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