Irving Bacon
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
Series
The Donna Reed Show
Mayor Webster
1958
Series
Maverick
1957
Series
Maverick
Employee
1957
Series
Leave It to Beaver
Postal Clerk
1957
Series
I Love Lucy
Will Potter
1951
Series
I Love Lucy
Mr. Willoughby
1951
Series
Four Star Playhouse
Carter
1952
Film
Gone with the Wind
Corporal
1939
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Apt. House Manager
1958
Series
December Bride
1954
Film
Holiday Inn
Gus
1942
Series
Riverboat
Zack Mannion
1959
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Film
Shadow of a Doubt
Station Master
1943
Film
Spellbound
Railway Gateman (uncredited)
1945
Film
His Girl Friday
Gus (uncredited)
1940
Film
It Happened One Night
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Driver
1940
Film
You Can't Take It with You
Henry (uncredited)
1938
Film
A Star Is Born
Graves
1954
Film
They Died with Their Boots On
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
1941
Film
Monsieur Verdoux
Pierre Couvais
1947
Film
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Glenn Miller Story
Mr. Miller
1954
Film
Western Union
Barber
1941
Film
Remember the Day
Cecil
1941
Film
Meet John Doe
Beany
1941
Film
A Star Is Born
Station Agent (uncredited)
1937
Film
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Bill - Barber (uncredited)
1932
Film
O. Henry's Full House
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Melvin
1947
Film
San Francisco
Picnicker (uncredited)
1936
Film
Good Sam
Tramp
1948
Film
The Return of Frank James
Bystander
1940
Film
Born to Be Bad
Jewelry Salesman
1950
Film
In Old Oklahoma
Ben
1943
Film
Action in the North Atlantic
Bartender (uncredited)
1943
Film
Blondie
Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Spoilers
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1942
Film
Woman in Hiding
Link
1950
Film
The Gay Bride
Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
1934
Film
Fort Massacre
Charlie
1958
Film
Topper
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tad (uncredited)
1939
Film
Edison, the Man
Sheriff
1940
Series
General Electric Theater
Patch
1953
Series
General Electric Theater
Mr. Holbrook
1953
Film
Our Wife
Doorman (uncredited)
1941
Film
Lady for a Day
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
1933
Film
Thru Different Eyes
Stu Johnson
1942
Film
Manhattan Moon
Lunch Man
1935
Film
Run for Cover
Scotty
1955
Film
Room for One More
Mayor Michael J. Kane
1952
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Bad Girl
Expectant Father (uncredited)
1931
Film
Guest Wife
Nosey Stationmaster
1945
Film
Young People
Otis
1940
Film
Words and Music
Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Oklahoma Kid
Hotel Clerk
1939
Film
State of the Union
Buck Swenson
1948
Film
Hello, Everybody!
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1933
Film
Tobacco Road
Bank Teller
1941
Film
Fort Ti
Sgt. Monday Wash
1953
Film
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Mailman
1936
Film
If I Had a Million
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Foreman of Jury
1938
Film
The Cowboy and the Lady
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Film
Since You Went Away
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
1944
Film
At the Circus
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Missionary (uncredited)
1944
Film
They Gave Him a Gun
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Desperadoes
Dan Walters - Bartender
1943
Film
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Becker
1940
Film
Made for Each Other
Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
1939
Film
Saddle Pals
Thaddeus Bellweather
1947
Film
Casanova Brown
Hotel Manager
1944
Film
This Is the Army
Waiter (uncredited)
1943
Film
Back Street
Ticket seller
1941
Film
El Paso
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
1949
Film
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
1938
Film
Hard to Get
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Texas Rangers
David's father (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Howards of Virginia
Tom Norton
1940
Film
Good Morning, Nurse
Servant
1925
Film
Bachelor Mother
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
1939
Film
Rio
'Mushy'
1939
Film
Pardon My Sarong
Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Wild Man of Borneo
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
1941
Film
A Guy Named Joe
Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
1944
Film
Broadway Melody of 1940
Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
1940
Film
Sing, Bing, Sing
Mr. Lake
1933
Millions in the Air
Mr. Perkins
1935
Film
Central Airport
Airport Weatherman
1933
Film
The Thin Man Goes Home
Tom
1944
Film
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
John Lodge - Bebe's Father
1925
Film
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Fisherman
1940
Film
Whispering Whiskers
Train Chef
1926
Film
The Bowery
Hick (uncredited)
1933
Film
Moonrise
Judd Jenkins
1948
Film
Cause for Alarm!
