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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.
Movies
The Grapes of Wrath
Driver
Gone with the Wind
Corporal
A Star Is Born
Graves
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Mailman
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Mailman
Blondie's Blessed Event
Mr. Crumb
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Mailman
Blondie in Society
Mailman
Blondie on a Budget
Mailman
Blondie Plays Cupid
Mailman
Footlight Glamour
Mr. Crumb
It's a Great Life
Mailman
Shadow of a Doubt
Station Master
Monsieur Verdoux
Pierre Couvais
Action in the North Atlantic
Bartender (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
RR Information Clerk
Meet John Doe
Beany
It Started with Eve
Raven
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Melvin
Rio
'Mushy'
Holiday Inn
Gus
Moonrise
Judd Jenkins
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Soda Jerk
The Velvet Touch
Herbie
Manhandled
Sgt. Fayle
Cause for Alarm!
Mr. Carston, Postman
The Thin Man Goes Home
Tom
Lady for a Day
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad
Jewelry Salesman
Woman in Hiding
Link
Footlight Serenade
Stagehand
Ann Vickers
Waiter (uncredited)
Earthworm Tractors
Taxicab Driver
Private Detective 62
Cab Driver
The Glenn Miller Story
Mr. Miller
Can't Help Singing
Bath House Barber (uncredited)
This Is the Night
Sparks
Big City
Jim Sloane
The Howards of Virginia
Tom Norton
Dakota Incident
Tully Morgan
Broadway Bill
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Our Wife
Doorman (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
Sam Skelly
Fort Massacre
Charlie
Young People
Otis
Family Honeymoon
Mr. Webb
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Becker
At Gunpoint
Al Ferguson
Caught in the Draft
Cogswell
Star Spangled Rhythm
New England Farmer (uncredited)
Back Street
Ticket seller
Mr. Music
Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
Riding High
Hamburger Man
King of the Cowboys
Deputy Cluckas
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Judge Stanfield
The Match King
Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
True Confession
Coroner
Guest Wife
Nosey Stationmaster
Petticoat Fever
Carl
Bad Girl
Expectant Father (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
McGonigle (uncredited)
Now I'll Tell
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Sing, Bing, Sing
Mr. Lake
The Big Cat
Matt Cooper the Mailman
A Stranger in Town
Orin Todds
Patrick the Great
Mr. Merney
Murder with Pictures
Det. Keogh
Fort Ti
Sgt. Monday Wash
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Sheriff Clem Diggers
Love on a Bet
Farmer on Hay Wagon
Duffy of San Quentin
Doc Sorin
She Couldn't Say No
Abner
Lucky Night
Conductor
Accent on Love
Smedley
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Mr. Albert Merney
Freckles Comes Home
Constable Caleb Weaver
Marry the Girl
Happy Elmer
High Hats and Low Brows
Butler
Branded Men
Ramrod
Ride on Vaquero
Jailer Smoky
Whispering Whiskers
Train Chef
Pack Up Your Troubles
Soldier
Here Comes Cookie
Thompson
Two-Fisted
Brick Briggs
The Vice Squad
Masher (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
Fred Haskill
Wake Up and Dream
Toll Gate Attendant
Exposed
Crankpool
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Lippincott
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Joel Prentiss
You Can't Take It with You
Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Intruder
Evans
Under Western Skies
Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
Sing, You Sinners
Lecturer on Seals
Tip-Off Girls
Sam
Sweethearts on Parade
Sheriff Doolittle
Lawyer Man
Court Guard (uncredited)
Union Depot
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
Hotel Manager
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Fisherman
The Mind Reader
Reporter (uncredited)
The President Vanishes
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Dear Ruth
Delivery Man
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor
The Druggist (uncredited)
It's A Small World
Cal
Street of Chance
Harry
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Cabbie
The Mad Miss Manton
Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
The First Hundred Years
Wilkins
Smith's Army Life
Inspecting Officer
Burning Up
Yokel Driver (uncredited)
You Belong to Me
Stage Manager
Heavenly Days
Tower, the Butler
One Way to Love
Train Conductor
The Hell Cat
Regan
Alias: The Bad Man
Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
Emergency Wedding
Filbert - Mechanic
A Rainy Knight
Peggy's Ex-Husband
Dynamite
Jake
Tide of Empire
Townsman (uncredited)
Chip Off the Old Block
Prof. Frost
The Green Promise
Julius Larkin
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
Broke in China
Military Officer
Side Street
Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Smith's Pony
Ship Maintenance Man
