Irving Bacon

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.

Known For

Driver

The Grapes of Wrath

Corporal

Gone with the Wind

Graves

A Star Is Born

Mailman

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Mailman

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Mailman

Blondie in Society

Mailman

Blondie Plays Cupid

Mailman

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

Mailman

Blondie on a Budget

Mr. Crumb

Blondie's Blessed Event

Mailman

It's a Great Life

Mr. Crumb

Footlight Glamour

Peter Van Stoon

Knickerbocker Holiday

Bartender (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

Station Master

Shadow of a Doubt

Pierre Couvais

Monsieur Verdoux

RR Information Clerk

It's a Great Feeling

Beany

Meet John Doe

Raven

It Started with Eve

Dennis Colby

Hitchhike to Happiness

Chumley

Two Sisters

Blondes Prefer Bonds

'Mushy'

Rio

Melvin

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Gus

Holiday Inn

Mayor

The Head Man

Judd Jenkins

Moonrise

The Soda Jerk

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Herbie

The Velvet Touch

Mr. Carston, Postman

Cause for Alarm!

Foreman of Jury

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Sheriff

Rose of Cimarron

Tom

The Thin Man Goes Home

Mailman

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Sgt. Fayle

Manhandled

Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)

Lady for a Day

Jewelry Salesman

Born to Be Bad

Link

Woman in Hiding

Stagehand

Footlight Serenade

Waiter (uncredited)

Ann Vickers

Taxicab Driver

Earthworm Tractors

Henry - License Clerk

No One Man

Mr. Miller

The Glenn Miller Story

The Casting Director

The Girl from Everywhere

College Dean

The Swim Princess

The Bride's Father

The Best Man

Cafe Patron

Motorboat Mamas

Cab Driver

Private Detective 62

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Tom Norton

The Howards of Virginia

Bath House Barber (uncredited)

Can't Help Singing

Sparks

This Is the Night

Jim Sloane

Big City

Expectant Father (uncredited)

Bad Girl

Zeke (uncredited)

Lone Cowboy

Tully Morgan

Dakota Incident

Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)

Broadway Bill

Doorman (uncredited)

Our Wife

Sam Skelly

Week-End at the Waldorf

Meadows the Butler

Calling Hubby's Bluff

Charlie

Fort Massacre

Otis

Young People

Mr. Webb

Family Honeymoon

Becker

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Lizzie's Brother

A Prodigal Bridegroom

Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)

The Murder Man

The Practical Joker's Friend

Masked Mamas

Photographer

Hot Cakes for Two

The Paper Hanger

Hurry, Doctor!

Barber

Trimmed in Gold

Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father

Meet My Girl

Ball Toss Operator

A Dozen Socks

Inspector #1

Kitty from Killarney

Officer

Over Thereabouts

Mr. Piper

My Brother Talks to Horses

The Waiter

For Sale, a Bungalow

Tall Servant

The Jolly Jilter

Cogswell

Caught in the Draft

New England Farmer (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Palace Hotel Clerk

Kentucky Moonshine

Al Ferguson

At Gunpoint

Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)

Mr. Music

Ticket seller

Back Street

Hamburger Man

Riding High

Judge Stanfield

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

Deputy Cluckas

King of the Cowboys

Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)

The Match King

Vernon Vance

His New Stenographer

Carl

Petticoat Fever

Coroner

True Confession

Nosey Stationmaster

Guest Wife

John Lodge - Bebe's Father

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

Casino Attendant (uncredited)

Now I'll Tell

Joe, Card player

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

McGonigle (uncredited)

The Saturday Night Kid

Mr. Lake

Sing, Bing, Sing

Matt Cooper the Mailman

The Big Cat

Sgt. Monday Wash

Fort Ti

Sheriff Clem Diggers

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Orin Todds

A Stranger in Town

Mr. Merney

Patrick the Great

Det. Keogh

Murder with Pictures

Farmer on Hay Wagon

Love on a Bet

Doc Sorin

Duffy of San Quentin

Conductor

Lucky Night

Abner

She Couldn't Say No

Smedley

Accent on Love

Mr. Albert Merney

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Constable Caleb Weaver

Freckles Comes Home

Ramrod

Branded Men

Happy Elmer

Marry the Girl

Butler

High Hats and Low Brows

Banker Cody

A Blonde's Revenge

Train Chef

Whispering Whiskers

Whispering Smith

Jailer Smoky

Ride on Vaquero

Soldier

Pack Up Your Troubles

Justice of the Peace

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

Brick Briggs

Two-Fisted

Thompson

Here Comes Cookie

Masher (uncredited)

The Vice Squad

Joel Prentiss

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Fred Haskill

Indianapolis Speedway

Toll Gate Attendant

Wake Up and Dream

Lippincott

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Crankpool

Exposed

Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

Sheriff Doolittle

Sweethearts on Parade

Evans

Midnight Intruder

Reporter (uncredited)

The Mind Reader

Lecturer on Seals

Sing, You Sinners

Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt

Under Western Skies

Sam

Tip-Off Girls

Pa

Knights Before Christmas

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Hello, Everybody!

