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