Mr. Carston, Postman
1951
Film
The Campus Carmen
President
1928
Film
The Mad Miss Manton
Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
1938
Film
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
John Maddocks
1954
Film
Whispering Smith
1948
Film
John Loves Mary
George Beachwood
1949
Film
Adventures in Silverado
Jake Willis
1948
Film
Great Guns
Postman
1941
Film
The Happy Years
Mr. Conover
1950
Film
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
1949
Film
House of Mystery
Ned Pickens
1934
Film
The Murder Man
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
1935
Film
Broadway Bill
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
1934
Film
Family Honeymoon
Mr. Webb
1948
Film
Remember When?
Picnicker (uncredited)
1925
Film
The Keyhole
Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
1933
Film
Star Spangled Rhythm
New England Farmer (uncredited)
1942
Film
Four Mothers
Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1941
Film
At Gunpoint
Al Ferguson
1955
Film
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Woodbury
1939
Film
High Wall
1947
Film
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Curson - Accountant
1937
Film
Mary Jane's Pa
Clerk Getting Tied Up
1935
Film
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Film
The Best Man
The Bride's Father
1928
Film
The Bashful Bachelor
Sheriff / Fire Chief
1942
Film
Female
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
1933
Film
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Mailman
1940
Film
Rocky
Bert Hillman
1948
Film
This Is the Night
Sparks
1932
Film
Million Dollar Baby
Income Tax Man (uncredited)
1941
Film
Big Business Girl
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
1939
Film
Tail Spin
Storekeeper (Uncredited)
1939
Film
It's Love I'm After
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1937
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
1936
Film
She Couldn't Take It
Man at Toll Gate
1935
Film
It Started with Eve
Raven
1941
Film
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Tracy (uncredited)
1939
Film
Exposed
Crankpool
1938
Film
Her Primitive Man
Track Man
1944
Film
Sailor's Lady
Storekeeper (uncredited)
1940
Film
Riding High
Hamburger Man
1950
Film
The Velvet Touch
Herbie
1948
Film
Lillian Russell
Soldier
1940
Film
Brother Rat and a Baby
Hospital Official
1940
Film
Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of War (uncredited)
1932
Film
Exclusive
Dr. Boomgarten
1937
Film
The Big Cat
Matt Cooper the Mailman
1949
Film
It's a Great Feeling
RR Information Clerk
1949
Film
Jennie
Real Estate Broker
1940
Film
Union Depot
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Film
There Goes My Heart
Mr. Dobbs
1938
Film
Private Detective 62
Cab Driver
1933
Film
The Singing Kid
Maine Driver (uncredited)
1936
Film
Here Comes the Groom
Baines
1951
Film
So's Your Uncle
Dempster
1943
Film
Tip-Off Girls
Sam
1938
Film
She Couldn't Say No
Abner
1940
Film
Central Park
Oscar (uncredited)
1932
Film
Chip Off the Old Block
Prof. Frost
1944
Film
Hollywood Cavalcade
Clerk
1939
Film
The Sisters
Robert Forbes
1938
Film
Can't Help Singing
Bath House Barber (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Sam Appleby (uncredited)
1940
Film
King of the Cowboys
Deputy Cluckas
1943
Film
Devil's Canyon
Prison Guard
1953
Film
Scandal Sheet
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
1931
Film
Cadet Girl
Train conductor
1941
Film
Earthworm Tractors
Taxicab Driver
1936
Film
California's Golden Beginning
1948
Film
Black Horse Canyon
Doc Spain
1954
Film
Big City
Jim Sloane
1937
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Paul Gillis
1940
Film
The Great Man's Lady
Parson
1941
Film
They Made Me a Criminal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1939
Film
Bad Boy
Butcher
1935
Film
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Drug Store Clerk
1936
Film
Men Without Names
Old-Timer on Bench
1935
Film
Caught in the Draft
Cogswell
1941
Film
He Learned About Women
Stage Door Man
1933
Film
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Soda Jerk
1941
Film
Never a Dull Moment
Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
1950
Film
China Clipper
Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
1936
Film
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Lippincott
1940
Film
Mister Big
Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
1943
Film
It's A Small World
Cal
1935
Film
Golden Harvest
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
1933
Film
Fighting Caravans
Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)
1931
Film
Shadows of Sing Sing
Highbrow
1933
Film
Ann Vickers
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Film
Indianapolis Speedway
Fred Haskill
1939
Film
Between Us Girls
Soda Clerk
1942
Film
Murder on a Honeymoon
Man with Pelican (uncredited)
1935
Film
Rhythm on the Range
Rodeo Announcer
1936
Film
Mr. Music
Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Film
On Your Toes
Second Stage Manager
1939
Film
Dixie Dugan
Mr. Kelly
1943
Film
Second Fiddle
Harvey Vaughan
1939
Film
Diamond Jim
Passenger
1935
Film
Lady in a Jam
Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
1942
Film
Kansas Pacific
Casey
1953
Film
To Mary - with Love
Chauffeur
1936
Film
Gold Rush Maisie
Harry Gilpin
1940
Film
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Judge Stanfield
1958
Film
True Confession
Coroner
1937
Film
Tropic Holiday
Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Match King
Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
1932
Film
Hidden Guns
Doc Carter
1956
Film
Internes Can't Take Money
Jeff
1937
Film
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Hurry, Doctor!
