Irving Bacon
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.
390 acting credits
Acting · 390
Maverick
1957
Four Star Playhouse
1952
I Love Lucy
1951
Leave It to Beaver
1957
The Donna Reed Show
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gone with the Wind
1939
Riverboat
1959
December Bride
1954
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
It Happened One Night
1934
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
Spellbound
1945
The Desperadoes
1943
A Star Is Born
1954
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Return of Frank James
1940
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Western Union
1941
A Star Is Born
1937
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
Holiday Inn
1942
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
The Spoilers
1942
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Tobacco Road
1941
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Lady for a Day
1933
Room for One More
1952
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
San Francisco
1936
Topper
1937
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Meet John Doe
1941
Moonrise
1948
Bachelor Mother
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Ship Cafe
1935
Marry the Girl
1937
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
Blondie
1938
Since You Went Away
1944
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Lawyer Man
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Words and Music
1948
At the Circus
1939
Blondie on a Budget
1940
High Wall
1947
State of the Union
1948
Edison, the Man
1940
Private Detective 62
1933
Female
1933
The Howards of Virginia
1940
In Old Oklahoma
1943
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
China Clipper
1936
Golden Harvest
1933
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Tail Spin
1939
Run for Cover
1955
Rhythm on the Range
1936
It's Love I'm After
1937
Young People
1940
Hello, Everybody!
1933
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
The Bowery
1933
Private Worlds
1935
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Midnight Intruder
1938
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
The Velvet Touch
1948
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
Four Mothers
1941
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Lone Cowboy
1933
Ann Vickers
1933
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Racket Busters
1938
House of Mystery
1934
The Sisters
1938
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Night Train to Memphis
1946
Dakota Incident
1956
Rio
1939
Casanova Brown
1944
Scandal Sheet
1931
Fort Massacre
1958
Manhandled
1949
Whispering Smith
1948
Can't Help Singing
1944
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
It's A Small World
1935
El Paso
1949
It Started with Eve
1941
Albuquerque
1948
Pardon My Sarong
1942
The Hell Cat
1934
Hidden Guns
1956
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958
Union Depot
1932
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
This Is the Army
1943
Family Honeymoon
1948
Woman in Hiding
1950
Bad Boy
1935
Kansas Pacific
1953
Never a Dull Moment
1950
The Texas Rangers
1936
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
Caught in the Draft
1941
Back Street
1941
Diamond Jim
1935
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
At Gunpoint
1955
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Great Guns
1941
The First Hundred Years
1938
Central Airport
1933
Now I'll Tell
1934
Powdersmoke Range
1935
Lady in a Jam
1942
Tropic Holiday
1938
Dynamite
1949
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
Our Wife
1941
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Lucky Night
1939
The President Vanishes
1934
Good Sam
1948
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
The Big Cat
1949
Angel's Holiday
1937
The Best Man
1928
File 113
1933
Men Without Names
1935
The Singing Kid
1936
Murder with Pictures
1936
The Gay Bride
1934
Sailor's Lady
1940
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
Born to Be Bad
1950
Lilly Turner
1933
The Mind Reader
1933
Mary Jane's Pa
1935
Madame Racketeer
1932
Broadway Bill
1934
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
The Murder Man
1935
Cause for Alarm!
