Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 58-59. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Children: sons Michael Bracken, Dave Bracken; daughters Judy Bracken, Carolyn Bracken and Susan Bracken.
Eddie won a Best Actor (Musical) Tony nomination playing Horace Vandergelder in the Broadway revival of "Hello, Dolly!" opposite Carol Channing in 1978.
He was awarded two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard and for Radio at 1651 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
His wife of 63 years, Connie, a former actress, died in August of 2002, just three months before Eddie's passing. Connie was his leading lady in the Broadway production of "What a Life" in 1938.
Last Broadway show was at age 77 in Dreamtime (directed by David Niles) at The Ed Sullivan Theater.
Star of NBC Radio's "The Eddie Bracken Story" (1945). Later, he was star of CBS Radio's "The Eddie Bracken Show" (1946-1947).
While in elementary school, Eddie appeared as the rich kid in "The New York Kiddie Troupers," a series of silent movie shorts filmed in New York.