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
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Great Man's Lady
Tropic Holiday
Riding High
Whispering Smith
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Hello, Everybody!
The Big Broadcast
Here Comes the Groom
Spellbound
Private Worlds
Forgotten Faces
The Vice Squad
You Belong to Me
Two-Fisted
El Paso
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Golden Harvest
Exclusive
Dear Wife
Millions in the Air
A Son Comes Home
Million Dollar Legs
If I Had a Million
Wives Never Know
Timothy's Quest
It's a Great Life
Scandal Sheet
Out of This World
Murder with Pictures
Hollywood Boulevard
Sitting Pretty
Here Comes Cookie
Street of Chance
Give Me a Sailor
He Learned About Women
Tip-Off Girls
Drift Fence
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Sing, You Sinners
Manhandled
Ship Cafe
No One Man
Dear Ruth
Run for Cover
Let's Make a Million
Albuquerque
True Confession
Lone Cowboy
Caught in the Draft
The Saturday Night Kid
Holiday Inn
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
The Pursuit of Happiness
Burning Up
Internes Can't Take Money
California's Golden Beginning
Lady Be Careful
This Is the Night
Henry Aldrich for President
Dynamite
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