Hotel Manager

Casanova Brown

Irving

Lime Juice Nights

Court Guard (uncredited)

Lawyer Man

Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Union Depot

Fisherman

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Delivery Man

Dear Ruth

Townsman (uncredited)

Honor of the Range

Cal

It's A Small World

Harry

Street of Chance

The Druggist (uncredited)

Give Me a Sailor

Cabbie

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Ed Simpson

Hitch Hike Lady

Conrad - Taxi Driver

Moon Over Her Shoulder

Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton

Inspecting Officer

Smith's Army Life

Wilkins

The First Hundred Years

Yokel Driver (uncredited)

Burning Up

Stage Manager

You Belong to Me

The Stranger

The Old Barn

Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Ned 'Repeater' Simpson

Alias: The Bad Man

Regan

The Hell Cat

Tower, the Butler

Heavenly Days

Train Conductor

One Way to Love

Jake

Dynamite

Filbert - Mechanic

Emergency Wedding

Townsman (uncredited)

Tide of Empire

Peggy's Ex-Husband

A Rainy Knight

Prof. Frost

Chip Off the Old Block

Julius Larkin

The Green Promise

Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Military Officer

Broke in China

Henchman Slim (uncredited)

Side Street

Ship Maintenance Man

Smith's Pony

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

They Made Me a Criminal

Mayor Michael J. Kane

Room for One More

Mr. Dobbs

There Goes My Heart

Crab Counterman

Double Harness

1st Elderly Sucker

Smith's Uncle

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

The Rodeo

Curson - Accountant

Vogues of 1938

Tall Soldier (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun

Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)

The President Vanishes

Counter Man (uncredited)

Racket Busters

Earle Yokum (uncredited)

Lilly Turner

Clerk

Hollywood Cavalcade

Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

Irving Krunk

Out of This World

Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver

The Spirit of Culver

Harry

By Your Leave

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

It's Love I'm After

Drug Store Clerk

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Reporter Kent (uncredited)

Scandal Sheet

Slim

Half Way to Heaven

Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

At the Circus

Hick (uncredited)

George White's Scandals

Bert Hillman

Rocky

Town Character

Men Without Names

Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940

Sheriff Skeeter Davis

Desert of Lost Men

Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)

Words and Music

Waiter (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

Sweeney

Manhattan Heartbeat

Dr. Boomgarten

Exclusive

Clerk Getting Tied Up

Mary Jane's Pa

Second Stage Manager

On Your Toes

Mr. McCloskey

Henry Aldrich for President

Prisoner (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast

Hat Check Attendent

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Doc Spain

Black Horse Canyon

Tad (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

Jailer (uncredited)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Storekeeper (Uncredited)

Tail Spin

Tracy (uncredited)

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Hotel Clerk

The Oklahoma Kid

1st Mailman (uncredited)

Blondie Meets the Boss

Hotel Clerk

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Harvey Vaughan

Second Fiddle

Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

Casey

Kansas Pacific

Mike, Fingerprint Man

News Is Made at Night

David's father (uncredited)

The Texas Rangers

Painter

Professor Beware

Clifford Figfield

Matchmaking Mamma

Woodbury

The Housekeeper's Daughter

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

O. Henry's Full House

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Carriage Driver

The Wild Man of Borneo

Paul Gillis

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master

Timothy's Quest

Jake

Man of Iron

Hamburger Stand Proprietor

A Son Comes Home

Dan Walters - Bartender

The Desperadoes

Rainbow

Night Train to Memphis

Chris Dobbs

Sons of New Mexico

Coat Salesman (uncredited)

Hat, Coat and Glove

Gus - Trocadero Bartender

Hollywood Boulevard

Stage Passenger (uncredited)

El Paso

Slim (uncredited)

It's a Great Life

Mr. Kelly

Dixie Dugan

Postman

Great Guns

Mr. Dilson (uncredited)

Star in the Night

Robert Forbes

The Sisters

Motel Proprietor (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

Hotel Desk Clerk

Star Dust

Frank (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Gus (uncredited)

His Girl Friday

Peg Leg Holden

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Hubert Ward

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Hospital Official

Brother Rat and a Baby

Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)

