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Eddie Acuff(1908-1956)

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Eddie Acuff
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Eddie Acuff is one of those wonderful supporting actors who peopled the fascinating world of Hollywood's A, B or Z movies. In a career spanning eighteen years he appeared in an amazing almost 300 movies and one TV episode! His appearances could be invisible (when deleted), hardly visible (he portrayed an endless series of cabbies, reporters, cameramen, cowboys, hamburger vendors, orderlies, ticket agents, militiamen, bus drivers, the lot...), short but recurring (he was the accident-prone mailman in the 'Blondie' series after Irving Bacon gave up the part) or more fleshed out, notably as the sidekick in various serials. Anyway, he nearly always played - in a very talented way - the wise-cracking guy who "knows better". Born on June 3rd 1903, Edward Acuff was drawn to acting under the influence of his maternal uncle, who had been a performer on showboats along the Mississippi. Before going to Hollywood, Eddie Acuff started a theater career, and even played on Broadway (in minor roles of course) in plays such as 'The Dark Hour', 'Heat Lightning' or 'Yellow Jack'. From 1934 to 1951 (five years before his untimely death following a sudden heart attack), Eddie Acuff worked and worked and worked. Only a few of his films are classics (The Petrified Forest (1936), They Drive by Night (1940), High Sierra (1941), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), Johnny Allegro (1949))...So what? Seeing but a glimpse of Acuff is always a dose of pleasure guaranteed. Eddie Acuff is buried at the North Hollywood Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park.
BornJune 3, 1908
DiedDecember 17, 1956(48)
BornJune 3, 1908
DiedDecember 17, 1956(48)
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Eddie Acuff, Kay Aldridge, and Allan Lane in Daredevils of the West (1943)
Eddie Acuff, Kay Aldridge, Allan Lane, and Chief Thundercloud in Daredevils of the West (1943)
Eddie Acuff in The Invisible Menace (1938)
Joan Blondell, Eddie Acuff, Warren Hull, and Allen Jenkins in Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Eddie Acuff, Claire Dodd, and Warren William in The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
Eddie Acuff, Henry Brandon, Dick Foran, Charles Halton, and Joe Sawyer in Black Legion (1937)
Eddie Acuff, Ross Alexander, and John Arledge in Shipmates Forever (1935)
Eddie Acuff, Virginia Grey, Robert Livingston, and Horace McMahon in Ladies in Distress (1938)
Gary Cooper, Eddie Acuff, and Merle Oberon in The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Eddie Acuff, Jim Diehl, Douglas Fowley, and Lyle Talbot in Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
Eddie Acuff and Lyle Talbot in Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
Eddie Acuff and Douglas Fowley in Chick Carter, Detective (1946)

Known for:

Claire Dodd, Wini Shaw, and Warren William in The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
6.0
  • Spudsy Drake
  • 1936
Joan Blondell, Pat O'Brien, and Margaret Lindsay in Back in Circulation (1937)
Back in Circulation
6.3
  • Murphy
  • 1937
Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Leslie Howard in The Petrified Forest (1936)
The Petrified Forest
7.5
  • Lineman
  • 1936
Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, and Edward Norris in They Won't Forget (1937)
They Won't Forget
7.2
  • Drugstore Clerk
  • 1937

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  • Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
    Stop, You're Killing Me
    • Cab Driver (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Dolores Castle, Virginia Gibson, Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, Gene Nelson, and Lucille Norman in Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
    Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
    • Golden Egg Doorman (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Piper Laurie, Jimmy Durante, Joyce Holden, and Donald O'Connor in The Milkman (1950)
    The Milkman
    • Herman Schultz (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger (1949)
    The Lone Ranger
    • Sheriff (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1950
  • William Holden and Lucille Ball in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
    Miss Grant Takes Richmond
    • Bus Driver (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Nina Foch and George Raft in Johnny Allegro (1949)
    Johnny Allegro
    • Sam (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Home in San Antone
    • Postman (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Arthur Lake, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Larry Simms, and Penny Singleton in Blondie's Big Deal (1949)
    Blondie's Big Deal
    • Mr. Beasley
    • 1949
  • Kernan Cripps, Arthur Lake, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, and Penny Singleton in Blondie's Secret (1948)
    Blondie's Secret
    • Mr. Beasley
    • 1948
  • Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)
    Smoky Mountain Melody
    • Jenkins
    • 1948
  • Tom Conway in Bungalow 13 (1948)
    Bungalow 13
    • José Fernando
    • 1948
  • Virginia Grey, Sam Levene, Cameron Mitchell, and Jane Nigh in Leather Gloves (1948)
    Leather Gloves
    • Duke
    • 1948
  • Glenn Ford and Terry Moore in The Return of October (1948)
    The Return of October
    • Stable Boy (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • James Craig and Joan Leslie in Northwest Stampede (1948)
    Northwest Stampede
    • Hamburger Vendor (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Coroner Creek (1948)
    Coroner Creek
    • Bit (uncredited)
    • 1948

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They Drive By Night
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They Drive By Night
The Petrified Forest
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The Petrified Forest
The Flying Serpent
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The Flying Serpent

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  • Alternative name
    • Edward Acuff
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • June 3, 1908
    • Caruthersville, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • December 17, 1956
    • Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 2 Articles

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