They Made Me a Criminal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Room for One More
Mayor Michael J. Kane
Double Harness
Crab Counterman
There Goes My Heart
Mr. Dobbs
The Rodeo
Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
Smith's Uncle
1st Elderly Sucker
Lilly Turner
Earle Yokum (uncredited)
Racket Busters
Counter Man (uncredited)
Vogues of 1938
Curson - Accountant
They Gave Him a Gun
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
Clerk
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Out of This World
Irving Krunk
Scandal Sheet
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
The Spirit of Culver
Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
By Your Leave
Harry
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Drug Store Clerk
Half Way to Heaven
Slim
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
At the Circus
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Desert of Lost Men
Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Broadway Melody of 1940
Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Waiter (uncredited)
Words and Music
Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa
Clerk Getting Tied Up
On Your Toes
Second Stage Manager
Men Without Names
Town Character
Exclusive
Dr. Boomgarten
Henry Aldrich for President
Mr. McCloskey
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Hat Check Attendent
The Big Broadcast
Prisoner (uncredited)
Black Horse Canyon
Doc Spain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tad (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
Tail Spin
Storekeeper (Uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Jailer (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Tracy (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
1st Mailman (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid
Hotel Clerk
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Hotel Clerk
Second Fiddle
Harvey Vaughan
Kansas Pacific
Casey
News Is Made at Night
Mike, Fingerprint Man
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Woodbury
Professor Beware
Painter
O. Henry's Full House
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Matchmaking Mamma
Clifford Figfield
The Wild Man of Borneo
Carriage Driver
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Paul Gillis
Man of Iron
Jake
Night Train to Memphis
Rainbow
The Desperadoes
Dan Walters - Bartender
Sons of New Mexico
Chris Dobbs
Hat, Coat and Glove
Coat Salesman (uncredited)
El Paso
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Dixie Dugan
Mr. Kelly
Great Guns
Postman
Star in the Night
Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
The Sisters
Robert Forbes
His Girl Friday
Gus (uncredited)
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Peg Leg Holden
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Hubert Ward
Brother Rat and a Baby
Hospital Official
Edison, the Man
Sheriff
Lady in a Jam
Motel Proprietor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
Star Dust
Hotel Desk Clerk
Big Town Girl
Gas Station Attendant
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Bill - Barber (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
Sheriff Todd
Internes Can't Take Money
Jeff
Thru Different Eyes
Stu Johnson
The Happy Years
Mr. Conover
The Return of Frank James
Bystander
Between Us Girls
Soda Jerk
Run for Cover
Scotty
He Learned About Women
Stage Door Man
In Old Oklahoma
Ben
Since You Went Away
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
The Pursuit of Happiness
Bijah
Here Comes the Groom
Baines
Good Morning, Nurse
Servant
To Mary - with Love
Chauffeur
The Singing Kid
Maine Driver (uncredited)
The Campus Carmen
President
His First Flame
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Dice Player (uncredited)
The Big Timer
Slim Dugan (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Sam Appleby
Lillian Russell
Soldier
Devil's Canyon
Prison Guard
Dreaming Out Loud
Wes Stillman
No Ransom
Heinie
Topper
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range
Rodeo Announcer
Big Business
Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
Diamond Jim
Passenger
Katie Did It
Train Conductor
Madame Racketeer
Gus, the Desk Clerk
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Projectionist
Saddle Pals
Thaddeus Bellweather
Four Mothers
Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Manhattan Moon
Lunch Man
Big Business Girl
Waiter (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Dave Walton
Adventures in Silverado
Jake Willis
The Spoilers
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Parson
They Died with Their Boots On
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Remember the Day
Cecil
Hidden Guns
Doc Carter
California's Golden Beginning
Good Sam
Tramp
Hers to Hold
Dr. Bacon
Big Town Czar
Real Estate Man
Never a Dull Moment
Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
Remember When?
