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