Irving Bacon
Biography
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Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films.
Bacon played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1920. He was sometimes cast in films directed by Lloyd Bacon (incorrectly named as his brother in some sources) such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). He often played comical "average guys".
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played the weary postman Mr. Crumb in Columbia Pictures' Blondie film series. One of his bigger roles was as a similarly flustered postman in the thriller Cause for Alarm! in 1952.
During the 1950s, Bacon worked steadily in a number of television sitcoms, most notably I Love Lucy, where he appeared in two episodes, one which cast him as Ethel Mertz's father.
Known For
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Known For
Acting
Known Credits
382
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-09-05 (131 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Acting
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)1959
Riverboat as Zack Mannion1958
The Donna Reed Show as Mayor Webster1958
77 Sunset Strip as Apt. House Manager1958
Fort Massacre as Charlie1958
Ambush at Cimarron Pass as Judge Stanfield1957
Leave It to Beaver as Postal Clerk1957
Maverick as Not available1957
Maverick as Employee1956
Hidden Guns as Doc Carter1956
Dakota Incident as Tully Morgan1955
At Gunpoint as Al Ferguson1955
Run for Cover as Scotty1954
December Bride as Not available1954
A Star Is Born as Graves1954
The Glenn Miller Story as Mr. Miller1954
Duffy of San Quentin as Doc Sorin1954
Black Horse Canyon as Doc Spain1953
General Electric Theater as Patch1953
General Electric Theater as Mr. Holbrook1953
Kansas Pacific as Casey1953
Devil's Canyon as Prison Guard1953
Fort Ti as Sgt. Monday Wash1953
Sweethearts on Parade as Sheriff Doolittle1952
Four Star Playhouse as Carter1952
O. Henry's Full House as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)1952
Room for One More as Mayor Michael J. Kane1952
Rose of Cimarron as Sheriff1951
I Love Lucy as Will Potter1951
I Love Lucy as Mr. Willoughby1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Not available1951
Cause for Alarm! as Mr. Carston, Postman1951
Here Comes the Groom as Baines1951
Desert of Lost Men as Sheriff Skeeter Davis1950
Riding High as Hamburger Man1950
Never a Dull Moment as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)1950
Woman in Hiding as Link1950
Born to Be Bad as Jewelry Salesman1950
Mr. Music as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)1950
Emergency Wedding as Filbert - Mechanic1950
The Happy Years as Mr. Conover1950
Katie Did It as Train Conductor1949
The Big Cat as Matt Cooper the Mailman1949
El Paso as Stage Passenger (uncredited)1949
It's a Great Feeling as RR Information Clerk1949
The Green Promise as Julius Larkin1949
Manhandled as Sgt. Fayle1949
Dear Wife as Mike Man1949
Dynamite as Jake1949
John Loves Mary as George Beachwood1949
Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)1949
The House Across the Street as Jury Foreman (uncredited)1949
Sons of New Mexico as Chris Dobbs1948
Moonrise as Judd Jenkins1948
State of the Union as Buck Swenson1948
Words and Music as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)1948
Whispering Smith as Not available1948
The Velvet Touch as Herbie1948
Good Sam as Tramp1948
Albuquerque as Dave Walton1948
Rocky as Bert Hillman1948
Family Honeymoon as Mr. Webb1948
Adventures in Silverado as Jake Willis1948
California's Golden Beginning as Not available1947
Monsieur Verdoux as Pierre Couvais1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Melvin1947
Saddle Pals as Thaddeus Bellweather1947
Dear Ruth as Delivery Man1947
My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Piper1946
One Way to Love as Train Conductor1946
Night Train to Memphis as Rainbow1946
Wake Up and Dream as Toll Gate Attendant1945
Spellbound as Railway Gateman (uncredited)1945
Week-End at the Waldorf as Sam Skelly1945
Star in the Night as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)1945
Hitchhike to Happiness as Dennis Colby1945
Out of This World as Irving Krunk1945
Guest Wife as Nosey Stationmaster1945
Under Western Skies as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt1945
Patrick the Great as Mr. Merney1944
The Thin Man Goes Home as Tom1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Missionary (uncredited)1944
Can't Help Singing as Bath House Barber (uncredited)1944
Since You Went Away as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)1944
