Actor
Irving Bacon
382 movies as actor
Born Sep 5, 1893 – Feb 5, 1965 (aged 71)From Saint Joseph, Missouri, USAAlso known as Irving Ernest Bacon, Irving E. Bacon
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
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Drama, War
It Happened One Night
1934 · Comedy, Romance
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Thriller, Mystery
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Drama
Spellbound
1945 · Drama, Crime
His Girl Friday
1940 · Comedy, Romance
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Comedy, Crime
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Comedy, Romance
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Comedy, Drama
A Star Is Born
1954 · Drama, Music
Meet John Doe
1941 · Drama, Comedy
A Star Is Born
1937 · Drama, Romance
Irving Bacon movies
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Fort Massacre
1958 · Charlie
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958 · Judge Stanfield
Dakota Incident
1956 · Tully Morgan
Hidden Guns
1956 · Doc Carter
At Gunpoint
1955 · Al Ferguson
Run for Cover
1955 · Scotty
A Star Is Born
1954 · Graves
Black Horse Canyon
1954 · Doc Spain
Duffy of San Quentin
1954 · Doc Sorin
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 · John Maddocks
The Glenn Miller Story
1954 · Mr. Miller
Devil's Canyon
1953 · Prison Guard
Sweethearts on Parade
1953 · Sheriff Doolittle
Fort Ti
1953 · Sgt. Monday Wash
Kansas Pacific
1953 · Casey
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Sheriff
Room for One More
1952 · Mayor Michael J. Kane
Desert of Lost Men
1951 · Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Here Comes the Groom
1951 · Baines
Cause for Alarm!
1951 · Mr. Carston, Postman
Mr. Music
1950 · Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
Katie Did It
1950 · Train Conductor
Emergency Wedding
1950 · Filbert - Mechanic
Born to Be Bad
1950 · Jewelry Salesman
Never a Dull Moment
1950 · Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
The Happy Years
1950 · Mr. Conover
Riding High
1950 · Hamburger Man
Woman in Hiding
1950 · Link
Sons of New Mexico
1949 · Chris Dobbs
Dear Wife
1949 · Mike Man
The House Across the Street
1949 · Jury Foreman (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
1949 · RR Information Clerk
Down Memory Lane
1949 · (archive footage)
Manhandled
1949 · Sgt. Fayle
The Big Cat
1949 · Matt Cooper the Mailman
The Green Promise
1949 · Julius Larkin
El Paso
1949 · Stage Passenger (uncredited)
John Loves Mary
1949 · George Beachwood
Dynamite
1949 · Jake
Words and Music
1948 · Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
1948
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Mr. Webb
Moonrise
1948 · Judd Jenkins
Good Sam
1948 · Tramp
The Velvet Touch
1948 · Herbie
State of the Union
1948 · Buck Swenson
Adventures in Silverado
1948 · Jake Willis
Albuquerque
1948 · Dave Walton
Rocky
1948 · Bert Hillman
California's Golden Beginning
1948
High Wall
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947 · Melvin
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · Pierre Couvais
Dear Ruth
1947 · Delivery Man
Saddle Pals
1947 · Thaddeus Bellweather
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Mr. Piper
Wake Up and Dream
1946 · Toll Gate Attendant
Night Train to Memphis
1946 · Rainbow
One Way to Love
1946 · Train Conductor
Spellbound
1945 · Railway Gateman (uncredited)
Star in the Night
1945 · Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Sam Skelly
Guest Wife
1945 · Nosey Stationmaster
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945 · Dennis Colby
Out of This World
1945 · Irving Krunk (uncredited)
Patrick the Great
1945 · Mr. Merney
Under Western Skies
1945 · Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
Can't Help Singing
1944 · Bath House Barber (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Tom
Heavenly Days
1944 · Tower, the Butler
Casanova Brown
1944 · Hotel Manager
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Missionary (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
1944 · Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Her Primitive Man
1944 · Track Man
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944 · Peter Van Stoon
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
1944 · Sheriff Todd
Chip Off the Old Block
1944 · Prof. Frost
In Old Oklahoma
1943 · Ben
Footlight Glamour
1943 · Mr. Crumb
Top Man
1943 · School Principal
Johnny Come Lately
1943 · Chief of Police
So's Your Uncle
1943 · Dempster
This Is the Army
1943 · Waiter (uncredited)
Hers to Hold
1943 · Dr. Bacon
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Bartender (uncredited)
Mister Big
1943 · Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
It's a Great Life
1943 · Mailman
The Desperadoes
1943 · Dan Walters - Bartender
King of the Cowboys
1943 · Deputy Cluckas
A Stranger in Town
1943 · Orin Todds
Dixie Dugan
1943 · Mr. Kelly
Two Weeks to Live
1943 · Omar Tennyson Gimpel
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Station Master
Get Hep to Love
1942 · Mr. Hardwicke
Between Us Girls
1942 · Soda Clerk
Pardon My Sarong
