Irving Bacon
381 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 5, 1893
- Died
- Feb 5, 1965 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Irving Ernest Bacon · Irving E. 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.
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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.
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Irving Bacon: movies and TV shows
Acting (391)
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Fort Massacre
as Charlie
- 1958 Ambush at Cimarron Pass
as Judge Stanfield
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956 Dakota Incident
as Tully Morgan
- 1956 Hidden Guns
as Doc Carter
- 1955 At Gunpoint
as Al Ferguson
- 1955 Run for Cover
as Scotty
- 1954
- 1954 A Star Is Born
as Graves
- 1954 Black Horse Canyon
as Doc Spain
- 1954 Duffy of San Quentin
as Doc Sorin
- 1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as John Maddocks
- 1954 The Glenn Miller Story
as Mr. Miller
- 1953 Devil's Canyon
as Prison Guard
- 1953 Sweethearts on Parade
as Sheriff Doolittle
- 1953 Fort Ti
as Sgt. Monday Wash
- 1953 Kansas Pacific
as Casey
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House
as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron
as Sheriff
- 1952 Room for One More
as Mayor Michael J. Kane
- 1951 Desert of Lost Men
as Sheriff Skeeter Davis
- 1951
- 1951 Here Comes the Groom
as Baines
- 1951
- 1951 Cause for Alarm!
as Mr. Carston, Postman
- 1950 Mr. Music
as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
- 1950 Katie Did It
as Train Conductor
- 1950 Emergency Wedding
as Filbert - Mechanic
- 1950 Born to Be Bad
as Jewelry Salesman
- 1950 Never a Dull Moment
as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
- 1950 The Happy Years
as Mr. Conover
- 1950 Riding High
as Hamburger Man
- 1950 Woman in Hiding
as Link
- 1949 Sons of New Mexico
as Chris Dobbs
- 1949 Dear Wife
as Mike Man
- 1949 The House Across the Street
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
- 1949 It's a Great Feeling
as RR Information Clerk
- 1949 Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
- 1949 Manhandled
as Sgt. Fayle
- 1949 The Big Cat
as Matt Cooper the Mailman
- 1949 The Green Promise
as Julius Larkin
- 1949 El Paso
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
- 1949 John Loves Mary
as George Beachwood
- 1949 Dynamite
as Jake
- 1948 Words and Music
as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
- 1948
- 1948 Family Honeymoon
as Mr. Webb
- 1948 Moonrise
as Judd Jenkins
- 1948 Good Sam
as Tramp
- 1948 The Velvet Touch
as Herbie
- 1948 State of the Union
as Buck Swenson
- 1948 Adventures in Silverado
as Jake Willis
- 1948 Albuquerque
as Dave Walton
- 1948 Rocky
as Bert Hillman
- 1948
- 1947
- 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Melvin
- 1947 Monsieur Verdoux
as Pierre Couvais
- 1947 Dear Ruth
as Delivery Man
- 1947 Saddle Pals
as Thaddeus Bellweather
- 1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Piper
- 1946 Wake Up and Dream
as Toll Gate Attendant
- 1946 Night Train to Memphis
as Rainbow
- 1946 One Way to Love
as Train Conductor
- 1945 Spellbound
as Railway Gateman (uncredited)
- 1945 Star in the Night
as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
- 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
as Sam Skelly
- 1945 Guest Wife
as Nosey Stationmaster
- 1945 Hitchhike to Happiness
as Dennis Colby
- 1945 Out of This World
as Irving Krunk (uncredited)
- 1945 Patrick the Great
as Mr. Merney
- 1945 Under Western Skies
as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
- 1944 Can't Help Singing
as Bath House Barber (uncredited)
- 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Tom
- 1944 Heavenly Days
as Tower, the Butler
- 1944 Casanova Brown
as Hotel Manager
- 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Missionary (uncredited)
- 1944 Since You Went Away
as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
- 1944 Her Primitive Man
as Track Man
- 1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
as Peter Van Stoon
- 1944 A Guy Named Joe
as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
- 1944 Week-End Pass
as Sheriff Todd
- 1944 Chip Off the Old Block
as Prof. Frost
- 1943 In Old Oklahoma
as Ben
- 1943 Footlight Glamour
as Mr. Crumb
- 1943 Top Man
as School Principal
- 1943 Johnny Come Lately
as Chief of Police
- 1943 So's Your Uncle
as Dempster
- 1943 This Is the Army
as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1943 Hers to Hold
as Dr. Bacon
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1943 Mister Big
as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
- 1943 It's a Great Life
as Mailman
- 1943 The Desperadoes
as Dan Walters - Bartender
- 1943 King of the Cowboys
as Deputy Cluckas
- 1943 A Stranger in Town
as Orin Todds
- 1943 Dixie Dugan
as Mr. Kelly
- 1943 Two Weeks to Live
as Omar Tennyson Gimpel
- 1943
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt
