Eddie Acuff

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eddie Acuff (June 3, 1908 – 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. Acuff was born Edward DeKalb Acuff in Caruthersville, Missouri. His maternal uncle was a performer on 19th century showboats along the Mississippi River. Before beginning his Hollywood film career in 1934, Acuff performed in Broadway theatre in the early-1930s. His Broadway credits include Jayhawker (1934), Yellow Jack (1934), John Brown (1934), Growing Pains (1933), Heat Lightning (1933), and The Dark Hours (1932). He was seen in three film serials — as Curly in Jungle Girl, as Red Kelly, in Daredevils of the West, and as Spud Warner in Chick Carter Detective. On December 17, 1956, Acuff died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California. He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

Known For: Acting

Born: Caruthersville, Missouri, USA, 1908-06-03

Died: 1956-12-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Here Comes the Navy	Marine Orderly (uncredited)	59
2	1935	Shipmates Forever	Lincoln 'Cowboy'	65
3	1935	I Found Stella Parish	Dimmie	70
4	1935	Miss Pacific Fleet	Clarence 'Dutch'	40
5	1936	The Petrified Forest	Lineman	71
6	1936	The Walking Dead	'Betcha'	62
7	1936	Boulder Dam	Ed Harper	40
8	1936	Colleen	(uncredited)	53
9	1936	The Law in Her Hands	Eddie O'Malley	50
10	1936	The Golden Arrow	Davis	61
11	1936	The Case of the Velvet Claws	Spudsy Drake	68
12	1936	Crash Donovan	Alabam	0
13	1936	Jailbreak	Sig Patton	64
14	1936	Let's Make a Million		0
15	1936	Laughing at Trouble	Jamie Bradford	60
16	1936	Guns of the Pecos	Jeff Carter	62
17	1937	Black Legion	Ted Metcalf	66
18	1937	The Go-Getter	Bob Blair	58
19	1937	What Price Vengeance	Tex McGirk	50
20	1937	The Singing Marine	Sam	40
21	1937	They Won't Forget	Drugstore Clerk	57
22	1937	Talent Scout	Musselman - Writer (uncredited)	60
23	1937	The Outer Gate	Todd	37
24	1937	Back in Circulation	Murphy	53
25	1937	Love Is on the Air	'Dunk' Glover	50
26	1937	Missing Witnesses	Detective Pete (uncredited)	55
27	1937	She Loved a Fireman	Skillet Michaels	60
28	1938	The Invisible Menace	Corporal Sanger	41
29	1938	Hollywood Hotel	Cameraman	54
30	1938	Law of the Underworld	Henchman Bill	55
31	1938	Ladies in Distress	Horace (1st Thug)	0
32	1938	The Chaser	Photographer	60
33	1938	Smashing the Rackets	Joe - Hoodlum	55
34	1938	Four Daughters	Sam	66
35	1938	Youth Takes a Fling	Bum	10
36	1938	How to Watch Football	Yelling fan next to Benchley	48
37	1938	Rhythm of the Saddle	Dixie Erwin	0
38	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Bus Driver (uncredited)	61
39	1938	Next Time I Marry	Gas Station Attendant	68
40	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Dunk Glover (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
41	1939	The Phantom Creeps	Mac	42
42	1939	The Mysterious Miss X	Pete, a Policeman	53
43	1939	Persons in Hiding	Collins (uncredited)	35
44	1939	Wings of the Navy	Reporter	60
45	1939	Society Smugglers	Radio Expert	56
46	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	Pots and Pans Peddler (uncredited)	58
47	1939	Rough Riders' Round-up	Tommy Ward	40
48	1939	Blind Alley	State Trooper Stopping Fred	57
49	1939	The Cowboy Quarterback	Pilot	55
50	1939	Miracles for Sale	Second Taxi Driver	64
51	1939	Flight at Midnight	Stubby - Passenger Plane Pilot (uncredited)	45
52	1939	Two Bright Boys	Washburn	0
53	1939	Espionage Agent	Minor Role	59
54	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Cabbie (uncredited)	75
55	1939	Meet Dr. Christian	Benson	0
56	1939	Too Busy to Work	Stage Manager	0
57	1939	On Dress Parade	Fort Lewis Sergeant (uncredited)	65
58	1939	Days of Jesse James	Train Conductor (uncredited)	47
59	1940	Cafe Hostess	Scotty	55
60	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Bill - Prisoner Dispensing Clothing (uncredited)	68
61	1940	Charlie Chan in Panama	Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi	68
62	1940	Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!	Counter Man (uncredited)	60
63	1940	It's a Date	Ship's Steward (uncredited)	64
64	1940	Shooting High	Andy Carson	80
65	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Truck Driver	0
66	1940	Sailor's Lady	Guide	40
67	1940	Girls of the Road	Bartley, Bus Driver (Uncredited)	50
68	1940	They Drive by Night	Driver in Cafe (uncredited)	69
69	1940	The Boys from Syracuse	Taxi Cab Driver	58
70	1940	Money and the Woman	Mr. Jones (uncredited)	43
71	1940	Flowing Gold	Shorty Smith (uncredited)	70
72	1940	Dr. Kildare Goes Home	Clifford Genet - an Orderly (uncredited)	68
73	1940	Spring Parade	Earl (uncredited)	67
74	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Joe (uncredited)	51
75	1940	One Night in the Tropics	First S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)	56
