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Irving Bacon

Born 1893-09-05

Died 1965-02-05

📍 Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

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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.

Filmography 374

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

as Zack Mannion

77 Sunset Strip

as Apt. House Manager

The Donna Reed Show

as Mayor Webster

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

as Judge Stanfield

Leave It to Beaver

as Postal Clerk

Dakota Incident

as Tully Morgan

Black Horse Canyon

Duffy of San Quentin

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

as John Maddocks

The Glenn Miller Story

as Prison Guard

Sweethearts on Parade

as Sheriff Doolittle

as Sgt. Monday Wash

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as Mr. Holbrook

O. Henry's Full House

as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Rose of Cimarron

Room for One More

as Mayor Michael J. Kane

Desert of Lost Men

as Sheriff Skeeter Davis

as Mr. Willoughby

Here Comes the Groom

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Cause for Alarm!

as Mr. Carston, Postman

as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)

as Train Conductor

Emergency Wedding

as Filbert - Mechanic

as Jewelry Salesman

Never a Dull Moment

as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)

The Happy Years

as Hamburger Man

Woman in Hiding

Sons of New Mexico

The House Across the Street

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

It's a Great Feeling

as RR Information Clerk

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

as Matt Cooper the Mailman

The Green Promise

as Julius Larkin

as Stage Passenger (uncredited)

John Loves Mary

as George Beachwood

Words and Music

as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)

Whispering Smith

Family Honeymoon

as Judd Jenkins

The Velvet Touch

State of the Union

as Buck Swenson

Adventures in Silverado

as Bert Hillman

California's Golden Beginning

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Monsieur Verdoux

as Pierre Couvais

as Delivery Man

as Thaddeus Bellweather

My Brother Talks to Horses

Wake Up and Dream

as Toll Gate Attendant

Night Train to Memphis

One Way to Love

as Train Conductor

as Railway Gateman (uncredited)

Star in the Night

as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

Week-End at the Waldorf

as Nosey Stationmaster

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Dennis Colby

Out of This World

as Irving Krunk

Patrick the Great

Under Western Skies

as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt

Can't Help Singing

as Bath House Barber (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Tower, the Butler

as Hotel Manager

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Missionary (uncredited)

Since You Went Away

as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Her Primitive Man

Knickerbocker Holiday

as Peter Van Stoon

A Guy Named Joe

as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)

as Sheriff Todd

Chip Off the Old Block

In Old Oklahoma

Footlight Glamour

as School Principal

Johnny Come Lately

as Chief of Police

So's Your Uncle

This Is the Army

as Waiter (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

as Bartender (uncredited)

as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor

It's a Great Life

The Desperadoes

as Dan Walters - Bartender

King of the Cowboys

as Deputy Cluckas

A Stranger in Town

Two Weeks to Live

as Omar Tennyson Gimpel

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Shadow of a Doubt

as Station Master

Get Hep to Love

as Mr. Hardwicke

Between Us Girls

Pardon My Sarong

as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)

Footlight Serenade

as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)

Thru Different Eyes

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Blondie's Blessed Event

The Bashful Bachelor

as Sheriff / Fire Chief

Star Spangled Rhythm

as New England Farmer (uncredited)

Freckles Comes Home

as Constable Caleb Weaver

Remember the Day

as Train conductor

They Died with Their Boots On

as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

Moon Over Her Shoulder

as Conrad - Taxi Driver

Henry Aldrich for President

as Mr. McCloskey

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

as The Soda Jerk

It Started with Eve

as Doorman (uncredited)

Blondie in Society

Caught in the Draft

Million Dollar Baby

as Income Tax Man (uncredited)

Ride on Vaquero

as Jailer Smoky

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Mr. Albert Merney

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Projectionist

Blondie Goes Latin

as Mailman (uncredited)

as Ticket seller

The Wild Man of Borneo

as Carriage Driver (uncredited)

as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)

as Real Estate Broker

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

She Couldn't Say No

Blondie Plays Cupid

Dreaming Out Loud

as Wes Stillman

The Howards of Virginia

The Return of Frank James

Gold Rush Maisie

as Harry Gilpin

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

Manhattan Heartbeat

as Storekeeper (uncredited)

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Lillian Russell

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Edison, the Man

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Sam Appleby (uncredited)

as Hotel Desk Clerk

The Grapes of Wrath

Blondie on a Budget

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Broadway Melody of 1940

as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)

His Girl Friday

as Gus (uncredited)

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Hospital Official

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Gone with the Wind

Too Busy to Work

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Sheriff Clem Diggers

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

as Second Stage Manager

Hollywood Cavalcade

Indianapolis Speedway

as Fred Haskill

I Stole a Million

as Simpson (uncredited)

