
Irving Bacon
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Biography
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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

General Electric Theater

Four Star Playhouse

Riverboat

December Bride

Leave It to Beaver

I Love Lucy

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Gone with the Wind

Star Spangled Rhythm

The President Vanishes

The Grapes of Wrath

Men Without Names

The Glass Key

The Texas Rangers

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Tropic Holiday

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Great Man's Lady

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Whispering Smith

Riding High

Hello, Everybody!

The Big Broadcast

Here Comes the Groom

Spellbound

Forgotten Faces

Private Worlds

You Belong to Me

The Vice Squad

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Golden Harvest

Exclusive

Two-Fisted

El Paso

Millions in the Air

Dear Wife

Million Dollar Legs

A Son Comes Home

Out of This World

Scandal Sheet

Murder with Pictures

Hollywood Boulevard

Timothy's Quest

If I Had a Million

It's a Great Life

Wives Never Know

Street of Chance

Here Comes Cookie

Sitting Pretty

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Tip-Off Girls

He Learned About Women

Drift Fence

Manhandled

Dear Ruth

Give Me a Sailor

Ship Cafe

Run for Cover

No One Man

Sing, You Sinners

The Saturday Night Kid

Let's Make a Million

True Confession

Albuquerque

Caught in the Draft

Lone Cowboy

The Pursuit of Happiness

Burning Up

Internes Can't Take Money

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Holiday Inn

This Is the Night

California's Golden Beginning

Lady Be Careful

Henry Aldrich for President

Dynamite
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