Casanova Brown as Hotel Manager1944
Heavenly Days as Tower, the Butler1944
Knickerbocker Holiday as Peter Van Stoon1944
Chip Off the Old Block as Prof. Frost1944
Week-End Pass as Sheriff Todd1944
Her Primitive Man as Track Man1943
Shadow of a Doubt as Station Master1943
Action in the North Atlantic as Bartender (uncredited)1943
The Desperadoes as Dan Walters - Bartender1943
Two Weeks to Live as Omar Tennyson Gimpel1943
In Old Oklahoma as Ben1943
A Guy Named Joe as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)1943
A Stranger in Town as Orin Todds1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Not available1943
Top Man as School Principal1943
Hers to Hold as Dr. Bacon1943
Mister Big as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor1943
Footlight Glamour as Mr. Crumb1943
Johnny Come Lately as Chief of Police1943
King of the Cowboys as Deputy Cluckas1943
So's Your Uncle as Dempster1943
It's a Great Life as Mailman1943
Dixie Dugan as Mr. Kelly1942
Holiday Inn as Gus1942
The Spoilers as Hotel Manager (uncredited)1942
Pardon My Sarong as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)1942
Lady in a Jam as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)1942
Star Spangled Rhythm as New England Farmer (uncredited)1942
Freckles Comes Home as Constable Caleb Weaver1942
Between Us Girls as Soda Clerk1942
Footlight Serenade as Stagehand1942
Get Hep to Love as Mr. Hardwicke1942
Young America as Bart Munson1942
Thru Different Eyes as Stu Johnson1942
The Bashful Bachelor as Sheriff / Fire Chief1942
Blondie's Blessed Event as Mr. Crumb1941
Meet John Doe as Beany1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)1941
Western Union as Barber1941
Great Guns as Postman1941
Tobacco Road as Bank Teller1941
The Great Man's Lady as Parson1941
Four Mothers as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)1941
Back Street as Ticket seller1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Mr. Albert Merney1941
Remember the Day as Cecil1941
Our Wife as Doorman (uncredited)1941
Cadet Girl as Train conductor1941
Henry Aldrich for President as Mr. McCloskey1941
It Started with Eve as Raven1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Projectionist1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Soda Jerk1941
Ride on Vaquero as Jailer Smoky1941
Caught in the Draft as Cogswell1941
Accent on Love as Smedley1941
The Wild Man of Borneo as Carriage Driver1941
Blondie Goes Latin as Mailman (uncredited)1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder as Conrad - Taxi Driver1941
Blondie in Society as Mailman1940
His Girl Friday as Gus (uncredited)1940
The Grapes of Wrath as Driver1940
The Return of Frank James as Bystander1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)1940
Brother Rat and a Baby as Hospital Official1940
Edison, the Man as Sheriff1940
Young People as Otis1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Becker1940
The Howards of Virginia as Tom Norton1940
Star Dust as Hotel Desk Clerk1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Paul Gillis1940
Blondie on a Budget as Mailman1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife as Sam Appleby (uncredited)1940
Gold Rush Maisie as Harry Gilpin1940
Manhattan Heartbeat as Sweeney1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife as Lippincott1940
Lillian Russell as Soldier1940
She Couldn't Say No as Abner1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Fisherman1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble as Mailman1940
Sailor's Lady as Storekeeper (uncredited)1940
Blondie Plays Cupid as Mailman1940
Dreaming Out Loud as Wes Stillman1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Cabbie1939
Gone with the Wind as Corporal1939
They Made Me a Criminal as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)1939
Made for Each Other as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter as Tracy (uncredited)1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Tad (uncredited)1939
At the Circus as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)1939
Bachelor Mother as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Jailer (uncredited)1939
The Oklahoma Kid as Hotel Clerk1939
On Your Toes as Second Stage Manager1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Hotel Clerk1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)1939
Rio as 'Mushy'1939
I Stole a Million as Simpson (uncredited)1939
News Is Made at Night as Mike, Fingerprint Man1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Sheriff Clem Diggers1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor as Hubert Ward1939
