
Irving Bacon
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.
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His Girl Friday

You Can't Take It with You

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Spellbound

O. Henry's Full House

A Star Is Born

Monsieur Verdoux

Brother Rat and a Baby

They Died with Their Boots On

Made for Each Other

The Glenn Miller Story

They Made Me a Criminal

In Old Oklahoma

The Return of Frank James

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Meet John Doe

The Desperadoes

State of the Union

Born to Be Bad

Since You Went Away

Broadway Melody of 1940

If I Had a Million

The Cowboy and the Lady

A Guy Named Joe

At the Circus

It Started with Eve

Holiday Inn

The Mad Miss Manton

Run for Cover

Western Union

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Edison, the Man

The Thin Man Goes Home

Here Comes the Groom

The Wild Man of Borneo

Room for One More

Action in the North Atlantic

This Is the Army

She Couldn't Take It

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Lady for a Day

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

It's a Great Feeling

Casanova Brown

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Week-End at the Waldorf

San Francisco

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

The Oklahoma Kid

Topper

The Spoilers

Emergency Wedding

Bachelor Mother

The First Hundred Years

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

King of the Cowboys

Bad Girl

Whispering Smith

Mr. Moto's Gamble

The Saturday Night Kid

Lady in a Jam

They Gave Him a Gun

The Howards of Virginia

Murder on a Honeymoon

Woman in Hiding

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

You Can't Fool Your Wife

I Stole a Million

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Velvet Touch

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

A Stranger in Town

Family Honeymoon

Blondie

Our Wife

Caught in the Draft

Devil's Canyon

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Broadway Bill

Never a Dull Moment

Can't Help Singing

Good Sam

There Goes My Heart

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

Words and Music

Cause for Alarm!

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Knickerbocker Holiday

Out of This World

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

So's Your Uncle

High Wall

Back Street

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Tobacco Road

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

You Belong to Me

Guest Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Great Man's Lady

Blondie Brings Up Baby

The Pursuit of Happiness

Blondie Meets the Boss

Mary Jane's Pa

Central Airport

Star Spangled Rhythm

The Sisters

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

At Gunpoint

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Texas Rangers

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Internes Can't Take Money

Rhythm on the Range

Duffy of San Quentin

Young People

Too Busy to Work

This Is the Night

Female

Manhattan Moon

Blondie's Blessed Event

Star in the Night

Get Hep to Love

To Mary - with Love

Give Me a Sailor

Blondie Takes a Vacation

It's Love I'm After

Kansas Pacific

My Brother Talks to Horses

Wake Up and Dream

Exposed

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

The Gay Bride

One Way to Love

Fort Massacre

Second Fiddle

Love on a Bet

Night Train to Memphis

Hat, Coat and Glove

Pack Up Your Troubles

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Mr. Music

Hollywood Cavalcade

The Music Goes 'Round

Great Guns

It's a Great Life

Rio

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

She Couldn't Say No

Blondie on a Budget

Desert of Lost Men

Hello, Everybody!

Hard to Get

Smith's Army Life

Moon Over Her Shoulder

George White's Scandals

Million Dollar Legs

I'll Love You Always

Albuquerque

Saddle Pals

Chip Off the Old Block

Pardon My Sarong

Two Weeks to Live

Four Mothers

Now I'll Tell

Whispering Whiskers

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

Racket Busters

Sons of New Mexico

He Learned About Women

Remember When?

Big Town Girl

Big Business Girl

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

It's A Small World

Let's Make a Million

News Is Made at Night

True Confession

The Bowery

The House Across the Street

Fort Ti

The Keyhole

The Best Man

Shadows of Sing Sing

The Girl from Everywhere

Redheads on Parade

Thru Different Eyes

El Paso

Here Comes Cookie

Hot Cakes for Two

Union Depot

Henry Aldrich for President

The Mind Reader

Half Way to Heaven

Moonrise

China Clipper

The President Vanishes

Calling Hubby's Bluff

Patrick the Great

A Son Comes Home

Million Dollar Baby

Rocky

Tail Spin

Remember the Day

Double Harness

Hitchhike to Happiness

Central Park

Millions in the Air

Lillian Russell

Men Without Names

Rose of Cimarron

The Green Promise

Manhandled

Hers to Hold

Honor of the Range

Fighting Caravans

Ship Cafe

Her Primitive Man

Alias: The Bad Man

On Your Toes

Sailor's Lady

The Spirit of Culver

Page Miss Glory

Wives Never Know

Private Worlds

Riding High

Murder with Pictures

The Glass Key

The Chaser

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

Katie Did It

Star Dust

Lawyer Man

Big Town Czar

Dangerous Number

Cadet Girl

The Hell Cat

Big City

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

Tropic Holiday

Dakota Incident

The Match King

The Singing Kid

The Murder Man

Ride on Vaquero

Kentucky Moonshine

Hidden Guns

Sing, You Sinners

John Loves Mary

Tip-Off Girls

Professor Beware

High Hats and Low Brows

Ann Vickers

Lilly Turner

The Campus Carmen

Heavenly Days

House of Mystery

Black Horse Canyon

Footlight Serenade

The Happy Years

Top Man

Indianapolis Speedway

Diamond Jim

A Blonde's Revenge

Blondie in Society

Matchmaking Mamma

Drift Fence

Hollywood Boulevard

Bad Boy

Goin' to Town

Adventures in Silverado

Down Memory Lane

Gold Rush Maisie

Blondie Goes Latin

Golden Harvest

Marry the Girl

Lucky Night

Jennie

Lone Cowboy

Dear Wife

Broke in China

Private Detective 62

Young America

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage

Timothy's Quest

Hitch Hike Lady

Midnight Intruder

Hurry, Doctor!

Earthworm Tractors

Dixie Dugan

Scandal Sheet

Exclusive

Between Us Girls

No One Man

Madame Racketeer

Johnny Come Lately

The Big Cat

It's a Great Life

Tide of Empire

Burning Up

The Jolly Jilter

The Big Broadcast

California's Golden Beginning

Manhattan Heartbeat

The Vice Squad

Blondie Plays Cupid

Two-Fisted

Mister Big

Street of Chance

The Bashful Bachelor

Dynamite

Dear Ruth

The Big Timer

Petticoat Fever

Forgotten Faces

By Your Leave

Side Street

Good Morning, Nurse

Man of Iron

Sitting Pretty

Sweethearts on Parade

Footlight Glamour

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Powdersmoke Range

Motorboat Mamas

Two Sisters

His First Flame

Big Business

Branded Men

Angel's Holiday

Sing, Bing, Sing

Week-End Pass

The Swim Princess

The Head Man

California or Bust

The Virginia Judge

A Rainy Knight

Under Western Skies

Accent on Love

Lady Be Careful

The Rodeo

Kitty from Killarney

File 113

Dreaming Out Loud

Freckles Comes Home

The Old Barn

Smith's Uncle

Boarding House Blues

His New Stenographer

A Prodigal Bridegroom
















