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)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
- Lady in the Lake (1946)
- The Bank Dick (1940)
- Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
- One Night in the Tropics (1940)
- In This Our Life (1942)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- The Sea of Grass (1947)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
- Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
- I Found Stella Parish (1935)
- Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
- The Walking Dead (1936)
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
- They Won't Forget (1937)