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