Irving Bacon
Born: 1893-09-05 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Died: 1965-02-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1959
- Riverboat as Zack Mannion
1958
- The Donna Reed Show as Mayor Webster
- 77 Sunset Strip as Apt. House Manager
- Ambush at Cimarron Pass as Judge Stanfield
- Fort Massacre as Charlie
1957
- Maverick
- Leave It to Beaver as Postal Clerk
1956
- Dakota Incident as Tully Morgan
- Hidden Guns as Doc Carter
1955
- Run for Cover as Scotty
- At Gunpoint as Al Ferguson
1954
- December Bride
- A Star Is Born as Graves
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as John Maddocks
- The Glenn Miller Story as Mr. Miller
- Black Horse Canyon as Doc Spain
- Duffy of San Quentin as Doc Sorin
1953
- Fort Ti as Sgt. Monday Wash
- Kansas Pacific as Casey
- Sweethearts on Parade as Sheriff Doolittle
- Devil's Canyon as Prison Guard
- General Electric Theater as Patch
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Carter
- O. Henry's Full House as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
- Room for One More as Mayor Michael J. Kane
- Rose of Cimarron as Sheriff
1951
- I Love Lucy as Will Potter
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Cause for Alarm! as Mr. Carston, Postman
- Here Comes the Groom as Baines
- Desert of Lost Men as Sheriff Skeeter Davis
1950
- Riding High as Hamburger Man
- Emergency Wedding as Filbert - Mechanic
- Born to Be Bad as Jewelry Salesman
- Woman in Hiding as Link
- The Happy Years as Mr. Conover
- Never a Dull Moment as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
- Mr. Music as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
- Katie Did It as Train Conductor
1949
- El Paso as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
- The Big Cat as Matt Cooper the Mailman
- The Green Promise as Julius Larkin
- Dear Wife as Mike Man
- Sons of New Mexico as Chris Dobbs
- A Guy Named Joe as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
- The House Across the Street as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
- It's a Great Feeling as RR Information Clerk
- Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
- John Loves Mary as George Beachwood
- Manhandled as Sgt. Fayle
- Dynamite as Jake
1948
- Whispering Smith
- Albuquerque as Dave Walton
- Words and Music as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
- Good Sam as Tramp
- Family Honeymoon as Mr. Webb
- State of the Union as Buck Swenson
- Rocky as Bert Hillman
- Moonrise as Judd Jenkins
- Adventures in Silverado as Jake Willis
- The Velvet Touch as Herbie
- California's Golden Beginning
1947
- Dear Ruth as Delivery Man
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Melvin
- Saddle Pals as Thaddeus Bellweather
- Monsieur Verdoux as Pierre Couvais
- My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Piper
1946
- Night Train to Memphis as Rainbow
- Wake Up and Dream as Toll Gate Attendant
- One Way to Love as Train Conductor
1945
- Patrick the Great as Mr. Merney
- Out of This World as Irving Krunk
- Star in the Night as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
- Spellbound as Railway Gateman (uncredited)
- Under Western Skies as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
- Guest Wife as Nosey Stationmaster
- Hitchhike to Happiness as Dennis Colby
- Week-End at the Waldorf as Sam Skelly
1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Tom
- Heavenly Days as Tower, the Butler
- Since You Went Away as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
- Chip Off the Old Block as Prof. Frost
- Can't Help Singing as Bath House Barber (uncredited)
- Week-End Pass as Sheriff Todd
- Her Primitive Man as Track Man
- The Story of Dr. Wassell as Missionary (uncredited)
- Casanova Brown as Hotel Manager
- Knickerbocker Holiday as Peter Van Stoon
1943
- The Desperadoes as Dan Walters - Bartender
- Shadow of a Doubt as Station Master
- Mister Big as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
- Footlight Glamour as Mr. Crumb
- In Old Oklahoma as Ben
- Action in the North Atlantic as Bartender (uncredited)
- Top Man as School Principal
- A Stranger in Town as Orin Todds
- Johnny Come Lately as Chief of Police
