is their old nemesis, Sgt. Collins (Nat Pendleton). As the ship nears New York, Collins and his superiors search the men's belongings for contraband. A six-year-old French orphan, Evey (Beverly Simmons), whom Herbie and Slicker befriended, is found in Herbie's duffle bag. She is handed over to Lt. Sylvia Hunter (Joan Fulton), who delivers her to immigration officials in New York. However, during a shift change at the office, Evey is mistaken for a neighborhood kid and set free. Meanwhile, Herbie and Slicker are back to their pre-war occupation of peddling ties in Times Square. Collins is also back at his old job--a police officer assigned to the same beat. He is about to arrest the boys when Evey shows up and helps them escape.
Blondie's Holiday (1947)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jerome Cowan, Grant Mitchell, Mary Young
Roles Postman
Rating64%
Dagwood Bumstead is an architect who has managed to convince the prominent bank president Samuel Breckenridge to let his firm have the contract to erect a new bank building in town. When Dagwood’s boss at the architect firm, George Radcliffe, hears about the contract, he is ecstatic and offers Dagwood a modest raise of $2,50.