The Paper Hanger
1925
Film
Page Miss Glory
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Film
Albuquerque
Dave Walton
1948
Film
The Girl from Everywhere
The Casting Director
1927
Film
The President Vanishes
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Film
It's a Great Life
Slim (uncredited)
1935
Smith's Pony
Ship Maintenance Man
1927
Film
Blondie in Society
Mailman
1941
Film
Here Comes Cookie
Thompson
1935
Film
Blondie Meets the Boss
1st Mailman (uncredited)
1939
Film
Knickerbocker Holiday
Peter Van Stoon
1944
Film
Lucky Night
Conductor
1939
Film
Racket Busters
Counter Man (uncredited)
1938
Film
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Hubert Ward
1939
Film
Powdersmoke Range
Gun Store Proprietor
1935
Film
The Glass Key
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Film
Ship Cafe
Slim
1935
Film
Dakota Incident
Tully Morgan
1956
Film
Redheads on Parade
Entwhistle (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Music Goes 'Round
Stuttering Man
1936
Film
Out of This World
Irving Krunk (uncredited)
1945
Film
Double Harness
Crab Counterman
1933
Film
Duffy of San Quentin
Doc Sorin
1954
Film
News Is Made at Night
Mike, Fingerprint Man
1939
Film
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Mr. Vernoy
1935
Film
Dangerous Number
Detective
1937
Film
By Your Leave
Harry
1934
Film
Henry Aldrich for President
Mr. McCloskey
1941
Film
Lawyer Man
Court Guard (uncredited)
1932
Film
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
1934
Film
A Son Comes Home
Hamburger Stand Proprietor
1936
Film
One Way to Love
Train Conductor
1946
Film
Blondie's Blessed Event
Mr. Crumb
1942
Film
Madame Racketeer
Gus, the Desk Clerk
1932
Film
Top Man
School Principal
1943
Film
I Stole a Million
Simpson (uncredited)
1939
Film
I'll Love You Always
Theater Manager (uncredited)
1935
Film
His First Flame
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
1927
Film
Blondie Goes Latin
Mailman (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Projectionist
1941
Film
Too Busy to Work
Gilligan
1939
Film
Manhandled
Sgt. Fayle
1949
Film
Angel's Holiday
Fingerprint Expert
1937
Film
Goin' to Town
Cowboy
1935
Film
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Mailman
1939
Film
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Cabbie
1940
Film
Week-End at the Waldorf
Sam Skelly
1945
Film
Rose of Cimarron
Sheriff
1952
Film
Big Business
Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
1937
Film
Blondie on a Budget
Mailman
1940
Film
The Chaser
Harvey
1938
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
Dean Enoch Weatherby
1929
Film
A Stranger in Town
Orin Todds
1943
Film
Patrick the Great
Mr. Merney
1945
Film
Star in the Night
Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
1945
Film
Pack Up Your Troubles
Soldier
1939
Film
The Mind Reader
Reporter (uncredited)
1933
Film
Footlight Serenade
Stagehand
1942
Film
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Hat Check Attendent
1934
Film
Love on a Bet
Farmer on Hay Wagon
1936
Film
Hitchhike to Happiness
Dennis Colby
1945
Film
The Saturday Night Kid
McGonigle (uncredited)
1929
Film
Murder with Pictures
Det. Keogh
1936
Film
Now I'll Tell
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Film
Night Train to Memphis
Rainbow
1946
Film
Midnight Intruder
Evans
1938
Film
File 113
Lagors
1933
Film
Emergency Wedding
Filbert - Mechanic
1950
Film
Big Town Girl
Gas Station Attendant
1937
Film
Matchmaking Mamma
Clifford Figfield
1929
Film
Big Town Czar
Real Estate Man
1939
Film
Give Me a Sailor
The Druggist (uncredited)
1938
Film
Desert of Lost Men
Sheriff Skeeter Davis
1951
Film
Half Way to Heaven
Slim
1929
Film
It's a Great Life
Mailman
1943
Film
The Big Broadcast
Prisoner (uncredited)
1932
Film
Dynamite
Jake
1949
Film
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Sheriff Clem Diggers
1939
Film
Marry the Girl
Happy Elmer
1937
Film
Young America
Bart Munson
1942
Film
The Spirit of Culver
Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
1939
Film
Professor Beware
Painter
1938
Film
Side Street
Henchman Slim (uncredited)
1929
Just a Pain in the Parlor
Servant
1932
Film
Freckles Comes Home
Constable Caleb Weaver
1942
Film
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Joel Prentiss
1934
Film
High Hats and Low Brows
Butler
1932
Film
Broke in China
Military Officer
1927
Film
Let's Make a Million
Jerry
1936
Film
The Pursuit of Happiness
Bijah
