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.

Filmography

• Riverboat — Zack Mannion
• 77 Sunset Strip — Apt. House Manager
• 1958Ambush at Cimarron Pass — Judge Stanfield
• 1958Fort Massacre — Charlie
• The Donna Reed Show — Mayor Webster
• Leave It to Beaver — Postal Clerk
• Maverick — Employee
• 1956Dakota Incident — Tully Morgan
• 1956Hidden Guns — Doc Carter
• 1955At Gunpoint — Al Ferguson
• 1955Run for Cover — Scotty
• 1954A Star Is Born — Graves
• 1954Black Horse Canyon — Doc Spain
• December Bride
• 1954Duffy of San Quentin — Doc Sorin
• 1954Ma and Pa Kettle at Home — John Maddocks
• 1954The Glenn Miller Story — Mr. Miller
• 1953Devil's Canyon — Prison Guard
• 1953Fort Ti — Sgt. Monday Wash
• General Electric Theater — Patch, Mr. Holbrook
• 1953Kansas Pacific — Casey
• 1953Sweethearts on Parade — Sheriff Doolittle
• Four Star Playhouse — Carter
• 1952O. Henry's Full House — Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
• 1952Room for One More — Mayor Michael J. Kane
• 1952Rose of Cimarron — Sheriff
• 1951Cause for Alarm! — Mr. Carston, Postman
• 1951Desert of Lost Men — Sheriff Skeeter Davis
• 1951Here Comes the Groom — Baines
• I Love Lucy — Will Potter, Mr. Willoughby
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• 1950Born to Be Bad — Jewelry Salesman
• 1950Emergency Wedding — Filbert - Mechanic
• 1950Katie Did It — Train Conductor
• 1950Mr. Music — Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
• 1950Never a Dull Moment — Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
• 1950Riding High — Hamburger Man
• 1950The Happy Years — Mr. Conover
• 1950Woman in Hiding — Link
• 1949Dear Wife — Mike Man
• 1949Down Memory Lane — (archive footage)
• 1949Dynamite — Jake
• 1949El Paso — Stage Passenger (uncredited)
• 1949It's a Great Feeling — RR Information Clerk
• 1949John Loves Mary — George Beachwood
• 1949Manhandled — Sgt. Fayle
• 1949Sons of New Mexico — Chris Dobbs
• 1949The Big Cat — Matt Cooper the Mailman
• 1949The Green Promise — Julius Larkin
• 1949The House Across the Street — Jury Foreman (uncredited)
• 1948Adventures in Silverado — Jake Willis
• 1948Albuquerque — Dave Walton
• 1948California's Golden Beginning
• 1948Family Honeymoon — Mr. Webb
• 1948Good Sam — Tramp
• 1948Moonrise — Judd Jenkins
• 1948Rocky — Bert Hillman
• 1948State of the Union — Buck Swenson
• 1948The Velvet Touch — Herbie
• 1948Whispering Smith
• 1948Words and Music — Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
• 1947Dear Ruth — Delivery Man
• 1947High Wall
• 1947Monsieur Verdoux — Pierre Couvais
• 1947My Brother Talks to Horses — Mr. Piper
• 1947Saddle Pals — Thaddeus Bellweather
• 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer — Melvin
• 1946Night Train to Memphis — Rainbow
• 1946One Way to Love — Train Conductor
• 1946Wake Up and Dream — Toll Gate Attendant
• 1945Guest Wife — Nosey Stationmaster
• 1945Hitchhike to Happiness — Dennis Colby
• 1945Out of This World — Irving Krunk (uncredited)
• 1945Patrick the Great — Mr. Merney
• 1945Spellbound — Railway Gateman (uncredited)
• 1945Star in the Night — Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
• 1945Under Western Skies — Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Sam Skelly
• 1944A Guy Named Joe — Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
• 1944Can't Help Singing — Bath House Barber (uncredited)
• 1944Casanova Brown — Hotel Manager
• 1944Chip Off the Old Block — Prof. Frost
• 1944Heavenly Days — Tower, the Butler
• 1944Her Primitive Man — Track Man
• 1944Knickerbocker Holiday — Peter Van Stoon
• 1944Since You Went Away — Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
• 1944The Story of Dr. Wassell — Missionary (uncredited)
• 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Tom
• 1944Week-End Pass — Sheriff Todd
• 1943A Stranger in Town — Orin Todds
• 1943Action in the North Atlantic — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1943Dixie Dugan — Mr. Kelly
• 1943Footlight Glamour — Mr. Crumb
• 1943Hers to Hold — Dr. Bacon
• 1943In Old Oklahoma — Ben
• 1943It's a Great Life — Mailman
• 1943Johnny Come Lately — Chief of Police
• 1943King of the Cowboys — Deputy Cluckas
• 1943Mister Big — Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Station Master
• 1943So's Your Uncle — Dempster
• 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
• 1943The Desperadoes — Dan Walters - Bartender
• 1943This Is the Army — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1943Top Man — School Principal
• 1943Two Weeks to Live — Omar Tennyson Gimpel
• 1942Between Us Girls — Soda Clerk
• 1942Blondie's Blessed Event — Mr. Crumb