76	1940	The Bank Dick	Reporter (uncredited)	65
77	1940	Dr. Kildare's Crisis	Clifford Genet, Window Cleaner	60
78	1940	The Border Legion	Ticket Agent	44
79	1940	The Texas Rangers Ride Again	Bud - Ranger Stenographer (uncredited)	55
80	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Lowery - a Reporter	62
81	1941	Robin Hood of the Pecos	Sam Starr	50
82	1941	Blondie Goes Latin	Cab Driver (uncredited)	62
83	1941	Here Comes Happiness	Bill	50
84	1941	Dutiful But Dumb	Headquarters Guard - Right of Door (uncredited)	63
85	1941	Mr. District Attorney	Cabbie	54
86	1941	The Wagons Roll at Night	Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)	65
87	1941	The People Vs. Dr. Kildare	Clifford Genet	68
88	1941	Jungle Girl	Curly Rogers	62
89	1941	A Very Young Lady	Sheriff Bill Stone (uncredited)	10
90	1941	Bad Men of Missouri	Peg Leg	56
91	1941	Rags to Riches	Ace	100
92	1941	Bad Man of Deadwood	Reports Burns is dead	44
93	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Cpl. Smith (uncredited)	66
94	1941	Hellzapoppin'	Drafted Devil (uncredited)	72
95	1942	Fly By Night	Garage Attendantt (Uncredited)	64
96	1942	Dr. Kildare's Victory	Clifford Genet	58
97	1942	The Lady Is Willing	Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)	66
98	1942	What's Cookin'?	Doorman (uncredited)	55
99	1942	Mississippi Gambler	Everett - Desk Clerk	60
100	1942	Who Is Hope Schuyler?	Arthur Guerney (uncredited)	40
101	1942	Take a Letter, Darling	Man Who Picks Teeth (uncredited)	64
102	1942	In This Our Life	Worker (uncredited)	68
103	1942	She's in the Army	Pete	0
104	1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie	Clifford	65
105	1942	Pardon My Sarong	Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)	65
106	1942	Girl Trouble	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	65
107	1942	Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant	Clifford Genet	53
108	1942	Fall In	Sgt. Topps	60
109	1942	The Traitor Within	Tommy	0
110	1943	Slightly Dangerous	- (uncredited)	60
111	1943	Daredevils of the West	Red Kelly	0
112	1943	Headin' for God's Country	Hugo Higgins	0
113	1943	Guadalcanal Diary	Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)	56
114	1943	Lost Angel	Policeman (uncredited)	75
115	1944	It Happened Tomorrow	Jim	67
116	1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)	58
117	1944	South of Dixie	Jay Hatcher	0
118	1944	Bride by Mistake	Photographer	61
119	1944	Something for the Boys	Blue Army Radio Operator (uncredited)	62
120	1944	Can't Help Singing	Cavalry Officer (uncredited)	51
121	1944	Belle of the Yukon	Miner (uncredited)	47
122	1945	She Gets Her Man	Boze, the Photographer	37
123	1945	Her Lucky Night	Chauffeur	45
124	1945	Leave It to Blondie	Mailman (uncredited)	60
125	1945	Without Love	Cabbie	68
126	1945	Between Two Women	Orderly	59
127	1945	Honeymoon Ahead	Connors	60
128	1945	Flame of Barbary Coast	Smokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)	56
129	1945	The Jungle Captive	Bill	56
130	1945	On Stage Everybody	George (uncredited)	0
131	1945	The Hidden Eye	Whitey	76
132	1945	Life with Blondie	Mailman (uncredited)	60
133	1946	Meet Me on Broadway	Waiter (uncredited)	70
134	1946	The Flying Serpent	Jerry 'Jonesy' Jones	46
135	1946	The Notorious Lone Wolf	Detective Jones (uncredited)	55
136	1946	Blonde Alibi	Ambulance Attendant (Uncredited)	39
137	1946	Chick Carter, Detective	Spud Warner	45
138	1946	The Bamboo Blonde	M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)	60
139	1946	Wake Up and Dream	Bus Driver	65
140	1946	Lady in the Lake	Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)	60
141	1947	Blondie's Big Moment	Mailman (uncredited)	48
142	1947	Suddenly It's Spring	Man Retrieving Pajamas from Peter	43
143	1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Soldier (uncredited)	63
144	1947	Blondie's Holiday	Postman	60
145	1947	Bells of San Angelo	Bus Driver	41
146	1947	The Sea of Grass	Cattleman (uncredited)	63
147	1947	Swing the Western Way	Mr. Spraggs	0
148	1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)	67
149	1947	Exposed	Policeman at Bentry Mansion Door	58
150	1947	Blondie in the Dough	Postman	65
151	1947	Bandits of Dark Canyon	Faraday	0
152	1948	Slippy McGee	Charlie	0
153	1948	Black Bart	Elkins (uncredited)	45
154	1948	Blondie's Reward	Mr. Johnson	65
155	1948	The Timber Trail	Telegraph Operator	0
156	1948	Leather Gloves	Duke	0
157	1948	Bungalow 13	José Fernando	10
158	1948	Blondie's Secret	Mailman	65
159	1949	Blondie's Big Deal	Mailman	62
160	1949	Johnny Allegro	Sam	63
161	1949	The Phantom Creeps	Mac	34
162	1949	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Bus Driver (uncredited)	54
163	1951	Painting The Clouds With Sunshine	Golden Egg Doorman (uncredited)	45
164	1952	Stop, You're Killing Me	Cab Driver	50

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