Irving Bacon
Acting
🎂 1893-09-05
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.
Cast credits(383)
1957
Employee
1957
Will Potter
1951
Mr. Willoughby
1951
Carter
1952
Apt. House Manager
1958
Mayor Webster
1958
Postal Clerk
1957
Zack Mannion
1959
Corporal
1939
1954
1951
Hotel Clerk
1939
Railway Gateman (uncredited)
1945
Coat Salesman (uncredited)
1934
Gus (uncredited)
1940
Station Master
1943
Graves
1954
Tom Norton
1940
Driver
1940
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Baines
1951
Counter Man (uncredited)
1938
Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1941
Simpson (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Miller
1954
Frank (uncredited)
1936
Barber
1941
Inspector #1
1926
Station Agent (uncredited)
1937
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
1934
Irving
1931
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1937
McLean
1935
RR Information Clerk
1949
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
1952
Smedley
1941
Al Ferguson
1955
Soldier
1939
Dennis Colby
1945
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
1941
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
1932
Peter Van Stoon
1944
Beany
1941
Drug Store Clerk
1936
Bystander
1940
Pierre Couvais
1947
Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Waiter (uncredited)
1943
Sgt. Monday Wash
1953
Sheriff Clem Diggers
1939
Mr. Carston, Postman
1951
Mr. Lake
1933
Bert Hillman
1948
Irving Krunk
1945
Self (archive footage)
1987
Clerk
1939
Lagors
1933
Jim Sloane
1937
Butler
1932
Omar Tennyson Gimpel
1943
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
1938
Scotty
1955
Mr. Crumb
1943
Melvin
1947
Palace Hotel Clerk
1938
Judd Jenkins
1948
Dan Walters - Bartender
1943
Thompson
1935
Gus
1942
Doc Carter
1956
Patch
1953
Mr. Holbrook
1953
Tracy (uncredited)
1939
Bath House Barber (uncredited)
1944
Taxicab Driver
1936
The Paper Hanger
1925
Bill - Barber (uncredited)
1932
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1942
Woodbury
1939
Jake Willis
1948
Foreman of Jury
1938
Jerry
1936
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
1937
Mike Man
1949
Pa
1930
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Crumb
1942
Charlie
1958
Mailman
1940
1948
Cabbie
1940
Jailer Smoky
1941
Wes Stillman
1940
1st Mailman (uncredited)
1939
Lippincott
1940
Mailman
1939
Mailman
1939
Tom
1944
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
1933
Hamburger Man
1950
Hamburger Stand Proprietor
1936
Mailman
1940
Mailman
1941
Buck Swenson
1948
Sheriff Doolittle
1953
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
1938
Link
1950
Sweeney
1940
Ed Simpson
1935
Prof. Frost
1944
New England Farmer (uncredited)
1942
Gus, the Desk Clerk
1932
Harvey Vaughan
1939
Doc Sorin
1954
Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
1938
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
1938
Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
1940
Zeke (uncredited)
1933
Carriage Driver
1941
Julius Larkin
1949
Gilligan
1939
Mr. Webb
1948
Nosey Stationmaster
1945
Filbert - Mechanic
1950
(archive footage)
1949
Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
1950
Tully Morgan
1956
Parson
1941
Bank Teller
1941
Chris Dobbs
1949
Jake
1949
Ned Pickens
1934
Hotel Desk Clerk
1940
Track Man
1944
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1939
Tramp
1948
Slim Dugan (uncredited)
1932
Lunch Man
1935
Cal
1935
Mayor Michael J. Kane
1952
Sheriff Skeeter Davis
1951
Evans
1938
Train Conductor
1946
Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
1948
Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
1939
Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
1931
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
1943
Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
1939
Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
1936
Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
1942
Jake
1935
Hubert Ward
1939
Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
1945
Ben
1943
Deputy Cluckas
1943
Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
1950
1948
Picnicker (uncredited)
1936
Thaddeus Bellweather
1947
Reporter (uncredited)
1933
Raven
1941
The Waiter
1927
Abner
1940
Mr. Albert Merney
1941
Jeff
1937
School Principal
1943
Casey
1953
Mr. Kelly
1943
Mailman (uncredited)
1941
Stage Manager
1934
Slim
1935
Peg Leg Holden
1936
Mailman
1940
Lecturer on Seals
1938
Carl
1936
Matt Cooper the Mailman
1949
Ticket seller
1941
Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
1945
Constable Caleb Weaver
1942
Sgt. Fayle
1949
1931
Mailman
1943
Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
1936
Cafe Patron
1928
Stage Door Man
1933
Barber
1926
The Druggist (uncredited)
1938
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Second Stage Manager
1939
David's father (uncredited)
1936
Tad (uncredited)
1939
Butcher
1935
Airport Weatherman
1933
Becker
