Irving Bacon
Born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA — Sep 05 1893• Died Feb 05 1965
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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…
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Maverick
I Love Lucy
Will Potter
Four Star Playhouse
Carter
The Donna Reed Show
Mayor Webster
Leave It to Beaver
Postal Clerk
77 Sunset Strip
Apt. House Manager
December Bride
Gone with the Wind
Corporal
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Riverboat
Zack Mannion
His Girl Friday
Gus (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Graves
Shadow of a Doubt
Station Master
The Grapes of Wrath
Driver
General Electric Theater
Patch
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Frank (uncredited)
Spellbound
Railway Gateman (uncredited)
Hitchhike to Happiness
Dennis Colby
The Best Man
The Bride's Father
They Died with Their Boots On
Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
Topper
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
Female
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Words and Music
Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
Moonrise
Judd Jenkins
The Glenn Miller Story
Mr. Miller
Meet John Doe
Beany
The Return of Frank James
Bystander
Lady in a Jam
Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
The Desperadoes
Dan Walters - Bartender
Monsieur Verdoux
Pierre Couvais
State of the Union
Buck Swenson
Sailor's Lady
Storekeeper (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Becker
Room for One More
Mayor Michael J. Kane
Fort Massacre
Charlie
O. Henry's Full House
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
The Spoilers
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Rio
'Mushy'
If I Had a Million
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
News Is Made at Night
Mike, Fingerprint Man
Holiday Inn
Gus
Tail Spin
Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Tobacco Road
Bank Teller
The Mad Miss Manton
Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
In Old Oklahoma
Ben
A Stranger in Town
Orin Todds
Young People
Otis
Week-End at the Waldorf
Sam Skelly
A Star Is Born
Station Agent (uncredited)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Mailman
The Cowboy and the Lady
Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
Waiter (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid
Hotel Clerk
Whispering Smith
Mary Jane's Pa
Clerk Getting Tied Up
Remember the Day
Cecil
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
Bad Boy
Butcher
Good Sam
Tramp
Professor Beware
Painter
The Bowery
Hick (uncredited)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Bill - Barber (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Judge Stanfield
King of the Cowboys
Deputy Cluckas
Big City
Jim Sloane
Since You Went Away
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Bad Girl
Expectant Father (uncredited)
El Paso
Stage Passenger (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Missionary (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Hat Check Attendent
Street of Chance
Harry
You Belong to Me
Stage Manager
Run for Cover
Scotty
Dixie Dugan
Mr. Kelly
Hitch Hike Lady
Ed Simpson
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Hubert Ward
Golden Harvest
Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
Western Union
Barber
Action in the North Atlantic
Bartender (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
Link
The Singing Kid
Maine Driver (uncredited)
Riding High
Hamburger Man
It's a Great Feeling
RR Information Clerk
Bachelor Mother
Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Melvin
Marry the Girl
Happy Elmer
The Murder Man
Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Fisherman
Casanova Brown
Hotel Manager
Hard to Get
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Top Man
School Principal
Edison, the Man
Sheriff
China Clipper
Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
This Is the Army
Waiter (uncredited)
Dakota Incident
Tully Morgan
Blondie
Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
At the Circus
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
The Big Cat
Matt Cooper the Mailman
Second Fiddle
Harvey Vaughan
Lady for a Day
Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Simpson (uncredited)
The Chaser
Harvey
The Howards of Virginia
Tom Norton
Exclusive
Dr. Boomgarten
One Way to Love
Train Conductor
It's A Small World
Cal
John Loves Mary
George Beachwood
At Gunpoint
Al Ferguson
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Mr. Vernoy
On Your Toes
Second Stage Manager
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Foreman of Jury
Here Comes Cookie
Thompson
Blondie on a Budget
Mailman
Blondie Meets the Boss
1st Mailman (uncredited)
Fort Ti
Sgt. Monday Wash
Footlight Serenade
Stagehand
To Mary - with Love
Chauffeur
Private Worlds
McLean
The Gay Bride
Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Mailman
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Hotel Clerk
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Jailer (uncredited)
Blondie Plays Cupid
Mailman
Diamond Jim
Passenger
Kentucky Moonshine
Palace Hotel Clerk
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Mr. Albert Merney
Manhandled
Sgt. Fayle
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Tracy (uncredited)
Kansas Pacific
Casey
Man of Iron
Jake
Racket Busters
Counter Man (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Sheriff Clem Diggers
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tad (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Mr. Music
Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
Ship Cafe
Slim
Adventures in Silverado
Jake Willis
True Confession
Coroner
Great Guns
Postman
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Sam Appleby (uncredited)
The Spirit of Culver
Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
Lilly Turner
Earle Yokum (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
New England Farmer (uncredited)
Lone Cowboy
Zeke (uncredited)
It's Love I'm After
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
Reporter Kent (uncredited)
Back Street
Ticket seller
Rocky
Bert Hillman
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Projectionist
Pardon My Sarong
Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
Remember When?
