Biography
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.
Acted in 374
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Fort Massacre
Charlie
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Judge Stanfield
- 1957
- 1956
Dakota Incident
Tully Morgan
Hidden Guns
Doc Carter
- 1955
At Gunpoint
Al Ferguson
- 1954
Black Horse Canyon
Doc Spain
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
John Maddocks
The Glenn Miller Story
Mr. Miller
- 1953
Sweethearts on Parade
Sheriff Doolittle
Fort Ti
Sgt. Monday Wash
General Electric Theater
Patch, Mr. Holbrook · 1 episode
- 1952
Rose of Cimarron
Sheriff
Room for One More
Mayor Michael J. Kane
- 1951
Desert of Lost Men
Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Here Comes the Groom
Baines
- 1950
Mr. Music
Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
Katie Did It
Train Conductor
Emergency Wedding
Filbert - Mechanic
Born to Be Bad
Jewelry Salesman
Never a Dull Moment
Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
The Happy Years
Mr. Conover
Riding High
Hamburger Man
Woman in Hiding
Link
1940s
- 1949
Sons of New Mexico
Chris Dobbs
Dear Wife
Mike Man
The House Across the Street
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
RR Information Clerk
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
Manhandled
Sgt. Fayle
The Green Promise
Julius Larkin
John Loves Mary
George Beachwood
- 1948
Whispering Smith
Movie
Family Honeymoon
Mr. Webb
Moonrise
Judd Jenkins
The Velvet Touch
Herbie
Adventures in Silverado
Jake Willis
Rocky
Bert Hillman
California's Golden Beginning
Movie
- 1947
High Wall
Movie
Dear Ruth
Delivery Man
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Piper
- 1946
Wake Up and Dream
Toll Gate Attendant
Night Train to Memphis
Rainbow
One Way to Love
Train Conductor
- 1945
Star in the Night
Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
Sam Skelly
Guest Wife
Nosey Stationmaster
Hitchhike to Happiness
Dennis Colby
Out of This World
Irving Krunk (uncredited)
Patrick the Great
Mr. Merney
Under Western Skies
Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
- 1944
Can't Help Singing
Bath House Barber (uncredited)
Heavenly Days
Tower, the Butler
Her Primitive Man
Track Man
A Guy Named Joe
Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
Sheriff Todd
Chip Off the Old Block
Prof. Frost
- 1943
Footlight Glamour
Mr. Crumb
Top Man
School Principal
Johnny Come Lately
Chief of Police
So's Your Uncle
Dempster
This Is the Army
Waiter (uncredited)
Hers to Hold
Dr. Bacon
Action in the North Atlantic
Bartender (uncredited)
Mister Big
Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
It's a Great Life
Mailman
A Stranger in Town
Orin Todds
Dixie Dugan
Mr. Kelly
Two Weeks to Live
Omar Tennyson Gimpel
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie
- 1942
Get Hep to Love
Mr. Hardwicke
Between Us Girls
Soda Clerk
Blondie for Victory
Mr. Crumb, Former Mailman (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade
Stagehand
Lady in a Jam
Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
Stu Johnson
Blondie's Blessed Event
Mr. Crumb
The Bashful Bachelor
Sheriff / Fire Chief
Star Spangled Rhythm
New England Farmer (uncredited)
Young America
Bart Munson
Freckles Comes Home
Constable Caleb Weaver
- 1941
Remember the Day
Cecil
Cadet Girl
Train conductor
The Great Man's Lady
Parson
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Conrad - Taxi Driver
Henry Aldrich for President
Mr. McCloskey
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Soda Jerk
Great Guns
Postman
It Started with Eve
Raven
Blondie in Society
Mailman
Accent on Love
Smedley
Caught in the Draft
Cogswell
Million Dollar Baby
Income Tax Man (uncredited)
Ride on Vaquero
Jailer Smoky
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Mr. Albert Merney
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Projectionist
Blondie Goes Latin
Mailman (uncredited)
Back Street
Ticket seller
The Wild Man of Borneo
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Four Mothers
Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1940
Jennie
Real Estate Broker
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Fisherman
She Couldn't Say No
Abner
Blondie Plays Cupid
Mailman
Dreaming Out Loud
Wes Stillman
The Howards of Virginia
Tom Norton
Young People
Otis
Gold Rush Maisie
Harry Gilpin
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Mailman
Manhattan Heartbeat
Sweeney
Sailor's Lady
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Cabbie
Lillian Russell
Soldier
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Lippincott
Edison, the Man
Sheriff
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Sam Appleby (uncredited)
Star Dust
Hotel Desk Clerk
Blondie on a Budget
Mailman
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Becker
Broadway Melody of 1940
Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby
Hospital Official
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Paul Gillis
1930s
- 1939
Too Busy to Work
Gilligan
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Mailman
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Sheriff Clem Diggers
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Woodbury
Pack Up Your Troubles
Soldier
On Your Toes
Second Stage Manager
Hollywood Cavalcade
Clerk
Rio
'Mushy'
Indianapolis Speedway
Fred Haskill
I Stole a Million
Simpson (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Mailman
News Is Made at Night
Mike, Fingerprint Man
Bachelor Mother
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Harvey Vaughan
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Hotel Clerk
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Hubert Ward
Lucky Night
Conductor
Big Town Czar
Real Estate Man
The Spirit of Culver
Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
Blondie Meets the Boss
1st Mailman (uncredited)
Tail Spin
Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Tracy (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Jailer (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tad (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
- 1938
Exposed
