Irving Bacon
- Acting
- September 5, 1893 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
- February 5, 1965
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
Filmography
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- Riverboat · Zack Mannion
- 77 Sunset Strip · Apt. House Manager
- The Donna Reed Show · Mayor Webster
- Fort Massacre · Charlie
- Ambush at Cimarron Pass · Judge Stanfield
- Leave It to Beaver · Postal Clerk
- Maverick · Employee
- Dakota Incident · Tully Morgan
- Hidden Guns · Doc Carter
- At Gunpoint · Al Ferguson
- Run for Cover · Scotty
- December Bride
- A Star Is Born · Graves
- Black Horse Canyon · Doc Spain
- Duffy of San Quentin · Doc Sorin
- Ma and Pa Kettle at Home · John Maddocks
- The Glenn Miller Story · Mr. Miller
- Devil's Canyon · Prison Guard
- Sweethearts on Parade · Sheriff Doolittle
- Fort Ti · Sgt. Monday Wash
- Kansas Pacific · Casey
- General Electric Theater · Patch, Mr. Holbrook
- Four Star Playhouse · Carter
- O. Henry's Full House · Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
- Rose of Cimarron · Sheriff
- Room for One More · Mayor Michael J. Kane
- Desert of Lost Men · Sheriff Skeeter Davis
- I Love Lucy · Will Potter, Mr. Willoughby
- Here Comes the Groom · Baines
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Cause for Alarm! · Mr. Carston, Postman
- 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
- 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 Big Cat · Matt Cooper the Mailman
- The Green Promise · Julius Larkin
- El Paso · Stage Passenger (uncredited)
- John Loves Mary · George Beachwood
- Dynamite · Jake
- Words and Music · Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
- Whispering Smith
- Family Honeymoon · Mr. Webb
- Moonrise · Judd Jenkins
- Good Sam · Tramp
- The Velvet Touch · Herbie
- State of the Union · Buck Swenson
- Adventures in Silverado · Jake Willis
- Albuquerque · Dave Walton
- Rocky · Bert Hillman
- California's Golden Beginning
- High Wall
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer · Melvin
- Monsieur Verdoux · Pierre Couvais
- Dear Ruth · Delivery Man
- Saddle Pals · Thaddeus Bellweather
- My Brother Talks to Horses · Mr. Piper
- Wake Up and Dream · Toll Gate Attendant
- Night Train to Memphis · Rainbow
- One Way to Love · Train Conductor
- Spellbound · Railway Gateman (uncredited)
- 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
- Can't Help Singing · Bath House Barber (uncredited)