- This Is the Army as Waiter (uncredited)
- King of the Cowboys as Deputy Cluckas
- So's Your Uncle as Dempster
- It's a Great Life as Mailman
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- Hers to Hold as Dr. Bacon
- Two Weeks to Live as Omar Tennyson Gimpel
- Dixie Dugan as Mr. Kelly
1942
- The Spoilers as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Freckles Comes Home as Constable Caleb Weaver
- Pardon My Sarong as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
- Lady in a Jam as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
- Young America as Bart Munson
- Between Us Girls as Soda Clerk
- Thru Different Eyes as Stu Johnson
- Get Hep to Love as Mr. Hardwicke
- Holiday Inn as Gus
- The Bashful Bachelor as Sheriff / Fire Chief
- Star Spangled Rhythm as New England Farmer (uncredited)
- Blondie's Blessed Event as Mr. Crumb
- Footlight Serenade as Stagehand
1941
- Western Union as Barber
- Four Mothers as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- Tobacco Road as Bank Teller
- Back Street as Ticket seller
- Great Guns as Postman
- Cadet Girl as Train conductor
- Meet John Doe as Beany
- The Great Man's Lady as Parson
- Accent on Love as Smedley
- They Died with Their Boots On as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich for President as Mr. McCloskey
- Ride on Vaquero as Jailer Smoky
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Mr. Albert Merney
- Caught in the Draft as Cogswell
- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Projectionist
- The Wild Man of Borneo as Carriage Driver
- Remember the Day as Cecil
- It Started with Eve as Raven
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Soda Jerk
- Our Wife as Doorman (uncredited)
- Moon Over Her Shoulder as Conrad - Taxi Driver
- Blondie in Society as Mailman
- Blondie Goes Latin as Mailman (uncredited)
1940
- Young People as Otis
- Star Dust as Hotel Desk Clerk
- The Grapes of Wrath as Driver
- Manhattan Heartbeat as Sweeney
- The Return of Frank James as Bystander
- Broadway Melody of 1940 as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
- Edison, the Man as Sheriff
- Dreaming Out Loud as Wes Stillman
- The Howards of Virginia as Tom Norton
- Gold Rush Maisie as Harry Gilpin
- Sailor's Lady as Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Fisherman
- Blondie Has Servant Trouble as Mailman
- Blondie on a Budget as Mailman
- His Girl Friday as Gus (uncredited)
- Brother Rat and a Baby as Hospital Official
- The Doctor Takes a Wife as Sam Appleby (uncredited)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Paul Gillis
- You Can't Fool Your Wife as Lippincott
- She Couldn't Say No as Abner
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Becker
- Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Cabbie
- Lillian Russell as Soldier
- Blondie Plays Cupid as Mailman
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Corporal
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Clerk
- Bachelor Mother as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
- Indianapolis Speedway as Fred Haskill
- Lucky Night as Conductor
- Second Fiddle as Harvey Vaughan
- The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as Simpson (uncredited)
- At the Circus as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Tad (uncredited)
- Made for Each Other as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Hotel Clerk
- Rio as 'Mushy'
- Torchy Runs for Mayor as Hubert Ward
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Jailer (uncredited)
- Tail Spin as Storekeeper (Uncredited)
- The Housekeeper's Daughter as Woodbury
- Blondie Takes a Vacation as Mailman
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Mailman
- On Your Toes as Second Stage Manager
- News Is Made at Night as Mike, Fingerprint Man
- They Made Me a Criminal as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Blondie Meets the Boss as 1st Mailman (uncredited)
- The Oklahoma Kid as Hotel Clerk
- Nancy Drew... Reporter as Tracy (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Soldier
- The Spirit of Culver as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Sheriff Clem Diggers
- Too Busy to Work as Gilligan