Picnicker (uncredited)
The Head Man
Mayor
Family Honeymoon
Mr. Webb
Cause for Alarm!
Mr. Carston, Postman
Love on a Bet
Farmer on Hay Wagon
Johnny Come Lately
Chief of Police
Hidden Guns
Doc Carter
Out of This World
Irving Krunk
Our Wife
Doorman (uncredited)
Lady Be Careful
Happy
This Is the Night
Sparks
The President Vanishes
Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Mr. Crumb
San Francisco
Picnicker (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Dave Walton
No One Man
Henry - License Clerk
Hat, Coat and Glove
Coat Salesman (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
Parson
Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Peg Leg Holden
Million Dollar Legs
Secretary of War (uncredited)
The Pursuit of Happiness
Bijah
The Sisters
Robert Forbes
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Drug Store Clerk
Private Detective 62
Cab Driver
Born to Be Bad
Jewelry Salesman
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Mailman
Lucky Night
Conductor
Millions in the Air
Mr. Perkins
Page Miss Glory
Waiter (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range
Rodeo Announcer
The Velvet Touch
Herbie
Exposed
Crankpool
Star Dust
Hotel Desk Clerk
Lillian Russell
Soldier
Gold Rush Maisie
Harry Gilpin
The Mind Reader
Reporter (uncredited)
Central Park
Oscar (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
Sheriff Todd
Big Town Girl
Gas Station Attendant
Duffy of San Quentin
Doc Sorin
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Joel Prentiss
Angel's Holiday
Fingerprint Expert
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
Dear Wife
Mike Man
Union Depot
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
Court Guard (uncredited)
Sing, You Sinners
Lecturer on Seals
Timothy's Quest
Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Piper
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Two-Fisted
Brick Briggs
Mister Big
Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
Hollywood Cavalcade
Clerk
Devil's Canyon
Prison Guard
Dangerous Number
Detective
Guest Wife
Nosey Stationmaster
Big Town Czar
Real Estate Man
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
Fred Haskill
Star in the Night
Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Paul Gillis
The Happy Years
Mr. Conover
Here Comes the Groom
Baines
Young America
Bart Munson
Now I'll Tell
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Soldier
Desert of Lost Men
Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Double Harness
Crab Counterman
The First Hundred Years
Wilkins
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Woodbury
Wives Never Know
Dr. Mumford
Dynamite
Jake
Smith's Pony
Ship Maintenance Man
Tip-Off Girls
Sam
It's a Great Life
Slim (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
John Maddocks
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Mailman
The Vice Squad
Masher (uncredited)
Patrick the Great
Mr. Merney
Blondie Goes Latin
Mailman (uncredited)
Four Mothers
Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
House of Mystery
Ned Pickens
The Keyhole
Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
Hers to Hold
Dr. Bacon
Ride on Vaquero
Jailer Smoky
Murder with Pictures
Det. Keogh
Hollywood Boulevard
Gus - Trocadero Bartender
Accent on Love
Smedley
Katie Did It
Train Conductor
Get Hep to Love
Mr. Hardwicke
Saddle Pals
Thaddeus Bellweather
Murder on a Honeymoon
Man with Pelican (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
Dempster
Can't Help Singing
Bath House Barber (uncredited)
Dear Ruth
Delivery Man
By Your Leave
Harry
The Big Broadcast
Prisoner (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
Regan
The Match King
Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
Tropic Holiday
Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty
Dice Player (uncredited)
Blondie in Society
Mailman
The Texas Rangers
David's father (uncredited)
Goin' to Town
Cowboy
The Big Timer
Slim Dugan (uncredited)
Internes Can't Take Money
Jeff
Men Without Names
Old-Timer on Bench
Between Us Girls
Soda Clerk
Central Airport
Airport Weatherman
Emergency Wedding
Filbert - Mechanic
The Thin Man Goes Home
Tom
Midnight Intruder
Evans
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
The Glass Key
Waiter (uncredited)
Broke in China
Military Officer
Manhattan Moon
Lunch Man
His First Flame
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
California or Bust
Wade Rexton
Knickerbocker Holiday
Peter Van Stoon
Give Me a Sailor
The Druggist (uncredited)
Caught in the Draft
Cogswell
Let's Make a Million
Jerry
Cadet Girl
Train conductor
The Bashful Bachelor
Sheriff / Fire Chief
Sons of New Mexico
Chris Dobbs
I'll Love You Always
Theater Manager (uncredited)
Shadows of Sing Sing
Highbrow
Drift Fence
Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Hello, Everybody!