1942 · Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade
1942 · Stagehand
Holiday Inn
1942 · Gus
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes
1942 · Stu Johnson
The Spoilers
1942 · Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942 · Mr. Crumb
The Bashful Bachelor
1942 · Sheriff / Fire Chief
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · New England Farmer (uncredited)
Young America
1942 · Bart Munson
Freckles Comes Home
1942 · Constable Caleb Weaver
Remember the Day
1941 · Cecil
Cadet Girl
1941 · Train conductor
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Parson
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941 · Conrad - Taxi Driver
Henry Aldrich for President
1941 · Mr. McCloskey
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 · The Soda Jerk
Great Guns
1941 · Postman
It Started with Eve
1941 · Raven
Our Wife
1941 · Doorman (uncredited)
Blondie in Society
1941 · Mailman
Accent on Love
1941 · Smedley
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Cogswell
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · Income Tax Man (uncredited)
Ride on Vaquero
1941 · Jailer Smoky
Meet John Doe
1941 · Beany
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 · Mr. Albert Merney
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Projectionist
Blondie Goes Latin
1941 · Mailman (uncredited)
Western Union
1941 · Barber
Tobacco Road
1941 · Bank Teller
Back Street
1941 · Ticket seller
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941 · Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941 · Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Jennie
1940 · Real Estate Broker
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · Fisherman
She Couldn't Say No
1940 · Abner
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940 · Mailman
Dreaming Out Loud
1940 · Wes Stillman
The Howards of Virginia
1940 · Tom Norton
Young People
1940 · Otis
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Bystander
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Harry Gilpin
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940 · Mailman
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940 · Sweeney
Sailor's Lady
1940 · Storekeeper (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940 · Cabbie
Lillian Russell
1940 · Soldier
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Lippincott
Edison, the Man
1940 · Sheriff
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940 · Sam Appleby (uncredited)
Star Dust
1940 · Hotel Desk Clerk
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Driver
Blondie on a Budget
1940 · Mailman
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 · Becker
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940 · Gus (uncredited)
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · Hospital Official
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Paul Gillis
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Corporal
Too Busy to Work
1939 · Gilligan
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Mailman
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Sheriff Clem Diggers
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Woodbury
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939 · Soldier
At the Circus
1939 · Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
On Your Toes
1939 · Second Stage Manager
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Clerk
Rio
1939 · 'Mushy'
Indianapolis Speedway
1939 · Fred Haskill
I Stole a Million
1939 · Simpson (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Mailman
News Is Made at Night
1939 · Mike, Fingerprint Man
Second Fiddle
1939 · Harvey Vaughan
Bachelor Mother
1939 · Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Hotel Clerk
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939 · Hubert Ward
Lucky Night
1939 · Conductor
Big Town Czar
1939 · Real Estate Man
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · Hotel Clerk
The Spirit of Culver
1939 · Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939 · 1st Mailman (uncredited)
Tail Spin
1939 · Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939 · Tracy (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 · Jailer (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · Tad (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
1939 · Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939 · Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Blondie
1938 · Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938 · Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Exposed
1938 · Crankpool
Hard to Get
1938 · Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Mr. Dobbs
The Sisters
1938 · Robert Forbes
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Lecturer on Seals
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Henry (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor
1938 · The Druggist (uncredited)
Professor Beware
1938 · Painter
The Chaser
1938 · Harvey
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Foreman of Jury
Racket Busters
1938 · Counter Man (uncredited)
Tropic Holiday
