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 Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Tropic Holiday
The Great Man's Lady
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Whispering Smith
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Riding High
Hello, Everybody!
The Big Broadcast
Spellbound
Here Comes the Groom
Private Worlds
You Belong to Me
The Vice Squad
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
El Paso
Two-Fisted
Golden Harvest
Exclusive
Million Dollar Legs
A Son Comes Home
Dear Wife
Scandal Sheet
Murder with Pictures
If I Had a Million
Hollywood Boulevard
Timothy's Quest
Out of This World
It's a Great Life
Sitting Pretty
Street of Chance
Drift Fence
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Tip-Off Girls
He Learned About Women
Here Comes Cookie
Sing, You Sinners
Run for Cover
Give Me a Sailor
Ship Cafe
Dear Ruth
No One Man
Manhandled
True Confession
Let's Make a Million
Lone Cowboy
Caught in the Draft
Albuquerque
The Saturday Night Kid
Internes Can't Take Money
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Holiday Inn
The Pursuit of Happiness
Burning Up
This Is the Night
Lady Be Careful
California's Golden Beginning
Dynamite
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