- Big Town Czar as Real Estate Man
1938
- Tropic Holiday as Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
- Kentucky Moonshine as Palace Hotel Clerk
- Give Me a Sailor as The Druggist (uncredited)
- Professor Beware as Painter
- The Mad Miss Manton as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Foreman of Jury
- The Sisters as Robert Forbes
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
- Sing, You Sinners as Lecturer on Seals
- You Can't Take It with You as Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
- Blondie as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
- Hard to Get as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Exposed as Crankpool
- Tip-Off Girls as Sam
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
- The First Hundred Years as Wilkins
- There Goes My Heart as Mr. Dobbs
- Midnight Intruder as Evans
- Racket Busters as Counter Man (uncredited)
- The Chaser as Harvey
1937
- Topper as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- True Confession as Coroner
- A Star Is Born as Station Agent (uncredited)
- Big City as Jim Sloane
- Big Business as Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
- Exclusive as Dr. Boomgarten
- Marry the Girl as Happy Elmer
- Internes Can't Take Money as Jeff
- Angel's Holiday as Fingerprint Expert
- Big Town Girl as Gas Station Attendant
- They Gave Him a Gun as Tall Soldier (uncredited)
- It's Love I'm After as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Vogues of 1938 as Curson - Accountant
- Dangerous Number as Detective
1936
- San Francisco as Picnicker (uncredited)
- Hollywood Boulevard as Gus - Trocadero Bartender
- Petticoat Fever as Carl
- China Clipper as Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
- Forgotten Faces as Pretty
- Hopalong Cassidy Returns as Peg Leg Holden
- The Texas Rangers as David's father (uncredited)
- Earthworm Tractors as Taxicab Driver
- The Singing Kid as Maine Driver (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Frank (uncredited)
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie as Drug Store Clerk
- To Mary - with Love as Chauffeur
- Rhythm on the Range as Rodeo Announcer
- Love on a Bet as Farmer on Hay Wagon
- Wives Never Know as Dr. Mumford
- A Son Comes Home as Hamburger Stand Proprietor
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Mailman
- The Music Goes 'Round as Stuttering Man
- Let's Make a Million as Jerry
- Murder with Pictures as Det. Keogh
- Lady Be Careful as Happy
- Timothy's Quest as Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
- Drift Fence as Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
1935
- Ship Cafe as Slim
- Powdersmoke Range as Gun Store Proprietor
- Diamond Jim as Passenger
- Murder on a Honeymoon as Man with Pelican (uncredited)
- Manhattan Moon as Lunch Man
- The Murder Man as Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
- Bad Boy as Butcher
- Men Without Names as Old-Timer on Bench
- Private Worlds as McLean
- Here Comes Cookie as Thompson
- Two-Fisted as Brick Briggs
- It's A Small World as Cal
- The Glass Key as Waiter (uncredited)
- Page Miss Glory as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Farmer Takes a Wife as Mr. Vernoy
- It's a Great Life as Slim (uncredited)
- Hitch Hike Lady as Ed Simpson
- Mary Jane's Pa as Clerk Getting Tied Up
- Man of Iron as Jake
- I'll Love You Always as Theater Manager (uncredited)
- Redheads on Parade as Entwhistle (uncredited)
- Goin' to Town as Cowboy
- Millions in the Air as Mr. Perkins
- She Couldn't Take It as Man at Toll Gate
1934
- Broadway Bill as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
- No Ransom as Heinie
- Honor of the Range as Townsman (uncredited)
- George White's Scandals as Hick (uncredited)
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Bijah
- The President Vanishes as Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
- Hat, Coat and Glove as Coat Salesman (uncredited)
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Joel Prentiss
- Now I'll Tell as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
- Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Hat Check Attendent