Hollywood Cavalcade as Clerk1939
Pack Up Your Troubles as Soldier1939
Lucky Night as Conductor1939
Indianapolis Speedway as Fred Haskill1939
Tail Spin as Storekeeper (Uncredited)1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby as Mailman1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter as Woodbury1939
The Spirit of Culver as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver1939
Blondie Meets the Boss as 1st Mailman (uncredited)1939
Second Fiddle as Harvey Vaughan1939
Big Town Czar as Real Estate Man1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation as Mailman1939
Too Busy to Work as Gilligan1938
You Can't Take It with You as Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)1938
The Cowboy and the Lady as Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)1938
The Mad Miss Manton as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)1938
Racket Busters as Counter Man (uncredited)1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Foreman of Jury1938
Exposed as Crankpool1938
The Sisters as Robert Forbes1938
Blondie as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)1938
Sing, You Sinners as Lecturer on Seals1938
The Chaser as Harvey1938
There Goes My Heart as Mr. Dobbs1938
Hard to Get as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)1938
Give Me a Sailor as The Druggist (uncredited)1938
Professor Beware as Painter1938
Midnight Intruder as Evans1938
Kentucky Moonshine as Palace Hotel Clerk1938
Tip-Off Girls as Sam1938
The First Hundred Years as Wilkins1938
Tropic Holiday as Sol Grunnion (uncredited)1937
A Star Is Born as Station Agent (uncredited)1937
Topper as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)1937
Exclusive as Dr. Boomgarten1937
Internes Can't Take Money as Jeff1937
They Gave Him a Gun as Tall Soldier (uncredited)1937
Big City as Jim Sloane1937
True Confession as Coroner1937
Vogues of 1938 as Curson - Accountant1937
Big Town Girl as Gas Station Attendant1937
It's Love I'm After as Elevator Operator (uncredited)1937
Marry the Girl as Happy Elmer1937
Angel's Holiday as Fingerprint Expert1937
Big Business as Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache1937
Dangerous Number as Detective1936
Earthworm Tractors as Taxicab Driver1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Frank (uncredited)1936
San Francisco as Picnicker (uncredited)1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Mailman1936
The Texas Rangers as David's father (uncredited)1936
Rhythm on the Range as Rodeo Announcer1936
Wives Never Know as Dr. Mumford1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Peg Leg Holden1936
China Clipper as Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Drug Store Clerk1936
Hollywood Boulevard as Gus - Trocadero Bartender1936
To Mary - with Love as Chauffeur1936
Murder with Pictures as Det. Keogh1936
The Singing Kid as Maine Driver (uncredited)1936
Lady Be Careful as Happy1936
Drift Fence as Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman1936
Love on a Bet as Farmer on Hay Wagon1936
A Son Comes Home as Hamburger Stand Proprietor1936
Petticoat Fever as Carl1936
The Music Goes 'Round as Stuttering Man1936
Timothy's Quest as Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master1936
Let's Make a Million as Jerry1936
Forgotten Faces as Pretty1935
She Couldn't Take It as Man at Toll Gate1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife as Mr. Vernoy1935
Page Miss Glory as Waiter (uncredited)1935
The Murder Man as Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)1935
Redheads on Parade as Entwhistle (uncredited)1935
Men Without Names as Town Character1935
It's A Small World as Cal1935
The Glass Key as Waiter (uncredited)1935
Here Comes Cookie as Thompson1935
Diamond Jim as Passenger1935
Man of Iron as Jake1935
Millions in the Air as Mr. Perkins1935
Murder on a Honeymoon as Man with Pelican (uncredited)1935
Manhattan Moon as Lunch Man1935
Bad Boy as Butcher1935
Private Worlds as McLean1935
Ship Cafe as Slim1935
Goin' to Town as Cowboy1935
Hitch Hike Lady as Ed Simpson1935
Mary Jane's Pa as Clerk Getting Tied Up1935
Two-Fisted as Brick Briggs1935
Powdersmoke Range as Gun Store Proprietor1935
It's a Great Life as Slim (uncredited)1935
I'll Love You Always as Theater Manager (uncredited)1934
It Happened One Night as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)1934
Broadway Bill as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)1934
The Pursuit of Happiness as Bijah1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Hat Check Attendent1934