1938 · Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
1938 · Palace Hotel Clerk
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 · Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Tip-Off Girls
1938 · Sam
The First Hundred Years
1938 · Wilkins
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Midnight Intruder
1938 · Evans
True Confession
1937 · Coroner
Big Town Girl
1937 · Gas Station Attendant
It's Love I'm After
1937 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Big City
1937 · Jim Sloane
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937 · Curson - Accountant
Exclusive
1937 · Dr. Boomgarten
Topper
1937 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Marry the Girl
1937 · Happy Elmer
Big Business
1937 · Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Fingerprint Expert
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Tall Soldier (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1937 · Station Agent (uncredited)
Internes Can't Take Money
1937 · Jeff
Dangerous Number
1937 · Detective
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936 · Peg Leg Holden
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drug Store Clerk
Murder with Pictures
1936 · Det. Keogh
Wives Never Know
1936 · Dr. Mumford
Lady Be Careful
1936 · Happy
Let's Make a Million
1936 · Jerry
The Texas Rangers
1936 · David's father (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Gus - Trocadero Bartender
China Clipper
1936 · Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
1936 · Chauffeur
A Son Comes Home
1936 · Hamburger Stand Proprietor
Earthworm Tractors
1936 · Taxicab Driver
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Rodeo Announcer
San Francisco
1936 · Picnicker (uncredited)
Three Cheers for Love
Three Cheers for Love
1936 · Rider - Dance Director
Forgotten Faces
1936 · Pretty
The Singing Kid
1936 · Maine Driver (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Frank (uncredited)
Petticoat Fever
1936 · Carl
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Mailman
Love on a Bet
1936 · Farmer on Hay Wagon
The Music Goes 'Round
1936 · Stuttering Man
Drift Fence
1936 · Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Timothy's Quest
1936 · Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · Ed Simpson
Man of Iron
1935 · Jake
Millions in the Air
1935 · Mr. Perkins
Ship Cafe
1935 · Slim
Bad Boy
1935 · Butcher
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · Man at Toll Gate
It's a Great Life
1935 · Slim (uncredited)
Two-Fisted
1935 · Brick Briggs
Powdersmoke Range
1935 · Gun Store Proprietor
The Virginia Judge
1935 · Gus Skinner
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Waiter (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
1935 · Entwhistle (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935 · Passenger
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · Thompson
The Murder Man
1935 · Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Mr. Vernoy
Manhattan Moon
1935 · Lunch Man
Men Without Names
1935 · Old-Timer on Bench
The Glass Key
1935 · Waiter (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
1935 · Clerk Getting Tied Up
Goin' to Town
1935 · Cowboy
Private Worlds
1935 · McLean
It's A Small World
1935 · Cal
I'll Love You Always
1935 · Theater Manager (uncredited)
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935 · Man with Pelican (uncredited)
The Gay Bride
1934 · Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
1934 · Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
1934 · Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
By Your Leave
1934 · Harry
No Ransom
No Ransom
1934 · Heinie
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934 · Bijah
You Belong to Me
1934 · Stage Manager
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · Hat Check Attendent
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934 · Coat Salesman (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
1934 · Regan
Now I'll Tell
1934 · Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
1934 · Townsman (uncredited)
House of Mystery
1934 · Ned Pickens
George White's Scandals
1934 · Hick (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934 · Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934 · Joel Prentiss
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Highbrow
Lone Cowboy
1933 · Zeke (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
1933 · Dice Player (uncredited)
Female
1933 · Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
The Bowery
1933 · Hick (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
1933 · Waiter (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933 · Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
1933 · Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Double Harness
1933 · Crab Counterman
Private Detective 62
1933 · Cab Driver
Lilly Turner
1933 · Earle Yokum (uncredited)
Central Airport
1933 · Airport Weatherman
The Mind Reader
1933 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Keyhole
1933 · Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933 · Mr. Lake
He Learned About Women
1933 · Stage Door Man
Hello, Everybody!
