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