
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 Texas Rangers

The Glass Key

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Tropic Holiday

The Great Man's Lady

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Riding High

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Whispering Smith

Hello, Everybody!

The Big Broadcast

Here Comes the Groom

Spellbound

Private Worlds

Forgotten Faces

You Belong to Me

The Vice Squad

Two-Fisted

Golden Harvest

Exclusive

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

El Paso

A Son Comes Home

Million Dollar Legs

Millions in the Air

Dear Wife

Out of This World

It's a Great Life

If I Had a Million

Wives Never Know

Timothy's Quest

Scandal Sheet

Murder with Pictures

Hollywood Boulevard

Street of Chance

Here Comes Cookie

Sitting Pretty

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

He Learned About Women

Drift Fence

Give Me a Sailor

Tip-Off Girls

Sing, You Sinners

No One Man

Ship Cafe

Dear Ruth

Run for Cover

Manhandled

Let's Make a Million

Caught in the Draft

True Confession

The Saturday Night Kid

Lone Cowboy

Albuquerque

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Burning Up

Holiday Inn

Internes Can't Take Money

The Pursuit of Happiness

California's Golden Beginning

Lady Be Careful

This Is the Night

Henry Aldrich for President

Dynamite
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