1933 · Radio Announcer (uncredited)
File 113
1933 · Lagors
The Match King
1932 · Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
1932 · Court Guard (uncredited)
Central Park
1932 · Oscar (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
1932 · China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Bill - Barber (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast
1932 · Prisoner (uncredited)
Madame Racketeer
1932 · Gus, the Desk Clerk
High Hats and Low Brows
1932 · Butler
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Secretary of War (uncredited)
Just a Pain in the Parlor
Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932 · Servant
This Is the Night
1932 · Sparks
The Big Timer
1932 · Slim Dugan (uncredited)
No One Man
1932 · Henry - License Clerk
Union Depot
1932 · Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Branded Men
1931 · Ramrod
Bad Girl
1931 · Expectant Father (uncredited)
Alias: The Bad Man
1931 · Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
Big Business Girl
1931 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Vice Squad
1931 · Masher (uncredited)
Blondes Prefer Bonds
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
Lime Juice Nights
Lime Juice Nights
1931 · Irving
The Itching Hour
The Itching Hour
1931 · Elmer
Fighting Caravans
1931 · Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Reporter Kent (uncredited)
Knights Before Christmas
Knights Before Christmas
1930 · Pa
Boarding House Blues
1930
Street of Chance
1930 · Harry
Burning Up
1930 · Yokel Driver (uncredited)
Half Way to Heaven
1929 · Slim
The Saturday Night Kid
1929 · McGonigle (uncredited)
Side Street
1929 · Henchman Slim (uncredited)
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
1929 · Dean Enoch Weatherby
Matchmaking Mamma
1929 · Clifford Figfield
The Rodeo
1929 · Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
Two Sisters
1929 · Chumley
Tide of Empire
1929 · Townsman (uncredited)
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929 · Meadows the Butler
The Old Barn
1929 · The Stranger
His New Stenographer
1928 · Vernon Vance
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
Motorboat Mamas
1928 · Cafe Patron
The Campus Carmen
1928 · President
The Head Man
1928 · Mayor
The Swim Princess
1928 · College Dean
The Best Man
1928 · The Bride's Father
Smith's Army Life
1928 · Inspecting Officer
The Girl from Everywhere
1927 · The Casting Director
For Sale, a Bungalow
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927 · The Waiter
Smith's Cook
Smith's Cook
1927 · Mr. Dunhill
Smith's Pony
Smith's Pony
1927 · Ship Maintenance Man
Smith's Fishing Trip
Smith's Fishing Trip
1927 · Jake - the Handyman
His First Flame
1927 · Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Broke in China
1927 · Military Officer
The Jolly Jilter
1927 · Tall Servant
A Dozen Socks
A Dozen Socks
1927 · Ball Toss Operator
California or Bust
1927 · Wade Rexton
Kitty from Killarney
1926 · Inspector #1
A Blonde's Revenge
1926 · Banker Cody
Smith's Picnic
Smith's Picnic
1926 · Joe Smiley
Smith's Uncle
1926 · 1st Elderly Sucker
Masked Mamas
Masked Mamas
1926 · The Practical Joker's Friend
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
1926 · Joe, Card player
A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926 · Lizzie's Brother
Meet My Girl
Meet My Girl
1926 · Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
Trimmed in Gold
Trimmed in Gold
1926 · Barber
Whispering Whiskers
1926 · Train Chef
Hot Cakes for Two
1926 · Photographer
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926 · Justice of the Peace
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925 · John Lodge - Bebe's Father
Over Thereabouts
1925 · Officer
Hurry, Doctor!
1925 · The Paper Hanger
A Rainy Knight
1925 · Peggy's Ex-Husband
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925 · Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
Good Morning, Nurse
1925 · Servant
Remember When?
1925 · Picnicker (uncredited)
Movie data and images from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. We don’t host or stream movies.