1951
Cadet Girl
1941
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Star Dust
1940
Her Primitive Man
1944
Riding High
1950
Footlight Serenade
1942
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Dixie Dugan
1943
The Keyhole
1933
Top Man
1943
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
On Your Toes
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Give Me a Sailor
1938
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Heavenly Days
1944
Lady Be Careful
1936
No Ransom
1934
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Second Fiddle
1939
The Happy Years
1950
Ride on Vaquero
1941
There Goes My Heart
1938
Black Horse Canyon
1954
Tide of Empire
1929
The Chaser
1938
Big City
1937
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
Page Miss Glory
1935
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
One Way to Love
1946
Professor Beware
1938
Here Comes the Groom
1951
Exclusive
1937
Remember the Day
1941
The Match King
1932
The Great Man's Lady
1941
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
Rose of Cimarron
1952
Big Town Czar
1939
Katie Did It
1950
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
Dear Ruth
1947
Earthworm Tractors
1936
The House Across the Street
1949
Accent on Love
1941
Wives Never Know
1936
Manhattan Moon
1935
The Green Promise
1949
Big Town Girl
1937
Footlight Glamour
1943
Emergency Wedding
1950
John Loves Mary
1949
Exposed
1938
True Confession
1937
Dangerous Number
1937
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
Fort Ti
1953
Central Park
1932
Million Dollar Legs
1932
She Couldn't Say No
1940
Redheads on Parade
1935
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
Out of This World
1945
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Branded Men
1931
By Your Leave
1934
Hers to Hold
1943
He Learned About Women
1933
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
The Glass Key
1935
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
Double Harness
1933
Devil's Canyon
1953
It's a Great Life
1935
I Stole a Million
1939
Love on a Bet
1936
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
It's a Great Life
1943
King of the Cowboys
1943
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Two-Fisted
1935
Blondie in Society
1941
Whispering Whiskers
1926
News Is Made at Night
1939
Trimmed in Gold
1926
Two Weeks to Live
1943
Timothy's Quest
1936
Henry Aldrich for President
1941
Fighting Caravans
1931
Honor of the Range
1934
Saddle Pals
1947
Sing, You Sinners
1938
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
Dear Wife
1949
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Man of Iron
1935
Tip-Off Girls
1938
Goin' to Town
1935
Big Business Girl
1931
Bad Girl
1931
Mr. Music
1950
Wake Up and Dream
1946
Mister Big
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Hard to Get
1938
Lillian Russell
1940
Week-End Pass
1944
Forgotten Faces
1936
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
Adventures in Silverado
1948
Rocky
1948
Sons of New Mexico
1949
Sweethearts on Parade
1953
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Down Memory Lane
1949
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
Freckles Comes Home
1942
Broke in China
1927
To Mary - with Love
1936
So's Your Uncle
1943
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Millions in the Air
1935
Patrick the Great
1945
Street of Chance
1930
Here Comes Cookie
1935
Desert of Lost Men
1951
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
Two Sisters
1929
Burning Up
1930
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
Guest Wife
1945
Between Us Girls
1942
This Is the Night
1932
California's Golden Beginning
1948
Star in the Night
1945
The Vice Squad
1931
Young America
1942
The Big Broadcast
1932
Dreaming Out Loud
1940
Drift Fence
1936
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
The Big Timer
1932
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926
Smith's Pony
1927
Too Busy to Work
1939
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
Petticoat Fever
1936
I'll Love You Always
1935
You Belong to Me
1934
Get Hep to Love
1942
A Rainy Knight
1925
The Jolly Jilter
1927
No One Man
1932
Motorboat Mamas
1928
Over Thereabouts
1925
The Campus Carmen
1928
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929
A Son Comes Home
1936
Vogues of 1938
1937
A Dozen Socks
1927
Big Business
1937
George White's Scandals
1934
His First Flame
1927
Matchmaking Mamma
1929
A Stranger in Town
1943
Side Street
1929
The Rodeo
1929
Remember When?
1925
Hot Cakes for Two
1926
Let's Make a Million
1936
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
The Itching Hour
1931
Under Western Skies
1945
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
1926
California or Bust
1927
The Head Man
1928
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
Alias: The Bad Man
1931
The Spirit of Culver
1939
Smith's Cook
1927
A Blonde's Revenge
1926
Sitting Pretty
1933
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
Jennie
1940
Half Way to Heaven
1929
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928
Meet My Girl
1926
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
Thru Different Eyes
1942
The Music Goes 'Round
1936
His New Stenographer
1928
Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932
Hurry, Doctor!
1925
Good Morning, Nurse
1925
Kitty from Killarney
1926
Smith's Army Life
1928
The Old Barn
1929
Smith's Picnic
1926
High Hats and Low Brows
1932
Knights Before Christmas
1930
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925
Smith's Uncle
1926
Lime Juice Nights
1931
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
1929
Masked Mamas
1926
Boarding House Blues
1930
Smith's Fishing Trip
1927
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
The Swim Princess
1928