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
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- The Sea of Grass (1947)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
- Lady in the Lake (1946)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
- Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- In This Our Life (1942)
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- One Night in the Tropics (1940)
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
- Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
- The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
- Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Love Is on the Air (1937)