• 1942Footlight Serenade — Stagehand
• 1942Freckles Comes Home — Constable Caleb Weaver
• 1942Get Hep to Love — Mr. Hardwicke
• 1942Holiday Inn — Gus
• 1942Lady in a Jam — Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1942Pardon My Sarong — Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1942Star Spangled Rhythm — New England Farmer (uncredited)
• 1942The Bashful Bachelor — Sheriff / Fire Chief
• 1942The Spoilers — Hotel Manager (uncredited)
• 1942Thru Different Eyes — Stu Johnson
• 1942Young America — Bart Munson
• 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob — Mr. Albert Merney
• 1941Accent on Love — Smedley
• 1941Back Street — Ticket seller
• 1941Blondie Goes Latin — Mailman (uncredited)
• 1941Blondie in Society — Mailman
• 1941Cadet Girl — Train conductor
• 1941Caught in the Draft — Cogswell
• 1941Four Mothers — Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1941Great Guns — Postman
• 1941Henry Aldrich for President — Mr. McCloskey
• 1941It Started with Eve — Raven
• 1941Meet John Doe — Beany
• 1941Million Dollar Baby — Income Tax Man (uncredited)
• 1941Moon Over Her Shoulder — Conrad - Taxi Driver
• 1941Never Give a Sucker an Even Break — The Soda Jerk
• 1941Our Wife — Doorman (uncredited)
• 1941Remember the Day — Cecil
• 1941Ride on Vaquero — Jailer Smoky
• 1941The Great Man's Lady — Parson
• 1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance — Projectionist
• 1941The Wild Man of Borneo — Carriage Driver (uncredited)
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
• 1941Tobacco Road — Bank Teller
• 1941Western Union — Barber
• 1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble — Mailman
• 1940Blondie Plays Cupid — Mailman
• 1940Blondie on a Budget — Mailman
• 1940Broadway Melody of 1940 — Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
• 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Hospital Official
• 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Becker
• 1940Dreaming Out Loud — Wes Stillman
• 1940Edison, the Man — Sheriff
• 1940Gold Rush Maisie — Harry Gilpin
• 1940His Girl Friday — Gus (uncredited)
• 1940Jennie — Real Estate Broker
• 1940Lillian Russell — Soldier
• 1940Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! — Cabbie
• 1940Manhattan Heartbeat — Sweeney
• 1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective — Fisherman
• 1940Sailor's Lady — Storekeeper (uncredited)
• 1940She Couldn't Say No — Abner
• 1940Star Dust — Hotel Desk Clerk
• 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife — Sam Appleby (uncredited)
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Driver
• 1940The Howards of Virginia — Tom Norton
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Paul Gillis
• 1940The Return of Frank James — Bystander
• 1940You Can't Fool Your Wife — Lippincott
• 1940Young People — Otis
• 1939At the Circus — Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
• 1939Bachelor Mother — Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
• 1939Big Town Czar — Real Estate Man
• 1939Blondie Brings Up Baby — Mailman
• 1939Blondie Meets the Boss — 1st Mailman (uncredited)
• 1939Blondie Takes a Vacation — Mailman
• 1939Gone with the Wind — Corporal
• 1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence — Sheriff Clem Diggers
• 1939Hollywood Cavalcade — Clerk
• 1939I Stole a Million — Simpson (uncredited)
• 1939Indianapolis Speedway — Fred Haskill
• 1939Lucky Night — Conductor
• 1939Made for Each Other — Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
• 1939Nancy Drew... Reporter — Tracy (uncredited)
• 1939News Is Made at Night — Mike, Fingerprint Man
• 1939On Your Toes — Second Stage Manager
• 1939Pack Up Your Troubles — Soldier
• 1939Rio — 'Mushy'
• 1939Second Fiddle — Harvey Vaughan
• 1939Tail Spin — Storekeeper (Uncredited)
• 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Tad (uncredited)
• 1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case — Hotel Clerk
• 1939The Housekeeper's Daughter — Woodbury
• 1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt — Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
• 1939The Oklahoma Kid — Hotel Clerk
• 1939The Spirit of Culver — Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
• 1939They Made Me a Criminal — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• 1939Too Busy to Work — Gilligan
• 1939Torchy Runs for Mayor — Hubert Ward
• 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man — Jailer (uncredited)
• 1938Blondie — Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
• 1938Exposed — Crankpool
• 1938Give Me a Sailor — The Druggist (uncredited)
