Irving Bacon
Acting
Born September 5, 1893 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
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.
Films (378)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Fort Massacre
1958
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958
Dakota Incident
1956
Hidden Guns
1956
At Gunpoint
1955
Run for Cover
1955
A Star Is Born
1954
Black Horse Canyon
1954
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Devil's Canyon
1953
Sweethearts on Parade
1953
Fort Ti
1953
Kansas Pacific
1953
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Rose of Cimarron
1952
Room for One More
1952
Desert of Lost Men
1951
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Cause for Alarm!
1951
Mr. Music
1950
Katie Did It
1950
Emergency Wedding
1950
Born to Be Bad
1950
Never a Dull Moment
1950
The Happy Years
1950
Riding High
1950
Woman in Hiding
1950
Sons of New Mexico
1949
Dear Wife
1949
The House Across the Street
1949
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Down Memory Lane
1949
Manhandled
1949
The Big Cat
1949
The Green Promise
1949
El Paso
1949
John Loves Mary
1949
Dynamite
1949
Words and Music
1948
Whispering Smith
1948
Family Honeymoon
1948
Moonrise
1948
Good Sam
1948
The Velvet Touch
1948
State of the Union
1948
Adventures in Silverado
1948
Albuquerque
1948
Rocky
1948
California's Golden Beginning
1948
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
Dear Ruth
1947
Saddle Pals
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
Wake Up and Dream
1946
Night Train to Memphis
1946
One Way to Love
1946
Spellbound
1945
Star in the Night
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Guest Wife
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
Out of This World
1945
Patrick the Great
1945
Under Western Skies
1945
Can't Help Singing
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Heavenly Days
1944
Casanova Brown
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
Since You Went Away
1944
Her Primitive Man
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Week-End Pass
1944
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
In Old Oklahoma
1943
Footlight Glamour
1943
Top Man
1943
Johnny Come Lately
1943
So's Your Uncle
1943
This Is the Army
1943
Hers to Hold
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Mister Big
1943
It's a Great Life
1943
The Desperadoes
1943
King of the Cowboys
1943
A Stranger in Town
1943
Dixie Dugan
1943
Two Weeks to Live
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Get Hep to Love
1942
Between Us Girls
1942
Pardon My Sarong
1942
Footlight Serenade
1942
Holiday Inn
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
Thru Different Eyes
1942
The Spoilers
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Young America
1942
Freckles Comes Home
1942
Remember the Day
1941
Cadet Girl
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
Henry Aldrich for President
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
Great Guns
1941
It Started with Eve
1941
Our Wife
1941
Blondie in Society
1941
Accent on Love
1941
Caught in the Draft
1941
Ride on Vaquero
1941
Meet John Doe
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
Western Union
1941
Tobacco Road
1941
Back Street
1941
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
Four Mothers
1941
Jennie
1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
She Couldn't Say No
1940
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Dreaming Out Loud
1940
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Young People
1940
The Return of Frank James
1940
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
Sailor's Lady
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Lillian Russell
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
Edison, the Man
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Star Dust
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Blondie on a Budget
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Gone with the Wind
1939
Too Busy to Work
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
At the Circus
1939
On Your Toes
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Rio
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
I Stole a Million
1939
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
News Is Made at Night
1939
Bachelor Mother
1939
Second Fiddle
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Lucky Night
1939
Big Town Czar
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
The Spirit of Culver
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Tail Spin
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Blondie
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Exposed
1938
Hard to Get
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
There Goes My Heart
1938
The Sisters
1938
Sing, You Sinners
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Give Me a Sailor
1938
Professor Beware
1938
The Chaser
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Racket Busters
1938
Tropic Holiday
1938
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
Tip-Off Girls
1938
The First Hundred Years
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Midnight Intruder
1938
True Confession
1937
Big Town Girl
1937
It's Love I'm After
1937
Big City
1937
Vogues of 1938
1937
Exclusive
1937
Topper
1937
Marry the Girl
1937
Big Business
1937
Angel's Holiday
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
A Star Is Born
1937
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Dangerous Number
1937
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Murder with Pictures
1936
Wives Never Know
1936
Lady Be Careful
1936
Let's Make a Million
1936
The Texas Rangers
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
China Clipper
1936
To Mary - with Love
1936
A Son Comes Home
1936
Earthworm Tractors
1936
Rhythm on the Range
1936
San Francisco
1936
Forgotten Faces
1936
The Singing Kid
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Petticoat Fever
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Love on a Bet
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
Drift Fence
1936
Timothy's Quest
1936
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
Man of Iron
1935
Millions in the Air
1935
Ship Cafe
1935
Bad Boy
1935
She Couldn't Take It
1935
It's a Great Life
1935
Two-Fisted
1935
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Page Miss Glory
1935
Redheads on Parade
1935
Diamond Jim
1935
Here Comes Cookie
1935
The Murder Man
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Manhattan Moon
1935
Men Without Names
1935
The Glass Key
1935
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
Goin' to Town
1935
Private Worlds
1935
It's A Small World
1935
I'll Love You Always
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
The Gay Bride
1934
Broadway Bill
1934
The President Vanishes
1934
By Your Leave
1934
No Ransom
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
You Belong to Me
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
The Hell Cat
1934
Now I'll Tell
1934
Honor of the Range
1934
House of Mystery
1934
George White's Scandals
1934
It Happened One Night
1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
Lone Cowboy
1933
Sitting Pretty
1933
Female
1933
The Bowery
1933
Ann Vickers
1933
Golden Harvest
1933
Lady for a Day
1933
Double Harness
1933
Private Detective 62
1933
Lilly Turner
1933
Central Airport
1933
The Mind Reader
1933
The Keyhole
1933
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
He Learned About Women
1933
Hello, Everybody!
1933
File 113
1933
The Match King
1932
Lawyer Man
1932
Central Park
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
The Big Broadcast
1932
Madame Racketeer
1932
High Hats and Low Brows
1932
Million Dollar Legs
1932
Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932
This Is the Night
1932
The Big Timer
1932
No One Man
1932
Union Depot
1932
Branded Men
1931
Bad Girl
1931
Alias: The Bad Man
1931
Big Business Girl
1931
The Vice Squad
1931
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
Lime Juice Nights
1931
The Itching Hour
1931
Fighting Caravans
1931
Scandal Sheet
1931
Knights Before Christmas
1930
Boarding House Blues
1930
Street of Chance
1930
Burning Up
1930
Half Way to Heaven
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
Side Street
1929
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
1929
Matchmaking Mamma
1929
The Rodeo
1929
Two Sisters
1929
Tide of Empire
1929
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929
The Old Barn
1929
His New Stenographer
1928
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
Motorboat Mamas
1928
The Campus Carmen
1928
The Head Man
1928
The Swim Princess
1928
The Best Man
1928
Smith's Army Life
1928
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
Smith's Cook
1927
Smith's Pony
1927
Smith's Fishing Trip
1927
His First Flame
1927
Broke in China
1927
The Jolly Jilter
1927
A Dozen Socks
1927
California or Bust
1927
Kitty from Killarney
1926
A Blonde's Revenge
1926
Smith's Picnic
1926
Smith's Uncle
1926
Masked Mamas
1926
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
1926
A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926
Meet My Girl
1926
Trimmed in Gold
1926
Whispering Whiskers
1926
Hot Cakes for Two
1926
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925
Over Thereabouts
1925
Hurry, Doctor!
1925
A Rainy Knight
1925
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
Good Morning, Nurse
1925
Remember When?
1925