Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940 film adaptation .
Bracken was born in Astoria , Queens , New York , the son of Catherine and Joseph L. Bracken .
Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role Bracken reprised for the 1940 film adaptation .
Bracken was born in Astoria , Queens , New York , the son of Catherine and Joseph L. Bracken .