Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 05, 1893
Died
Feb 05, 1965
Place of Birth
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Credits
390 titles
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
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
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
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
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
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
El Paso
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
The Green Promise
Julius Larkin
John Loves Mary
George Beachwood