American stage actor from a well-known theatrical family, who appeared in a few films. His parents, 'Edward Craven' and 'Maude Patterson', were actors, and his uncle was the renowned playwright/actor Frank Craven. Although a New York native, Eddie Craven was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, but followed his schooling with a turn toward the profession of his family. He made his Broadway debut in 1932, and his film bow three years later. Following military service during the Second World War, Craven wrote a comic strip, "Dimestore Daisy." He died at the age of 83.