Eddie Acuff
Acting • Born 1908-06-03 – Died 1956-12-17
Biography
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.
Filmography
166 credits
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie • 1944
Jim
Blondie's Big Moment
Movie • 1947
Mailman (uncredited)
Life with Blondie
Movie • 1945
Mailman (uncredited)
Blondie in the Dough
Movie • 1947
Postman
Leave It to Blondie
Movie • 1945
Mailman (uncredited)
Blondie's Secret
Movie • 1948
Mailman
Blondie's Big Deal
Movie • 1949
Mailman
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Bus Driver (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie • 1939
Tommy Ward
The Walking Dead
Movie • 1936
'Betcha'
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Movie • 1947
Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
The Flying Serpent
Movie • 1946
Jerry 'Jonesy' Jones
Hollywood Hotel
Movie • 1938
Cameraman
The Traitor Within
Movie • 1942
Tommy
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1939
Mac
Bad Man of Deadwood
Movie • 1941
Reports Burns is dead
Slippy McGee
Movie • 1948
Charlie
The Petrified Forest
Movie • 1936
Lineman
Chick Carter, Detective
Movie • 1946
Spud Warner
Four Daughters
Movie • 1938
Sam
Bells of San Angelo
Movie • 1947
Bus Driver
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Drugstore Clerk
Can't Help Singing
Movie • 1944
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Movie • 1941
Clifford Genet
Stop, You're Killing Me
Movie • 1952
Cab Driver
The Hidden Eye
Movie • 1945
Whitey
Mississippi Gambler
Movie • 1942
Everett - Desk Clerk
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Movie • 1951
Golden Egg Doorman (uncredited)
Flight at Midnight
Movie • 1939
Stubby - Passenger Plane Pilot (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding
Movie • 1939
Collins (uncredited)
The Cowboy Quarterback
Movie • 1939
Pilot
Love Is on the Air
Movie • 1937
'Dunk' Glover
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Movie • 1936
Spudsy Drake
Miss Pacific Fleet
Movie • 1935
Clarence 'Dutch'
Boulder Dam
Movie • 1936
Ed Harper
Shipmates Forever
Movie • 1935
Lincoln 'Cowboy'
Guns of the Pecos
Movie • 1936
Jeff Carter
Between Two Women
Movie • 1945
Orderly
What Price Vengeance
Movie • 1937
Tex McGirk
Rhythm of the Saddle
Movie • 1938
Dixie Erwin
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie • 1949
Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Outer Gate
Movie • 1937
Todd
Wake Up and Dream
Movie • 1946
Bus Driver
The Bamboo Blonde
Movie • 1946
M.P. Sergeant (uncredited)
Law of the Underworld
Movie • 1938
Henchman Bill
Spring Parade
Movie • 1940
Earl (uncredited)
Shooting High
Movie • 1940
Andy Carson
Something for the Boys
Movie • 1944
Blue Army Radio Operator (uncredited)
She Loved a Fireman
Movie • 1937
Skillet Michaels
The Wagons Roll at Night
Movie • 1941
Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
Movie • 1936
Eddie O'Malley
Leather Gloves
Movie • 1948
Duke
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie • 1946
Waiter (uncredited)
Daredevils of the West
Movie • 1943
Red Kelly
Back in Circulation
Movie • 1937
Murphy
Girls of the Road
Movie • 1940
Bartley, Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Meet Dr. Christian
Movie • 1939
Benson
The Invisible Menace
Movie • 1938
Corporal Sanger
Smashing the Rackets
Movie • 1938
Joe - Hoodlum
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie • 1938
Bum
Next Time I Marry
Movie • 1938
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Colleen
Movie • 1936
(uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
Movie • 1936
Jamie Bradford
The Bank Dick
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie • 1940
Joe (uncredited)
Honeymoon Ahead
Movie • 1945
Connors
The Mysterious Miss X
Movie • 1939
Pete, a Policeman
Wings of the Navy
Movie • 1939
Reporter
Blondie Meets the Boss
Movie • 1939
Pots and Pans Peddler (uncredited)
Blind Alley
Movie • 1939
State Trooper Stopping Fred
Miracles for Sale
Movie • 1939
Second Taxi Driver
The Singing Marine
Movie • 1937
Sam
Days of Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
Movie • 1939
Minor Role
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Cabbie (uncredited)
Rags to Riches
Movie • 1941
Ace
Belle of the Yukon
Movie • 1944
Miner (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Detective Pete (uncredited)
Swing the Western Way
Movie • 1947
Mr. Spraggs
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie • 1945
Smokey, the Train Engineer (uncredited)
Bride by Mistake
Movie • 1944
Photographer
Headin' for God's Country
Movie • 1943
Hugo Higgins
The Golden Arrow
Movie • 1936
Davis
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Movie • 1940
Lowery - a Reporter
Charlie Chan in Panama
Movie • 1940
Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi
Jailbreak
Movie • 1936
Sig Patton
What's Cookin'?