- It Happened One Night as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- The Hell Cat as Regan
- The Gay Bride as Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
- House of Mystery as Ned Pickens
- You Belong to Me as Stage Manager
- By Your Leave as Harry
1933
- Ann Vickers as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Hick (uncredited)
- Double Harness as Crab Counterman
- Golden Harvest as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
- Female as Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
- The Keyhole as Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
- File 113 as Lagors
- Sitting Pretty as Dice Player (uncredited)
- Lone Cowboy as Zeke (uncredited)
- Lady for a Day as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
- Hello, Everybody! as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- The Mind Reader as Reporter (uncredited)
- Central Airport as Airport Weatherman
- Private Detective 62 as Cab Driver
- He Learned About Women as Stage Door Man
- Sing, Bing, Sing as Mr. Lake
- Lilly Turner as Earle Yokum (uncredited)
1932
- Union Depot as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- Madame Racketeer as Gus, the Desk Clerk
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Bill - Barber (uncredited)
- Central Park as Oscar (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Legs as Secretary of War (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast as Prisoner (uncredited)
- The Match King as Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
- The Big Timer as Slim Dugan (uncredited)
- This Is the Night as Sparks
- Lawyer Man as Court Guard (uncredited)
- No One Man as Henry - License Clerk
- Just a Pain in the Parlor as Servant
- High Hats and Low Brows as Butler
1931
- Branded Men as Ramrod
- Bad Girl as Expectant Father (uncredited)
- The Vice Squad as Masher (uncredited)
- Lime Juice Nights as Irving
- Alias: The Bad Man as Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
- Big Business Girl as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Itching Hour as Elmer
- Scandal Sheet as Reporter Kent (uncredited)
- Blondes Prefer Bonds
1930
- Burning Up as Yokel Driver (uncredited)
- Street of Chance as Harry
- Boarding House Blues
- Knights Before Christmas as Pa
1929
- Side Street as Henchman Slim (uncredited)
- The Rodeo as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
- Two Sisters as Chumley
- The Saturday Night Kid as McGonigle (uncredited)
- Tide of Empire as Townsman (uncredited)
- Half Way to Heaven as Slim
- Calling Hubby's Bluff as Meadows the Butler
- The Old Barn as The Stranger
- The Nightwatchman's Mistake as Dean Enoch Weatherby
- Matchmaking Mamma as Clifford Figfield
1928
- Motorboat Mamas as Cafe Patron
- The Swim Princess as College Dean
- The Best Man as The Bride's Father
- The Campus Carmen as President
- Smith's Army Life as Inspecting Officer
- Hubby's Weekend Trip
- The Head Man as Mayor
- His New Stenographer as Vernon Vance
1927
- Broke in China as Military Officer
- The Girl from Everywhere as The Casting Director
- The Jolly Jilter as Tall Servant
- His First Flame as Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
- For Sale, a Bungalow as The Waiter
- Smith's Cook as Mr. Dunhill
- Smith's Pony as Ship Maintenance Man
- A Dozen Socks as Ball Toss Operator
- Smith's Fishing Trip as Jake - the Handyman
1926
- Masked Mamas as The Practical Joker's Friend
- Hubby’s Quiet Little Game as Joe, Card player
- The Gosh-Darn Mortgage as Justice of the Peace
- Smith's Uncle as 1st Elderly Sucker
- Trimmed in Gold as Barber
- A Prodigal Bridegroom as Lizzie's Brother
- Smith's Picnic as Joe Smiley
- Whispering Whiskers as Train Chef
- Hot Cakes for Two as Photographer
- A Blonde's Revenge as Banker Cody
- Meet My Girl as Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
- Kitty from Killarney as Inspector #1
1925
- Over Thereabouts as Officer
- Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies as Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
- Hurry, Doctor! as The Paper Hanger
- Isn't Love Cuckoo? as John Lodge - Bebe's Father
- Remember When? as Picnicker (uncredited)
- Good Morning, Nurse as Servant
- A Rainy Knight as Peggy's Ex-Husband