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
I Love Lucy
Riverboat
December Bride
Leave It to Beaver
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 Big Broadcast of 1938
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Great Man's Lady
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Tropic Holiday
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Whispering Smith
Riding High
The Big Broadcast
Hello, Everybody!
Spellbound
Here Comes the Groom
Private Worlds
Forgotten Faces
You Belong to Me
The Vice Squad
Two-Fisted
Golden Harvest
El Paso
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Exclusive
A Son Comes Home
Dear Wife
Million Dollar Legs
It's a Great Life
If I Had a Million
Scandal Sheet
Hollywood Boulevard
Murder with Pictures
Timothy's Quest
Out of This World
Sitting Pretty
Street of Chance
Drift Fence
Tip-Off Girls
Here Comes Cookie
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
He Learned About Women
Manhandled
Give Me a Sailor
No One Man
Dear Ruth
Sing, You Sinners
Ship Cafe
Run for Cover
Albuquerque
Caught in the Draft
True Confession
The Saturday Night Kid
Lone Cowboy
Let's Make a Million
Holiday Inn
The Pursuit of Happiness
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Burning Up
Internes Can't Take Money
Lady Be Careful
California's Golden Beginning
This Is the Night
Henry Aldrich for President
Dynamite
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