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Wake Up and Dream
Toll Gate Attendant
Redheads on Parade
Entwhistle (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
Raven
Her Primitive Man
Track Man
No Ransom
Heinie
Madame Racketeer
Gus, the Desk Clerk
She Couldn't Take It
Man at Toll Gate
Thru Different Eyes
Stu Johnson
Side Street
Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Earthworm Tractors
Taxicab Driver
The House Across the Street
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
It's a Great Life
Mailman
Too Busy to Work
Gilligan
There Goes My Heart
Mr. Dobbs
Heavenly Days
Tower, the Butler
Manhattan Heartbeat
Sweeney
Night Train to Memphis
Rainbow
Sing, Bing, Sing
Mr. Lake
The Wild Man of Borneo
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Vogues of 1938
Curson - Accountant
The Campus Carmen
President
Meet My Girl
Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
Big Business Girl
Waiter (uncredited)
Chip Off the Old Block
Prof. Frost
Freckles Comes Home
Constable Caleb Weaver
Rose of Cimarron
Sheriff
Forgotten Faces
Pretty
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Cabbie
File 113
Lagors
Henry Aldrich for President
Mr. McCloskey
Matchmaking Mamma
Clifford Figfield
Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Joe, Card player
The Saturday Night Kid
McGonigle (uncredited)
Jennie
Real Estate Broker
Smith's Picnic
Joe Smiley
Black Horse Canyon
Doc Spain
Never a Dull Moment
Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
Hick (uncredited)
Hubby's Weekend Trip
The Green Promise
Julius Larkin
She Couldn't Say No
Abner
Two Weeks to Live
Omar Tennyson Gimpel
Blondes Prefer Bonds
Branded Men
Ramrod
Under Western Skies
Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
Petticoat Fever
Carl
The Girl from Everywhere
The Casting Director
Sweethearts on Parade
Sheriff Doolittle
Masked Mamas
The Practical Joker's Friend
Motorboat Mamas
Cafe Patron
Alias: The Bad Man
Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Soda Jerk
Burning Up
Yokel Driver (uncredited)
A Rainy Knight
Peggy's Ex-Husband
Footlight Glamour
Mr. Crumb
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Conrad - Taxi Driver
Smith's Cook
Mr. Dunhill
Big Business
Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
The Old Barn
The Stranger
Tide of Empire
Townsman (uncredited)
Hurry, Doctor!
The Paper Hanger
Brother Rat and a Baby
Hospital Official
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
He Learned About Women
Stage Door Man
Smith's Uncle
1st Elderly Sucker
California's Golden Beginning
Whispering Whiskers
Train Chef
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Lizzie's Brother
Smith's Army Life
Inspecting Officer
Fighting Caravans
Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)
The Nightwatchman's Mistake
Dean Enoch Weatherby
The Music Goes 'Round
Stuttering Man
High Hats and Low Brows
Butler
The Itching Hour
Elmer
Powdersmoke Range
Gun Store Proprietor
Over Thereabouts
Officer
A Son Comes Home
Hamburger Stand Proprietor
The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
Justice of the Peace
The Swim Princess
College Dean
The Rodeo
Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Lippincott
Half Way to Heaven
Slim
Just a Pain in the Parlor
Servant
Kitty from Killarney
Inspector #1
A Dozen Socks
Ball Toss Operator
Two Sisters
Chumley
Dreaming Out Loud
Wes Stillman
Smith's Fishing Trip
Jake - the Handyman
Isn't Love Cuckoo?
John Lodge - Bebe's Father
Good Morning, Nurse
Servant
Trimmed in Gold
Barber
His New Stenographer
Vernon Vance
Boarding House Blues
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Meadows the Butler
The Jolly Jilter
Tall Servant
Hot Cakes for Two
Photographer
Knights Before Christmas
Pa
For Sale, a Bungalow
The Waiter
Lime Juice Nights
Irving
A Blonde's Revenge
Banker Cody