Blondie Takes a Vacation

News Is Made at Night

as Mike, Fingerprint Man

Bachelor Mother

as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)

as Harvey Vaughan

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Real Estate Man

The Oklahoma Kid

The Spirit of Culver

as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver

Blondie Meets the Boss

as 1st Mailman (uncredited)

as Storekeeper (Uncredited)

Nancy Drew... Reporter

as Tracy (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Jailer (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Tad (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton

as Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)

There Goes My Heart

as Robert Forbes

Sing, You Sinners

as Lecturer on Seals

You Can't Take It with You

as Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)

Give Me a Sailor

as The Druggist (uncredited)

Professor Beware

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Foreman of Jury

as Counter Man (uncredited)

as Sol Grunnion (uncredited)

Kentucky Moonshine

as Palace Hotel Clerk

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)

The First Hundred Years

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)

Midnight Intruder

True Confession

as Gas Station Attendant

It's Love I'm After

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

as Curson - Accountant

as Dr. Boomgarten

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

as Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache

Angel's Holiday

as Fingerprint Expert

They Gave Him a Gun

as Tall Soldier (uncredited)

as Station Agent (uncredited)

Internes Can't Take Money

Dangerous Number

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

as Peg Leg Holden

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

as Drug Store Clerk

Murder with Pictures

Wives Never Know

Lady Be Careful

Let's Make a Million

The Texas Rangers

as David's father (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

as Gus - Trocadero Bartender

as Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)

To Mary - with Love

A Son Comes Home

as Hamburger Stand Proprietor

Earthworm Tractors

as Taxicab Driver

Rhythm on the Range

as Rodeo Announcer

as Picnicker (uncredited)

Forgotten Faces

The Singing Kid

as Maine Driver (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Frank (uncredited)

Petticoat Fever

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Farmer on Hay Wagon

The Music Goes 'Round

as Stuttering Man

as Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman

Timothy's Quest

as Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master

Hitch Hike Lady

She Couldn't Take It

as Man at Toll Gate

It's a Great Life

as Slim (uncredited)

as Brick Briggs

Powdersmoke Range

as Gun Store Proprietor

Page Miss Glory

as Waiter (uncredited)

Redheads on Parade

as Entwhistle (uncredited)

Here Comes Cookie

as Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Men Without Names

as Old-Timer on Bench

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Clerk Getting Tied Up

It's A Small World

I'll Love You Always

as Theater Manager (uncredited)

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Man with Pelican (uncredited)

as Weight-Guesser (uncredited)

as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)

The President Vanishes

as Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)

The Pursuit of Happiness

You Belong to Me

as Stage Manager

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Hat Check Attendent

Hat, Coat and Glove

as Coat Salesman (uncredited)

as Casino Attendant (uncredited)

Honor of the Range

as Townsman (uncredited)

House of Mystery

George White's Scandals

as Hick (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

as Joel Prentiss

Shadows of Sing Sing

as Zeke (uncredited)

as Dice Player (uncredited)

as Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)

as Hick (uncredited)

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)

as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)

as Crab Counterman

Private Detective 62

as Earle Yokum (uncredited)

Central Airport

as Airport Weatherman

The Mind Reader

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)

Sing, Bing, Sing

He Learned About Women

as Stage Door Man

Hello, Everybody!

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

as Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)

as Court Guard (uncredited)

as Oscar (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Bill - Barber (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Madame Racketeer

as Gus, the Desk Clerk

High Hats and Low Brows

Million Dollar Legs

as Secretary of War (uncredited)

This Is the Night

as Slim Dugan (uncredited)

as Henry - License Clerk

as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

as Expectant Father (uncredited)

Alias: The Bad Man

as Ned 'Repeater' Simpson

Big Business Girl

as Waiter (uncredited)

as Masher (uncredited)

Fighting Caravans

as Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)

as Reporter Kent (uncredited)

Boarding House Blues

Street of Chance

as Yokel Driver (uncredited)

Half Way to Heaven

The Saturday Night Kid

as McGonigle (uncredited)

as Henchman Slim (uncredited)

Matchmaking Mamma

as Clifford Figfield

as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law

as Townsman (uncredited)

Calling Hubby's Bluff

as Meadows the Butler

as The Stranger

His New Stenographer

as Vernon Vance

Motorboat Mamas

The Campus Carmen

The Swim Princess

as College Dean

as The Bride's Father

Smith's Army Life

as Inspecting Officer

The Girl from Everywhere

as The Casting Director

His First Flame

as Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)

as Military Officer

The Jolly Jilter

as Tall Servant

California or Bust

Kitty from Killarney

as Inspector #1

A Blonde's Revenge

as 1st Elderly Sucker

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

as Joe, Card player

A Prodigal Bridegroom

as Lizzie's Brother

Whispering Whiskers

Hot Cakes for Two

as Photographer

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

as Justice of the Peace

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

as John Lodge - Bebe's Father

Over Thereabouts

as The Paper Hanger

as Peggy's Ex-Husband

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

as Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)

Good Morning, Nurse

as Picnicker (uncredited)