Irving Bacon
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Corporal
It Happened One Night (1934)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Bad Girl (1931)
as Expectant Father (uncredited)
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Gus (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Driver
Manhattan Moon (1935)
as Lunch Man
Spellbound (1945)
as Railway Gateman (uncredited)
Holiday Inn (1942)
as Gus
Guest Wife (1945)
as Nosey Stationmaster
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
as Curson - Accountant
Good Sam (1948)
as Tramp
The Return of Frank James (1940)
as Bystander
Central Airport (1933)
as Airport Weatherman
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Henry (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Pierre Couvais
Whispering Whiskers (1926)
as Train Chef
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Graves
Back Street (1941)
as Ticket seller
Hello, Everybody! (1933)
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Our Wife (1941)
as Doorman (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
as Bill - Barber (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Mr. Webb
Remember the Day (1941)
as Cecil
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Station Master
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Station Agent (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Frank (uncredited)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Mr. Miller
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Bartender (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
as Ben
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad (1950)
as Jewelry Salesman
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Hotel Manager
Run for Cover (1955)
as Scotty
Remember When? (1925)
as Picnicker (uncredited)
Blondie (1938)
as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
Rocky (1948)
as Bert Hillman
Mr. Music (1950)
as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
Exposed (1938)
as Crankpool
Isn't Love Cuckoo? (1925)
as John Lodge - Bebe's Father
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Foreman of Jury
Western Union (1941)
as Barber
Redheads on Parade (1935)
as Entwhistle (uncredited)
Young People (1940)
as Otis
Down Memory Lane (1949)
as (archive footage)
Fort Ti (1953)
as Sgt. Monday Wash
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
as Missionary (uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Beany
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Dan Walters - Bartender
This Is the Army (1943)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as New England Farmer (uncredited)
The Spoilers (1942)
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
as Melvin
State of the Union (1948)
as Buck Swenson
California's Golden Beginning (1948)
Actor
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
as Mr. Carston, Postman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Tad (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
as Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Lady for a Day (1933)
as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Topper (1937)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
as The Casting Director
The Velvet Touch (1948)
as Herbie
Words and Music (1948)
as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
as Picnicker (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as Tall Soldier (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Tom
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Parson
At the Circus (1939)
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Riding High (1950)
as Hamburger Man
Fort Massacre (1958)
as Charlie
Hurry, Doctor! (1925)
as The Paper Hanger
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Hotel Clerk
King of the Cowboys (1943)
as Deputy Cluckas
John Loves Mary (1949)
as George Beachwood
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as Link
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
as Sam
Racket Busters (1938)
as Counter Man (uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Passenger
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
as Mailman
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Tom Norton
If I Had a Million (1932)
as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
His First Flame (1927)
as Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Whispering Smith (1948)
Actor
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Becker
The Gay Bride (1934)
as Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
Sing, Bing, Sing (1933)
as Mr. Lake
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Blondie in Society (1941)
as Mailman
Her Primitive Man (1944)
as Track Man
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
The Bowery (1933)
as Hick (uncredited)
China Clipper (1936)
as Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
He Learned About Women (1933)
as Stage Door Man
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Sam Skelly
On Your Toes (1939)
as Second Stage Manager
Saddle Pals (1947)
as Thaddeus Bellweather
The Campus Carmen (1928)
as President
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
as Hotel Clerk
Out of This World (1945)
as Irving Krunk (uncredited)
Lilly Turner (1933)
as Earle Yokum (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Best Man (1928)
as The Bride's Father
Thru Different Eyes (1942)
as Stu Johnson
Room for One More (1952)
as Mayor Michael J. Kane
Private Detective 62 (1933)
as Cab Driver
House of Mystery (1934)
as Ned Pickens
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Tobacco Road (1941)
as Bank Teller
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Big Business Girl (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
as The Druggist (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
as Income Tax Man (uncredited)
This Is the Night (1932)
as Sparks
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Actor
It's Love I'm After (1937)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as RR Information Clerk
At Gunpoint (1955)
as Al Ferguson
Fighting Caravans (1931)
as Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
as Man with Pelican (uncredited)
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
as Judge Stanfield
One Way to Love (1946)
as Train Conductor
Rio (1939)
as 'Mushy'
High Wall (1947)
Actor
True Confession (1937)
as Coroner
Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
as Peg Leg Holden
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
as Mailman
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
as Prof. Frost
The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
as Sheriff / Fire Chief
Dear Wife (1949)
as Mike Man
Smith's Pony (1927)
as Ship Maintenance Man
There Goes My Heart (1938)
as Mr. Dobbs
It Started with Eve (1941)
as Raven
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
as Baines
Knights Before Christmas (1930)
as Pa
The Nightwatchman's Mistake (1929)
as Dean Enoch Weatherby
Devil's Canyon (1953)
as Prison Guard
El Paso (1949)
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
The Happy Years (1950)
as Mr. Conover
Katie Did It (1950)
as Train Conductor
Dakota Incident (1956)
as Tully Morgan
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
as Clerk Getting Tied Up
So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Dempster
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Sam Appleby (uncredited)
Emergency Wedding (1950)
as Filbert - Mechanic
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
as John Maddocks
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
as Hospital Official
Second Fiddle (1939)
as Harvey Vaughan
High Hats and Low Brows (1932)
as Butler
Big City (1937)
as Jim Sloane
A Blonde's Revenge (1926)
as Banker Cody
Henry Aldrich for President (1941)
as Mr. McCloskey
Professor Beware (1938)
as Painter
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
as Fisherman
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Mr. Vernoy
Adventures in Silverado (1948)
as Jake Willis
Tail Spin (1939)
as Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Lillian Russell (1940)
as Soldier
Kansas Pacific (1953)
as Casey
Jennie (1940)
as Real Estate Broker
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
as Drug Store Clerk
Black Horse Canyon (1954)
as Doc Spain
Good Morning, Nurse (1925)
as Servant
Goin' to Town (1935)
as Cowboy
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
as Man at Toll Gate
Star Dust (1940)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Desert of Lost Men (1951)
as Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Blondes Prefer Bonds (1931)
Actor
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
as Chief of Police
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Secretary of War (uncredited)
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
as Dennis Colby
Union Depot (1932)
as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet (1931)
as Reporter Kent (uncredited)
Hot Cakes for Two (1926)
as Photographer
Caught in the Draft (1941)
as Cogswell
Private Worlds (1935)
as McLean
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
as Hat Check Attendent
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
as Highbrow
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as David's father (uncredited)
It's a Great Life (1935)
as Slim (uncredited)
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Simpson (uncredited)
Lucky Night (1939)
as Conductor
The Big Cat (1949)
as Matt Cooper the Mailman
Female (1933)
as Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
The Itching Hour (1931)
as Elmer
The First Hundred Years (1938)
as Wilkins
Petticoat Fever (1936)
as Carl
The Chaser (1938)
as Harvey
The Murder Man (1935)
as Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
I'll Love You Always (1935)
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
Heavenly Days (1944)
as Tower, the Butler
The Sisters (1938)
as Robert Forbes
Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Bath House Barber (uncredited)
Side Street (1929)
as Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
as Rodeo Announcer
Four Mothers (1941)
as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Clerk
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
as Mr. Albert Merney
Midnight Intruder (1938)
as Evans
Bachelor Mother (1939)
as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
as Palace Hotel Clerk
Moonrise (1948)
as Judd Jenkins
Sing, You Sinners (1938)
as Lecturer on Seals
Lawyer Man (1932)
as Court Guard (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
as Mr. Hardwicke
Murder with Pictures (1936)
as Det. Keogh
Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
as Mailman (uncredited)
The Swim Princess (1928)
as College Dean
Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Keyhole (1933)
as Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
Top Man (1943)
as School Principal
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Dr. Bacon
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
as Cabbie
Under Western Skies (1945)
as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as Mailman
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
as Tracy (uncredited)
Hidden Guns (1956)
as Doc Carter
The Spirit of Culver (1939)
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
as Projectionist
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
as Stagehand
Sitting Pretty (1933)
as Dice Player (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Sheriff
Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
as Mr. Crumb
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
as Harry Gilpin
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
as 1st Mailman (uncredited)
Golden Harvest (1933)
as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
as Taxicab Driver
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
as Sheriff Doolittle
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as Mailman
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
as Hubert Ward
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Maine Driver (uncredited)
The Big Timer (1932)
as Slim Dugan (uncredited)
Dear Ruth (1947)
as Delivery Man
Here Comes Cookie (1935)
as Thompson
Sons of New Mexico (1949)
as Chris Dobbs
Two Sisters (1929)
as Chumley
Cadet Girl (1941)
as Train conductor
Ann Vickers (1933)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Albuquerque (1948)
as Dave Walton
The Mind Reader (1933)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Footlight Glamour (1943)
as Mr. Crumb
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
as Sheriff
It's a Great Life (1943)
as Mailman
Ride on Vaquero (1941)
as Jailer Smoky
Patrick the Great (1945)
as Mr. Merney
Two Weeks to Live (1943)
as Omar Tennyson Gimpel
The Hell Cat (1934)
