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