
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 Texas Rangers

The Glass Key

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Tropic Holiday

The Great Man's Lady

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Whispering Smith

Riding High

The Big Broadcast

Hello, Everybody!

Here Comes the Groom

Spellbound

Private Worlds

Forgotten Faces

The Vice Squad

You Belong to Me

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Golden Harvest

Two-Fisted

Exclusive

El Paso

Millions in the Air

Dear Wife

Million Dollar Legs

A Son Comes Home

Out of This World

Scandal Sheet

If I Had a Million

It's a Great Life

Murder with Pictures

Wives Never Know

Timothy's Quest

Hollywood Boulevard

Sitting Pretty

Street of Chance

Drift Fence

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

He Learned About Women

Here Comes Cookie

Tip-Off Girls

Dear Ruth

No One Man

Manhandled

Ship Cafe

Give Me a Sailor

Run for Cover

Sing, You Sinners

Lone Cowboy

Let's Make a Million

True Confession

Albuquerque

The Saturday Night Kid

Caught in the Draft

Holiday Inn

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

Burning Up

The Pursuit of Happiness

Internes Can't Take Money

This Is the Night

California's Golden Beginning

Lady Be Careful

Henry Aldrich for President

Dynamite
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