• 1938Hard to Get — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• 1938Kentucky Moonshine — Palace Hotel Clerk
• 1938Midnight Intruder — Evans
• 1938Mr. Moto's Gamble — Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
• 1938Professor Beware — Painter
• 1938Racket Busters — Counter Man (uncredited)
• 1938Sing, You Sinners — Lecturer on Seals
• 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse — Foreman of Jury
• 1938The Big Broadcast of 1938 — Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
• 1938The Chaser — Harvey
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1938The First Hundred Years — Wilkins
• 1938The Mad Miss Manton — Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)
• 1938The Sisters — Robert Forbes
• 1938There Goes My Heart — Mr. Dobbs
• 1938Tip-Off Girls — Sam
• 1938Tropic Holiday — Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
• 1938You Can't Take It with You — Henry (uncredited)
• 1937A Star Is Born — Station Agent (uncredited)
• 1937Angel's Holiday — Fingerprint Expert
• 1937Big Business — Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
• 1937Big City — Jim Sloane
• 1937Big Town Girl — Gas Station Attendant
• 1937Dangerous Number — Detective
• 1937Exclusive — Dr. Boomgarten
• 1937Internes Can't Take Money — Jeff
• 1937It's Love I'm After — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1937Marry the Girl — Happy Elmer
• 1937They Gave Him a Gun — Tall Soldier (uncredited)
• 1937Topper — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1937True Confession — Coroner
• 1937Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 — Curson - Accountant
• 1936A Son Comes Home — Hamburger Stand Proprietor
• 1936China Clipper — Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
• 1936Drift Fence — Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
• 1936Earthworm Tractors — Taxicab Driver
• 1936Forgotten Faces — Pretty
• 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Gus - Trocadero Bartender
• 1936Hopalong Cassidy Returns — Peg Leg Holden
• 1936Lady Be Careful — Happy
• 1936Let's Make a Million — Jerry
• 1936Love on a Bet — Farmer on Hay Wagon
• 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town — Frank (uncredited)
• 1936Murder with Pictures — Det. Keogh
• 1936Petticoat Fever — Carl
• 1936Rhythm on the Range — Rodeo Announcer
• 1936San Francisco — Picnicker (uncredited)
• 1936The Music Goes 'Round — Stuttering Man
• 1936The Singing Kid — Maine Driver (uncredited)
• 1936The Texas Rangers — David's father (uncredited)
• 1936The Trail of the Lonesome Pine — Mailman
• 1936Three Cheers for Love — Rider - Dance Director
• 1936Timothy's Quest — Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
• 1936To Mary - with Love — Chauffeur
• 1936Valiant Is the Word for Carrie — Drug Store Clerk
• 1936Wives Never Know — Dr. Mumford
• 1935Bad Boy — Butcher
• 1935Diamond Jim — Passenger
• 1935Goin' to Town — Cowboy
• 1935Here Comes Cookie — Thompson
• 1935Hitch Hike Lady — Ed Simpson
• 1935I'll Love You Always — Theater Manager (uncredited)
• 1935It's A Small World — Cal
• 1935It's a Great Life — Slim (uncredited)
• 1935Man of Iron — Jake
• 1935Manhattan Moon — Lunch Man
• 1935Mary Jane's Pa — Clerk Getting Tied Up
• 1935Men Without Names — Old-Timer on Bench
• 1935Millions in the Air — Mr. Perkins
• 1935Murder on a Honeymoon — Man with Pelican (uncredited)
• 1935Page Miss Glory — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1935Powdersmoke Range — Gun Store Proprietor
• 1935Private Worlds — McLean
• 1935Redheads on Parade — Entwhistle (uncredited)
• 1935She Couldn't Take It — Man at Toll Gate
• 1935Ship Cafe — Slim
• 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife — Mr. Vernoy
• 1935The Glass Key — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1935The Murder Man — Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
• 1935The Virginia Judge — Gus Skinner
• 1935Two-Fisted — Brick Briggs
• 1934Broadway Bill — Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
• 1934By Your Leave — Harry
• 1934Friends of Mr. Sweeney — Hat Check Attendent
• 1934George White's Scandals — Hick (uncredited)
• 1934Hat, Coat and Glove — Coat Salesman (uncredited)
• 1934Honor of the Range — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1934House of Mystery — Ned Pickens
• 1934It Happened One Night — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• 1934Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen — Joel Prentiss
• 1934No Ransom — Heinie
• 1934Now I'll Tell — Casino Attendant (uncredited)
• 1934The Gay Bride — Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
• 1934The Hell Cat — Regan
