Irving Bacon
Known for ActingBorn 1893-09-05 — died 1965-02-05Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
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Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films.
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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
Gone with the Wind
1939 · as Corporal
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · as Station Master
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · as Driver
A Star Is Born
1954 · as Graves
His Girl Friday
1940 · as Gus (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
1934 · as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Spellbound
1945 · as Railway Gateman (uncredited)
Blondie
1938 · as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1937 · as Station Agent (uncredited)
Casanova Brown
1944 · as Hotel Manager
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · as Henry (uncredited)
Western Union
1941 · as Barber
Good Sam
1948 · as Tramp
Meet John Doe
1941 · as Beany
Back Street
1941 · as Ticket seller
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 · as Pierre Couvais
The Desperadoes
1943 · as Dan Walters - Bartender