1940
Sam Skelly
1945
Vernon Vance
1928
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Herbie
1948
Henry - License Clerk
1932
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Chauffeur
1936
Hick (uncredited)
1934
The Practical Joker's Friend
1926
Henchman Slim (uncredited)
1929
Sheriff
1940
Wilkins
1938
Mr. McCloskey
1941
Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
1926
Sheriff Todd
1944
Harry
1934
Man with Pelican (uncredited)
1935
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
1949
Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
1939
Maine Driver (uncredited)
1936
Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
1938
Harry Gilpin
1940
Farmer on Hay Wagon
1936
Storekeeper (uncredited)
1940
Lizzie's Brother
1926
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Otis
1940
Storekeeper (Uncredited)
1939
Train Chef
1926
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
1927
Toll Gate Attendant
1946
Theater Manager (uncredited)
1935
Joe Smiley
1926
Dempster
1943
Jake - the Handyman
1927
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
1939
Postman
1941
1943
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
1931
Sam Appleby (uncredited)
1940
Real Estate Man
1939
Painter
1938
Yokel Driver (uncredited)
1930
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1933
Prison Guard
1953
Stu Johnson
1942
Chief of Police
1943
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1938
1930
Servant
1925
Hospital Official
1940
Train Conductor
1950
Man at Toll Gate
1935
Hotel Clerk
1939
Gas Station Attendant
1937
Mr. Dobbs
1938
Cecil
1941
Happy
1936
Military Officer
1927
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
1938
Mr. Perkins
1935
Det. Keogh
1936
Happy Elmer
1937
Robert Forbes
1938
Crab Counterman
1933
Stuttering Man
1936
Bartender (uncredited)
1943
Dave Walton
1948
Picnicker (uncredited)
1925
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Mailman
1936
Sparks
1932
Regan
1934
Mr. Vernoy
1935
Peggy's Ex-Husband
1925
Oscar (uncredited)
1932
Mr. Merney
1945
Detective
1937
Cogswell
1941
Ball Toss Operator
1927
Doc Spain
1954
Officer
1925
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
1933
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1949
Mr. Dunhill
1927
Rodeo Announcer
1936
Doorman (uncredited)
1941
Brick Briggs
1935
Joe, Card player
1926
College Dean
1928
Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
1943
Bart Munson
1942
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
1933
Mike, Fingerprint Man
1939
Delivery Man
1947
Sheriff / Fire Chief
1942
Cab Driver
1933
Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
1936
Sam
1938
Justice of the Peace
1926
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
1925
Dr. Boomgarten
1937
Projectionist
1941
Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
1942
Mr. Conover
1950
Inspecting Officer
1928
Townsman (uncredited)
1929
Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
1929
Orin Todds
1943
The Stranger
1929
Fred Haskill
1939
Fisherman
1940
Secretary of War (uncredited)
1932
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1937
Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
1934
1st Elderly Sucker
1926
Clifford Figfield
1929
The Soda Jerk
1941
Servant
1932
Mr. Piper
1947
Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
1933
Elmer
1931
Meadows the Butler
1929
Bijah
1934
George Beachwood
1949
Ramrod
1931
Pretty
1936
Harvey
1938
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Rainbow
1946
Conrad - Taxi Driver
1941
'Mushy'
1939
Tall Servant
1927
Mr. Hardwicke
1942
Fingerprint Expert
1937
Judge Stanfield
1958
Expectant Father (uncredited)
1931
Train conductor
1941
Clerk Getting Tied Up
1935
Slim (uncredited)
1935
Hotel Manager
1944
Joel Prentiss
1934
Jewelry Salesman
1950
Dice Player (uncredited)
1933
Slim
1929
Dr. Bacon
1943
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
1936
Stagehand
1942
Curson - Accountant
1937
Mayor
1928
The Bride's Father
1928
Soda Clerk
1942
Entwhistle (uncredited)
1935
Earle Yokum (uncredited)
1933
Conductor
1939
Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
1932
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Paul Gillis
1940
Cowboy
1935
Ship Maintenance Man
1927
Chumley
1929
Banker Cody
1926
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
1934
Sheriff
1952
Heinie
1934
Passenger
1935
Gun Store Proprietor
1935
Prisoner (uncredited)
1932
Coroner
1937
Town Character
1935
Missionary (uncredited)
1944
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
1935
Tower, the Butler
1944
Masher (uncredited)
1931
Hat Check Attendent
1934
John Lodge - Bebe's Father
1925
President
1928
Photographer
1926
Crankpool
1938
The Casting Director
1927
Harry
1930
Dr. Mumford
1936
Court Guard (uncredited)
1932
McGonigle (uncredited)
1929
Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
1937
Soldier
1940