as Station Master
- 1942 Get Hep to Love
as Mr. Hardwicke
- 1942 Between Us Girls
as Soda Clerk
- 1942 Pardon My Sarong
as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1942 Footlight Serenade
as Stagehand
- 1942 Holiday Inn
as Gus
- 1942 Lady in a Jam
as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1942 Thru Different Eyes
as Stu Johnson
- 1942 The Spoilers
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- 1942 Blondie's Blessed Event
as Mr. Crumb
- 1942 The Bashful Bachelor
as Sheriff / Fire Chief
- 1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
as New England Farmer (uncredited)
- 1942 Young America
as Bart Munson
- 1942 Freckles Comes Home
as Constable Caleb Weaver
- 1941 Remember the Day
as Cecil
- 1941 Cadet Girl
as Train conductor
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
- 1941 The Great Man's Lady
as Parson
- 1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Conrad - Taxi Driver
- 1941 Henry Aldrich for President
as Mr. McCloskey
- 1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Soda Jerk
- 1941 Great Guns
as Postman
- 1941 It Started with Eve
as Raven
- 1941 Our Wife
as Doorman (uncredited)
- 1941 Blondie in Society
as Mailman
- 1941 Accent on Love
as Smedley
- 1941 Caught in the Draft
as Cogswell
- 1941 Million Dollar Baby
as Income Tax Man (uncredited)
- 1941 Ride on Vaquero
as Jailer Smoky
- 1941 Meet John Doe
as Beany
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Mr. Albert Merney
- 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Projectionist
- 1941 Blondie Goes Latin
as Mailman (uncredited)
- 1941 Western Union
as Barber
- 1941 Tobacco Road
as Bank Teller
- 1941 Back Street
as Ticket seller
- 1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
- 1941 Four Mothers
as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1940 Jennie
as Real Estate Broker
- 1940 Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Fisherman
- 1940 She Couldn't Say No
as Abner
- 1940 Blondie Plays Cupid
as Mailman
- 1940 Dreaming Out Loud
as Wes Stillman
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia
as Tom Norton
- 1940 Young People
as Otis
- 1940 The Return of Frank James
as Bystander
- 1940 Gold Rush Maisie
as Harry Gilpin
- 1940 Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as Mailman
- 1940 Manhattan Heartbeat
as Sweeney
- 1940 Sailor's Lady
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
- 1940 Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Cabbie
- 1940 Lillian Russell
as Soldier
- 1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Lippincott
- 1940 Edison, the Man
as Sheriff
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Sam Appleby (uncredited)
- 1940 Star Dust
as Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Driver
- 1940 Blondie on a Budget
as Mailman
- 1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Becker
- 1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
- 1940 His Girl Friday
as Gus (uncredited)
- 1940 Brother Rat and a Baby
as Hospital Official
- 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Paul Gillis
- 1939 Gone with the Wind
as Corporal
- 1939 Too Busy to Work
as Gilligan
- 1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Mailman
- 1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Sheriff Clem Diggers
- 1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Woodbury
- 1939 Pack Up Your Troubles
as Soldier
- 1939 At the Circus
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
- 1939 On Your Toes
as Second Stage Manager
- 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade
as Clerk
- 1939 Rio
as 'Mushy'
- 1939 Indianapolis Speedway
as Fred Haskill
- 1939 I Stole a Million
as Simpson (uncredited)
- 1939 Blondie Takes a Vacation
as Mailman
- 1939 News Is Made at Night
as Mike, Fingerprint Man
- 1939 Second Fiddle
as Harvey Vaughan
- 1939 Bachelor Mother
as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
- 1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Hotel Clerk
- 1939 Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Hubert Ward
- 1939 Lucky Night
as Conductor
- 1939 Big Town Czar
as Real Estate Man
- 1939 The Oklahoma Kid
as Hotel Clerk
- 1939 The Spirit of Culver
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
- 1939 Blondie Meets the Boss
as 1st Mailman (uncredited)
- 1939 Tail Spin
as Storekeeper (Uncredited)
- 1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Tracy (uncredited)
- 1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Jailer (uncredited)
- 1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Tad (uncredited)
- 1939 Made for Each Other
as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
- 1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1939 They Made Me a Criminal
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- 1938 Blondie
as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
+ 191 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1987