• 1934The President Vanishes — Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
• 1934The Pursuit of Happiness — Bijah
• 1934You Belong to Me — Stage Manager
• 1933Ann Vickers — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1933Central Airport — Airport Weatherman
• 1933Double Harness — Crab Counterman
• 1933Female — Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
• 1933File 113 — Lagors
• 1933Golden Harvest — Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
• 1933He Learned About Women — Stage Door Man
• 1933Hello, Everybody! — Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• 1933Lady for a Day — Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
• 1933Lilly Turner — Earle Yokum (uncredited)
• 1933Lone Cowboy — Zeke (uncredited)
• 1933Private Detective 62 — Cab Driver
• 1933Shadows of Sing Sing — Highbrow
• 1933Sing, Bing, Sing — Mr. Lake
• 1933Sitting Pretty — Dice Player (uncredited)
• 1933The Bowery — Hick (uncredited)
• 1933The Keyhole — Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
• 1933The Mind Reader — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1932Central Park — Oscar (uncredited)
• 1932High Hats and Low Brows — Butler
• 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang — Bill - Barber (uncredited)
• 1932If I Had a Million — China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
• 1932Just a Pain in the Parlor — Servant
• 1932Lawyer Man — Court Guard (uncredited)
• 1932Madame Racketeer — Gus, the Desk Clerk
• 1932Million Dollar Legs — Secretary of War (uncredited)
• 1932No One Man — Henry - License Clerk
• 1932The Big Broadcast — Prisoner (uncredited)
• 1932The Big Timer — Slim Dugan (uncredited)
• 1932The Match King — Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
• 1932This Is the Night — Sparks
• 1932Union Depot — Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
• 1931Alias: The Bad Man — Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
• 1931Bad Girl — Expectant Father (uncredited)
• 1931Big Business Girl — Waiter (uncredited)
• 1931Blondes Prefer Bonds
• 1931Branded Men — Ramrod
• 1931Fighting Caravans — Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited)
• 1931Lime Juice Nights — Irving
• 1931Scandal Sheet — Reporter Kent (uncredited)
• 1931The Itching Hour — Elmer
• 1931The Vice Squad — Masher (uncredited)
• 1930Boarding House Blues
• 1930Burning Up — Yokel Driver (uncredited)
• 1930Knights Before Christmas — Pa
• 1930Street of Chance — Harry
• 1929Calling Hubby's Bluff — Meadows the Butler
• 1929Half Way to Heaven — Slim
• 1929Matchmaking Mamma — Clifford Figfield
• 1929Side Street — Henchman Slim (uncredited)
• 1929The Nightwatchman's Mistake — Dean Enoch Weatherby
• 1929The Old Barn — The Stranger
• 1929The Rodeo — Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
• 1929The Saturday Night Kid — McGonigle (uncredited)
• 1929Tide of Empire — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1929Two Sisters — Chumley
• 1928His New Stenographer — Vernon Vance
• 1928Hubby's Weekend Trip
• 1928Motorboat Mamas — Cafe Patron
• 1928Smith's Army Life — Inspecting Officer
• 1928The Best Man — The Bride's Father
• 1928The Campus Carmen — President
• 1928The Head Man — Mayor
• 1928The Swim Princess — College Dean
• 1927A Dozen Socks — Ball Toss Operator
• 1927Broke in China — Military Officer
• 1927California or Bust — Wade Rexton
• 1927For Sale, a Bungalow — The Waiter
• 1927His First Flame — Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
• 1927Smith's Cook — Mr. Dunhill
• 1927Smith's Fishing Trip — Jake - the Handyman
• 1927Smith's Pony — Ship Maintenance Man
• 1927The Girl from Everywhere — The Casting Director
• 1927The Jolly Jilter — Tall Servant
• 1926A Blonde's Revenge — Banker Cody
• 1926A Prodigal Bridegroom — Lizzie's Brother
• 1926Hot Cakes for Two — Photographer
• 1926Hubby’s Quiet Little Game — Joe, Card player
• 1926Kitty from Killarney — Inspector #1
• 1926Masked Mamas — The Practical Joker's Friend
• 1926Meet My Girl — Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
• 1926Smith's Picnic — Joe Smiley
• 1926Smith's Uncle — 1st Elderly Sucker
• 1926The Gosh-Darn Mortgage — Justice of the Peace
• 1926Trimmed in Gold — Barber
• 1926Whispering Whiskers — Train Chef
• 1925A Rainy Knight — Peggy's Ex-Husband
• 1925Good Morning, Nurse — Servant
• 1925Hurry, Doctor! — The Paper Hanger
• 1925Isn't Love Cuckoo? — John Lodge - Bebe's Father
• 1925Over Thereabouts — Officer
• 1925Remember When? — Picnicker (uncredited)
• 1925Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies — Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)