1934
Film
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Hotel Clerk
1939
Film
Sitting Pretty
Dice Player (uncredited)
1933
Film
Sweethearts on Parade
Sheriff Doolittle
1953
Film
Kentucky Moonshine
Palace Hotel Clerk
1938
Film
Over Thereabouts
Officer
1925
Film
Man of Iron
Jake
1935
Film
Lilly Turner
Earle Yokum (uncredited)
1933
No Ransom
Heinie
1934
Film
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Mr. Albert Merney
1941
Film
The Jolly Jilter
Tall Servant
1927
Film
Private Worlds
McLean
1935
Film
Dreaming Out Loud
Wes Stillman
1940
Film
Wives Never Know
Dr. Mumford
1936
Film
Manhattan Heartbeat
Sweeney
1940
Film
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
1938
Film
Burning Up
Yokel Driver (uncredited)
1930
Film
Wake Up and Dream
Toll Gate Attendant
1946
Knights Before Christmas
Pa
1930
Film
The Green Promise
Julius Larkin
1949
Film
The House Across the Street
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1949
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
Film
Dear Ruth
Delivery Man
1947
Film
Forgotten Faces
Pretty
1936
Film
The First Hundred Years
Wilkins
1938
Film
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Piper
1947
Film
Alias: The Bad Man
Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
1931
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
Film
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Big Timer
Slim Dugan (uncredited)
1932
Film
Street of Chance
Harry
1930
Film
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Mailman
1939
Film
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
1925
Film
Under Western Skies
Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
1945
Film
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Peg Leg Holden
1936
Film
Motorboat Mamas
Cafe Patron
1928
Film
Get Hep to Love
Mr. Hardwicke
1942
Film
Katie Did It
Train Conductor
1950
Film
Dear Wife
Mike Man
1949
Film
Hers to Hold
Dr. Bacon
1943
Film
California or Bust
Wade Rexton
1927
The Itching Hour
Elmer
1931
Film
Star Dust
Hotel Desk Clerk
1940
Film
Hitch Hike Lady
Ed Simpson
1935
Film
The Swim Princess
College Dean
1928
Film
Lady Be Careful
Happy
1936
Film
Timothy's Quest
Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
1936
Film
Footlight Glamour
Mr. Crumb
1943
Film
Branded Men
Ramrod
1931
Film
No One Man
Henry - License Clerk
1932
Film
Hot Cakes for Two
Photographer
1926
Film
You Belong to Me
Stage Manager
1934
Film
The Hell Cat
Regan
1934
Meet My Girl
Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
1926
Film
Week-End Pass
Sheriff Todd
1944
Film
Blondie Plays Cupid
Mailman
1940
Film
Ride on Vaquero
Jailer Smoky
1941
Film
The Vice Squad
Masher (uncredited)
1931
Film
Johnny Come Lately
Chief of Police
1943
Film
Accent on Love
Smedley
1941
Film
Tide of Empire
Townsman (uncredited)
1929
Film
Drift Fence
Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
1936
Film
Sing, You Sinners
Lecturer on Seals
1938
Film
Two Weeks to Live
Omar Tennyson Gimpel
1943
Film
The Rodeo
Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
1929
Film
Two Sisters
Chumley
1929
Masked Mamas
The Practical Joker's Friend
1926
Film
Two-Fisted
Brick Briggs
1935
Film
Heavenly Days
Tower, the Butler
1944
Film
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Meadows the Butler
1929
Film
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Joe, Card player
1926
Film
A Rainy Knight
Peggy's Ex-Husband
1925
Film
Hat, Coat and Glove
Coat Salesman (uncredited)
1934
Smith's Fishing Trip
Jake - the Handyman
1927
Film
A Blonde's Revenge
Banker Cody
1926
Film
Lone Cowboy
Zeke (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Old Barn
The Stranger
1929
Film
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Conrad - Taxi Driver
1941
Smith's Cook
Mr. Dunhill
1927
Film
Smith's Army Life
Inspecting Officer
1928
Smith's Picnic
Joe Smiley
1926
Film
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
Justice of the Peace
1926
Film
Smith's Uncle
1st Elderly Sucker
1926
Film
Petticoat Fever
Carl
1936
Film
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Lizzie's Brother
1926
Film
His New Stenographer
Vernon Vance
1928
Film
Boarding House Blues
1930
Trimmed in Gold
Barber
1926
Film
Sons of New Mexico
Chris Dobbs
1949
Film
The Head Man
Mayor
1928
A Dozen Socks
Ball Toss Operator
1927
Film
Kitty from Killarney
Inspector #1
1926
For Sale, a Bungalow
The Waiter
1927
Lime Juice Nights
Irving
1931