
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

The Great Man's Lady

Tropic Holiday

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Whispering Smith

Riding High

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Hello, Everybody!

The Big Broadcast

Spellbound

Here Comes the Groom

Forgotten Faces

Private Worlds

The Vice Squad

You Belong to Me

Two-Fisted

Golden Harvest

Exclusive

El Paso

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Millions in the Air

A Son Comes Home

Dear Wife

Million Dollar Legs

Out of This World

Murder with Pictures

Scandal Sheet

Wives Never Know

It's a Great Life

Timothy's Quest

If I Had a Million

Hollywood Boulevard

Street of Chance

Sitting Pretty

Drift Fence

Here Comes Cookie

Tip-Off Girls

He Learned About Women

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Manhandled

Sing, You Sinners

Run for Cover

Dear Ruth

No One Man

Give Me a Sailor

Ship Cafe

Lone Cowboy

True Confession

Let's Make a Million

Albuquerque

The Saturday Night Kid

Caught in the Draft

Burning Up

Internes Can't Take Money

Holiday Inn

The Pursuit of Happiness

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

This Is the Night

Lady Be Careful

California's Golden Beginning

Henry Aldrich for President

Dynamite
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