Crankpool
Hard to Get
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart
Mr. Dobbs
The Sisters
Robert Forbes
Sing, You Sinners
Lecturer on Seals
Give Me a Sailor
The Druggist (uncredited)
Professor Beware
Painter
The Chaser
Harvey
Tropic Holiday
Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
Palace Hotel Clerk
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Tip-Off Girls
Sam
The First Hundred Years
Wilkins
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Midnight Intruder
Evans
- 1937
True Confession
Coroner
Big Town Girl
Gas Station Attendant
Big City
Jim Sloane
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Curson - Accountant
Exclusive
Dr. Boomgarten
Marry the Girl
Happy Elmer
Big Business
Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
Angel's Holiday
Fingerprint Expert
They Gave Him a Gun
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
Internes Can't Take Money
Jeff
Dangerous Number
Detective
- 1936
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Peg Leg Holden
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Drug Store Clerk
Murder with Pictures
Det. Keogh
Wives Never Know
Dr. Mumford
Lady Be Careful
Happy
Let's Make a Million
Jerry
Hollywood Boulevard
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
China Clipper
Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
Chauffeur
A Son Comes Home
Hamburger Stand Proprietor
Rhythm on the Range
Rodeo Announcer
Forgotten Faces
Pretty
The Singing Kid
Maine Driver (uncredited)
Petticoat Fever
Carl
Love on a Bet
Farmer on Hay Wagon
The Music Goes 'Round
Stuttering Man
Drift Fence
Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Timothy's Quest
Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
- 1935
Hitch Hike Lady
Ed Simpson
Man of Iron
Jake
Millions in the Air
Mr. Perkins
Ship Cafe
Slim
Bad Boy
Butcher
She Couldn't Take It
Man at Toll Gate
It's a Great Life
Slim (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
Brick Briggs
Powdersmoke Range
Gun Store Proprietor
The Virginia Judge
Gus Skinner
Page Miss Glory
Waiter (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
Entwhistle (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Passenger
Here Comes Cookie
Thompson
The Murder Man
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Mr. Vernoy
Men Without Names
Old-Timer on Bench
The Glass Key
Waiter (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
Clerk Getting Tied Up
Goin' to Town
Cowboy
Private Worlds
McLean
It's A Small World
Cal
I'll Love You Always
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Murder on a Honeymoon
Man with Pelican (uncredited)
- 1934
The Gay Bride
Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
By Your Leave
Harry
The Pursuit of Happiness
Bijah
You Belong to Me
Stage Manager
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Hat Check Attendent
Hat, Coat and Glove
Coat Salesman (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
Regan
Now I'll Tell
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Joel Prentiss
- 1933
Shadows of Sing Sing
Highbrow
Lone Cowboy
Zeke (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Dice Player (uncredited)
Female
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
The Bowery
Hick (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
Waiter (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Double Harness
Crab Counterman
Lilly Turner
Earle Yokum (uncredited)
Central Airport
Airport Weatherman
The Mind Reader
Reporter (uncredited)
The Keyhole
Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sing, Bing, Sing
Mr. Lake
He Learned About Women
Stage Door Man
Hello, Everybody!
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
File 113
Lagors
- 1932
The Match King
Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
Central Park
Oscar (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast
Prisoner (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer
Gus, the Desk Clerk
High Hats and Low Brows
Butler
Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of War (uncredited)
This Is the Night
Sparks
The Big Timer
Slim Dugan (uncredited)
No One Man
Henry - License Clerk
Union Depot
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- 1931
Branded Men
Ramrod
Bad Girl
Expectant Father (uncredited)
Alias: The Bad Man
Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
Big Business Girl
Waiter (uncredited)
The Vice Squad
Masher (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
- 1930
Boarding House Blues
Movie
Street of Chance
Harry
Burning Up
Yokel Driver (uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
Half Way to Heaven
Slim
Side Street
Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Matchmaking Mamma
Clifford Figfield
The Rodeo
Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
Two Sisters
Chumley
Tide of Empire
Townsman (uncredited)
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Meadows the Butler
The Old Barn
The Stranger
- 1928
His New Stenographer
Vernon Vance
Motorboat Mamas
Cafe Patron
The Campus Carmen
President
The Head Man
Mayor
The Swim Princess
College Dean
The Best Man
The Bride's Father
Smith's Army Life
Inspecting Officer
- 1927
The Girl from Everywhere
The Casting Director
His First Flame
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Broke in China
Military Officer
The Jolly Jilter
Tall Servant
California or Bust
Wade Rexton
- 1926
Kitty from Killarney
Inspector #1
A Blonde's Revenge
Banker Cody
Smith's Uncle
1st Elderly Sucker
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Joe, Card player
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Lizzie's Brother
Hot Cakes for Two
Photographer
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
Justice of the Peace
- 1925
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
John Lodge - Bebe's Father
Over Thereabouts
Officer
Hurry, Doctor!
The Paper Hanger
A Rainy Knight
Peggy's Ex-Husband
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
Good Morning, Nurse
Servant
Remember When?
Picnicker (uncredited)
Appearances1
1980s
- 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)