as Regan
Lone Cowboy (1933)
as Zeke (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday (1937)
as Fingerprint Expert
The Green Promise (1949)
as Julius Larkin
Madame Racketeer (1932)
as Gus, the Desk Clerk
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
as Woodbury
Honor of the Range (1934)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Soldier
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
as Wes Stillman
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
as Doc Sorin
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
as Mailman
Broke in China (1927)
as Military Officer
Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
as Jeff
A Stranger in Town (1943)
as Orin Todds
Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)
as Coat Salesman (uncredited)
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Ed Simpson
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
as Mailman
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Match King (1932)
as Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
as Joel Prentiss
Burning Up (1930)
as Yokel Driver (uncredited)
Great Guns (1941)
as Postman
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
as Rainbow
The Glass Key (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Marry the Girl (1937)
as Happy Elmer
The Jolly Jilter (1927)
as Tall Servant
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
as Sheriff Clem Diggers
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
Drift Fence (1936)
as Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Big Town Girl (1937)
as Gas Station Attendant
Dangerous Number (1937)
as Detective
News Is Made at Night (1939)
as Mike, Fingerprint Man
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Lippincott
Forgotten Faces (1936)
as Pretty
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
as Paul Gillis
The Big Broadcast (1932)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Big Town Czar (1939)
as Real Estate Man
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Gus - Trocadero Bartender
The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
as Stuttering Man
Man of Iron (1935)
as Jake
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
as Toll Gate Attendant
Motorboat Mamas (1928)
as Cafe Patron
Love on a Bet (1936)
as Farmer on Hay Wagon
California or Bust (1927)
as Wade Rexton
Hard to Get (1938)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Millions in the Air (1935)
as Mr. Perkins
Wives Never Know (1936)
as Dr. Mumford
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
as Jailer (uncredited)
George White's Scandals (1934)
as Hick (uncredited)
Men Without Names (1935)
as Old-Timer on Bench
Between Us Girls (1942)
as Soda Clerk
No One Man (1932)
as Henry - License Clerk
Central Park (1932)
as Oscar (uncredited)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
as Peter Van Stoon
Star in the Night (1945)
as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926)
as Lizzie's Brother
Tropic Holiday (1938)
as Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
Street of Chance (1930)
as Harry
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Fred Haskill
Exclusive (1937)
as Dr. Boomgarten
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Bijah
A Son Comes Home (1936)
as Hamburger Stand Proprietor
Branded Men (1931)
as Ramrod
The House Across the Street (1949)
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Manhandled (1949)
as Sgt. Fayle
Over Thereabouts (1925)
as Officer
Young America (1942)
as Bart Munson
Freckles Comes Home (1942)
as Constable Caleb Weaver
It's A Small World (1935)
as Cal
Let's Make a Million (1936)
as Jerry
She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Abner
No Ransom (1934)
as Heinie
You Belong to Me (1934)
as Stage Manager
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
as Conrad - Taxi Driver
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Gun Store Proprietor
Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Mr. Kelly
Dynamite (1949)
as Jake
For Sale, a Bungalow (1927)
as The Waiter
Just a Pain in the Parlor (1932)
as Servant
Smith's Fishing Trip (1927)
as Jake - the Handyman
Mister Big (1943)
as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
as McGonigle (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
as The Soda Jerk
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)
as Mr. Piper
Alias: The Bad Man (1931)
as Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
Half Way to Heaven (1929)
as Slim
Timothy's Quest (1936)
as Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
Double Harness (1933)
as Crab Counterman
File 113 (1933)
as Lagors
Now I'll Tell (1934)
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
A Rainy Knight (1925)
as Peggy's Ex-Husband
Meet My Girl (1926)
as Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
Two-Fisted (1935)
as Brick Briggs
Lady Be Careful (1936)
as Happy
Week-End Pass (1944)
as Sheriff Todd
Bad Boy (1935)
as Butcher
Accent on Love (1941)
as Smedley
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)
as Sweeney
The Rodeo (1929)
as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
Boarding House Blues (1930)
Actor
The Vice Squad (1931)
as Masher (uncredited)
Calling Hubby's Bluff (1929)
as Meadows the Butler
To Mary - with Love (1936)
as Chauffeur
Ship Cafe (1935)
as Slim
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
as Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
A Dozen Socks (1927)
as Ball Toss Operator
Kitty from Killarney (1926)
as Inspector #1
Too Busy to Work (1939)
as Gilligan
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage (1926)
as Justice of the Peace
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game (1926)
as Joe, Card player
Big Business (1937)
as Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
By Your Leave (1934)
as Harry
Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928)
Actor
Smith's Cook (1927)
as Mr. Dunhill
Tide of Empire (1929)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Smith's Army Life (1928)
as Inspecting Officer
The Head Man (1928)
as Mayor
His New Stenographer (1928)
as Vernon Vance
Masked Mamas (1926)
as The Practical Joker's Friend
Matchmaking Mamma (1929)
as Clifford Figfield
The Old Barn (1929)
as The Stranger
Trimmed in Gold (1926)
as Barber
Smith's Uncle (1926)
as 1st Elderly Sucker
Smith's Picnic (1926)
as Joe Smiley
Lime Juice Nights (1931)
as Irving