Picnicker (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
Entwhistle (uncredited)
Lady Be Careful
Happy
I Stole a Million
Simpson (uncredited)
Smith's Picnic
Joe Smiley
I'll Love You Always
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Dangerous Number
Detective
Angel's Holiday
Fingerprint Expert
Get Hep to Love
Mr. Hardwicke
San Francisco
Picnicker (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of War (uncredited)
The Gay Bride
Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
Western Union
Barber
State of the Union
Buck Swenson
Cadet Girl
Train conductor
Two Weeks to Live
Omar Tennyson Gimpel
Spellbound
Railway Gateman (uncredited)
Her Primitive Man
Track Man
So's Your Uncle
Dempster
Murder on a Honeymoon
Man with Pelican (uncredited)
The House Across the Street
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Tobacco Road
Bank Teller
If I Had a Million
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
Mister Big
Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
The Keyhole
Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
Central Airport
Airport Weatherman
The Chaser
Harvey
Young America
Bart Munson
Smith's Fishing Trip
Jake - the Handyman
Smith's Cook
Mr. Dunhill
Too Busy to Work
Gilligan
John Loves Mary
George Beachwood
Powdersmoke Range
Gun Store Proprietor
Top Man
School Principal
Dear Wife
Mike Man
Sailor's Lady
Storekeeper
Tropic Holiday
Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
File 113
The Glass Key
Waiter (uncredited)
The Itching Hour
Elmer
Gold Rush Maisie
Harry Gilpin
She Couldn't Take It
Man at Toll Gate
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Private Worlds
McLean
China Clipper
Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Slim
House of Mystery
Ned Pickens
Central Park
Oscar (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Johnny Come Lately
Chief of Police
A Star Is Born
Station Agent (uncredited)
Let's Make a Million
Jerry
Blondie Goes Latin
Mailman (uncredited)
Blondie
Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Missionary (uncredited)
Boarding House Blues
Female
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Goin' to Town
Cowboy
The Bashful Bachelor
Sheriff / Fire Chief
Drift Fence
Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Knickerbocker Holiday
Peter Van Stoon
Hitchhike to Happiness
Dennis Colby
Two Sisters
Chumley
The Head Man
Mayor
Rose of Cimarron
Sheriff
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Mailman
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Foreman of Jury
No One Man
Henry - License Clerk
The Girl from Everywhere
The Casting Director
The Best Man
The Bride's Father
The Swim Princess
College Dean
Motorboat Mamas
Cafe Patron
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Lone Cowboy
Zeke (uncredited)
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Lizzie's Brother
Masked Mamas
The Practical Joker's Friend
Hurry, Doctor!
The Paper Hanger
Hot Cakes for Two
Photographer
Trimmed in Gold
Barber
Meet My Girl
Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
Kitty from Killarney
Inspector #1
A Dozen Socks
Ball Toss Operator
Over Thereabouts
Officer
The Jolly Jilter
Tall Servant
For Sale, a Bungalow
The Waiter
His New Stenographer
Vernon Vance
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
John Lodge - Bebe's Father
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Joe, Card player
A Blonde's Revenge
Banker Cody
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
Justice of the Peace
Hello, Everybody!
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Knights Before Christmas
Pa
Lime Juice Nights
Irving
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Conrad - Taxi Driver
Hitch Hike Lady
Ed Simpson
The Old Barn
The Stranger
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
It's Love I'm After
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Rocky
Bert Hillman
Manhattan Heartbeat
Sweeney
It Happened One Night
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
It's a Great Life
Slim (uncredited)
Blondes Prefer Bonds
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Meadows the Butler
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Piper
Kentucky Moonshine
Palace Hotel Clerk
The Murder Man
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
The Texas Rangers
David's father (uncredited)
Timothy's Quest
Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
A Son Comes Home
Hamburger Stand Proprietor
Shows
Maverick
December Bride
Leave It to Beaver
Postal Clerk
General Electric Theater
Patch
I Love Lucy
Mr. Willoughby
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
77 Sunset Strip
Apt. House Manager
Riverboat
Zack Mannion
The Donna Reed Show
Mayor Webster
I Love Lucy
Will Potter
General Electric Theater
Mr. Holbrook
Four Star Playhouse
Carter
Maverick
Employee