The President Vanishes as Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)1934
The Gay Bride as Weight-Guesser (uncredited)1934
Hat, Coat and Glove as Coat Salesman (uncredited)1934
House of Mystery as Ned Pickens1934
Now I'll Tell as Casino Attendant (uncredited)1934
You Belong to Me as Stage Manager1934
Honor of the Range as Townsman (uncredited)1934
No Ransom as Heinie1934
By Your Leave as Harry1934
George White's Scandals as Hick (uncredited)1934
The Hell Cat as Regan1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Joel Prentiss1933
Lady for a Day as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)1933
Female as Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)1933
File 113 as Lagors1933
Ann Vickers as Waiter (uncredited)1933
Hello, Everybody! as Radio Announcer (uncredited)1933
Double Harness as Crab Counterman1933
Sitting Pretty as Dice Player (uncredited)1933
Private Detective 62 as Cab Driver1933
The Keyhole as Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)1933
Lilly Turner as Earle Yokum (uncredited)1933
Sing, Bing, Sing as Mr. Lake1933
Central Airport as Airport Weatherman1933
The Mind Reader as Reporter (uncredited)1933
He Learned About Women as Stage Door Man1933
Lone Cowboy as Zeke (uncredited)1933
Golden Harvest as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Bill - Barber (uncredited)1932
Union Depot as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)1932
If I Had a Million as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)1932
Lawyer Man as Court Guard (uncredited)1932
Million Dollar Legs as Secretary of War (uncredited)1932
The Match King as Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)1932
This Is the Night as Sparks1932
Central Park as Oscar (uncredited)1932
The Big Broadcast as Prisoner (uncredited)1932
No One Man as Henry - License Clerk1932
High Hats and Low Brows as Butler1932
Just a Pain in the Parlor as Servant1932
The Big Timer as Slim Dugan (uncredited)1932
Madame Racketeer as Gus, the Desk Clerk1931
Bad Girl as Expectant Father (uncredited)1931
Big Business Girl as Waiter (uncredited)1931
The Vice Squad as Masher (uncredited)1931
Branded Men as Ramrod1931
Alias: The Bad Man as Ned 'Repeater' Simpson1931
Scandal Sheet as Reporter Kent (uncredited)1931
Lime Juice Nights as Irving1931
The Itching Hour as Elmer1931
Blondes Prefer Bonds as Not available1930
Street of Chance as Harry1930
Boarding House Blues as Not available1930
Burning Up as Yokel Driver (uncredited)1930
Knights Before Christmas as Pa1929
Two Sisters as Chumley1929
Side Street as Henchman Slim (uncredited)1929
The Rodeo as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law1929
Tide of Empire as Townsman (uncredited)1929
The Saturday Night Kid as McGonigle (uncredited)1929
Half Way to Heaven as Slim1929
The Old Barn as The Stranger1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff as Meadows the Butler1929
Matchmaking Mamma as Clifford Figfield1928
The Swim Princess as College Dean1928
The Campus Carmen as President1928
The Best Man as The Bride's Father1928
Smith's Army Life as Inspecting Officer1928
Motorboat Mamas as Cafe Patron1928
The Head Man as Mayor1928
His New Stenographer as Vernon Vance1927
The Girl from Everywhere as The Casting Director1927
Broke in China as Military Officer1927
His First Flame as Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)1927
A Dozen Socks as Ball Toss Operator1927
For Sale, a Bungalow as The Waiter1927
The Jolly Jilter as Tall Servant1927
Smith's Pony as Ship Maintenance Man1927
Smith's Fishing Trip as Jake - the Handyman1927
Smith's Cook as Mr. Dunhill1926
Trimmed in Gold as Barber1926
Masked Mamas as The Practical Joker's Friend1926
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage as Justice of the Peace1926
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game as Joe, Card player1926
Kitty from Killarney as Inspector #11926
A Blonde's Revenge as Banker Cody1926
A Prodigal Bridegroom as Lizzie's Brother1926
Meet My Girl as Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father1926
Whispering Whiskers as Train Chef1926
Smith's Uncle as 1st Elderly Sucker1926
Hot Cakes for Two as Photographer1926
Smith's Picnic as Joe Smiley1925
Isn't Love Cuckoo? as John Lodge - Bebe's Father1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies as Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)1925
Remember When? as Picnicker (uncredited)1925
A Rainy Knight as Peggy's Ex-Husband1925
Over Thereabouts as Officer1925
Hurry, Doctor! as The Paper Hanger1925
Good Morning, Nurse as Servant