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