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