A Guy Named Joe

Sheriff

Edison, the Man

Gas Station Attendant

Big Town Girl

Bill - Barber (uncredited)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Sheriff Todd

Week-End Pass

Stu Johnson

Thru Different Eyes

Jeff

Internes Can't Take Money

Bystander

The Return of Frank James

Mr. Conover

The Happy Years

Soda Clerk

Between Us Girls

Scotty

Run for Cover

Stage Door Man

He Learned About Women

Ben

In Old Oklahoma

Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Since You Went Away

Bijah

The Pursuit of Happiness

Baines

Here Comes the Groom

Servant

Good Morning, Nurse

Dice Player (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty

Slim Dugan (uncredited)

The Big Timer

Chauffeur

To Mary - with Love

Sam Appleby (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Soldier

Lillian Russell

Maine Driver (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

President

The Campus Carmen

Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)

His First Flame

Prison Guard

Devil's Canyon

Wes Stillman

Dreaming Out Loud

Heinie

No Ransom

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Topper

Rodeo Announcer

Rhythm on the Range

Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache

Big Business

Passenger

Diamond Jim

Train Conductor

Katie Did It

Gus, the Desk Clerk

Madame Racketeer

Projectionist

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Thaddeus Bellweather

Saddle Pals

Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Four Mothers

Lunch Man

Manhattan Moon

Waiter (uncredited)

Big Business Girl

Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

Jake Willis

Adventures in Silverado

Dave Walton

Albuquerque

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

The Spoilers

Uniform Salesman (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Parson

The Great Man's Lady

Doc Carter

Hidden Guns

Cecil

Remember the Day

California's Golden Beginning

Tramp

Good Sam

Dr. Bacon

Hers to Hold

Tunk Johnson (uncredited)

Never a Dull Moment

Real Estate Man

Big Town Czar

Picnicker (uncredited)

Remember When?

Entwhistle (uncredited)

Redheads on Parade

Happy

Lady Be Careful

Simpson (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

Joe Smiley

Smith's Picnic

Fingerprint Expert

Angel's Holiday

Theater Manager (uncredited)

I'll Love You Always

Mr. Hardwicke

Get Hep to Love

Detective

Dangerous Number

Picnicker (uncredited)

San Francisco

Secretary of War (uncredited)

Million Dollar Legs

Weight-Guesser (uncredited)

The Gay Bride

Barber

Western Union

Buck Swenson

State of the Union

Railway Gateman (uncredited)

Spellbound

Train conductor

Cadet Girl

Omar Tennyson Gimpel

Two Weeks to Live

Track Man

Her Primitive Man

Dempster

So's Your Uncle

Man with Pelican (uncredited)

Murder on a Honeymoon

Bank Teller

Tobacco Road

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

The House Across the Street

China Shop Salesman (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor

Mister Big

Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)

The Keyhole

Airport Weatherman

Central Airport

Harvey

The Chaser

Bart Munson

Young America

Mr. Dunhill

Smith's Cook

Jake - the Handyman

Smith's Fishing Trip

Gun Store Proprietor

Powdersmoke Range

George Beachwood

John Loves Mary

Gilligan

Too Busy to Work

Mike Man

Dear Wife

School Principal

Top Man

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Sailor's Lady

Sol Grunnion (uncredited)

Tropic Holiday

Lagors

File 113

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Hard to Get

Waiter (uncredited)

The Glass Key

Elmer

The Itching Hour

Harry Gilpin

Gold Rush Maisie

Man at Toll Gate

She Couldn't Take It

Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

McLean

Private Worlds

Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)

Pardon My Sarong

Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)

China Clipper

Slim

Ship Cafe

Ned Pickens

House of Mystery

Oscar (uncredited)

Central Park

Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady

Chief of Police

Johnny Come Lately

Station Agent (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Jerry

Let's Make a Million

Mailman (uncredited)

Blondie Goes Latin

Mr. Beazley (uncredited)

Blondie

Missionary (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Boarding House Blues

Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)

Female

Cowboy

Goin' to Town

Sheriff / Fire Chief

The Bashful Bachelor

Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman

Drift Fence

(archive footage)

Down Memory Lane

Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Servant

Just a Pain in the Parlor

Pretty

Forgotten Faces

Butcher

Bad Boy

Mr. Vernoy

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Dr. Mumford

Wives Never Know

Mr. Perkins

Millions in the Air

Stuttering Man

The Music Goes 'Round

Waiter (uncredited)

This Is the Army

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

370

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-09-05

Place of Birth

Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Irving Ernest Bacon