Movie • 1942
Doorman (uncredited)
Society Smugglers
Movie • 1939
Radio Expert
Bungalow 13
Movie • 1948
José Fernando
Ladies in Distress
Movie • 1938
Horace (1st Thug)
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie • 1946
Detective Jones (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Cattleman (uncredited)
Here Comes the Navy
Movie • 1934
Marine Orderly (uncredited)
The Border Legion
Movie • 1940
Ticket Agent
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie • 1940
Bud - Ranger Stenographer (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie • 1940
Truck Driver
Girl Trouble
Movie • 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie • 1944
Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
It's a Date
Movie • 1940
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
Talent Scout
Movie • 1937
Musselman - Writer (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Movie • 1940
Shorty Smith (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Movie • 1940
First S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Movie • 1940
Bill - Prisoner Dispensing Clothing (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie • 1940
Clifford Genet, Window Cleaner
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie • 1940
Clifford Genet - an Orderly (uncredited)
The Boys from Syracuse
Movie • 1940
Taxi Cab Driver
Cafe Hostess
Movie • 1940
Scotty
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Movie • 1942
Clifford Genet
Take a Letter, Darling
Movie • 1942
Man Who Picks Teeth (uncredited)
Exposed
Movie • 1947
Policeman at Bentry Mansion Door
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Movie • 1941
Sam Starr
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Movie • 1947
Faraday
The Timber Trail
Movie • 1948
Telegraph Operator
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Peg Leg
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Movie • 1942
Clifford
Dutiful But Dumb
Movie • 1941
Headquarters Guard - Right of Door (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Cpl. Smith (uncredited)
How to Watch Football
Movie • 1938
Yelling fan next to Benchley
Lost Angel
Movie • 1943
Policeman (uncredited)
Without Love
Movie • 1945
Cabbie
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Dunk Glover (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fall In
Movie • 1942
Sgt. Topps
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Bob Blair
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1941
Cabbie
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
- (uncredited)
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Movie • 1942
Arthur Guerney (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Movie • 1939
Fort Lewis Sergeant (uncredited)
Too Busy to Work
Movie • 1939
Stage Manager
Blonde Alibi
Movie • 1946
Ambulance Attendant (Uncredited)
Crash Donovan
Movie • 1936
Alabam
South of Dixie
Movie • 1944
Jay Hatcher
The Chaser
Movie • 1938
Photographer
Johnny Allegro
Movie • 1949
Sam
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Movie • 1940
Counter Man (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Drafted Devil (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Ted Metcalf
Money and the Woman
Movie • 1940
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie • 1947
Soldier (uncredited)
A Very Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Sheriff Bill Stone (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
Movie • 1945
George (uncredited)
Her Lucky Night
Movie • 1945
Chauffeur
The Jungle Captive
Movie • 1945
Bill
Sailor's Lady
Movie • 1940
Guide
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1945
Boze, the Photographer
In This Our Life
Movie • 1942
Worker (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
Movie • 1941
Bill
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie • 1943
Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie • 1947
Man Retrieving Pajamas from Peter
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Movie • 1942
Clifford Genet
Let's Make a Million
Movie • 1936
Blondie Goes Latin
Movie • 1941
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Two Bright Boys
Movie • 1939
Washburn
Blondie's Reward
Movie • 1948
Mr. Johnson
Blondie's Holiday
Movie • 1947
Postman
Jungle Girl
Movie • 1941
Curly Rogers
She's in the Army
Movie • 1942
Pete
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1949
Mac
Fly By Night
Movie • 1942
Garage Attendantt (Uncredited)
Black Bart
Movie • 1948
Elkins (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake
Movie • 1946
Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)
I Found Stella Parish
Movie • 1935
Dimmie
The Lady Is Willing
Movie • 1942
Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
Movie • 1939
Second Bus Driver (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Movie • 1944
Steve (uncredited)