Irving Bacon

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Irving Bacon

Acting September 5, 1893

Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

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 s…

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

7.9 1939 Movie
It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

7.8 1934 Movie
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

7.5 1943 Movie
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

7.8 1940 Movie
Spellbound

Spellbound

7.4 1945 Movie
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

7.4 1940 Movie
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

6.5 1958 TV Show
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

7.9 1951 TV Show
Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux

7.7 1947 Movie
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

7.5 1938 Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

7.5 1936 Movie

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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 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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1987
    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1959
    Riverboat

    TV show Zack Mannion

  3. 1958
    77 Sunset Strip

    TV show Apt. House Manager

  4. 1958
    The Donna Reed Show

    TV show Mayor Webster

  5. 1958
    Fort Massacre

    Movie Charlie

  6. 1958
    Ambush at Cimarron Pass

    Movie Judge Stanfield

  7. 1957
    Leave It to Beaver

    TV show Postal Clerk

  8. 1957
    Maverick

    TV show

  9. 1956
    Dakota Incident

    Movie Tully Morgan

  10. 1956
    Hidden Guns

    Movie Doc Carter

  11. 1955
    At Gunpoint

    Movie Al Ferguson

  12. 1955
    Run for Cover

    Movie Scotty

  13. 1954
    December Bride

    TV show

  14. 1954
    A Star Is Born

    Movie Graves

  15. 1954
    Black Horse Canyon

    Movie Doc Spain

  16. 1954
    Duffy of San Quentin

    Movie Doc Sorin

More credits
  1. 1954
    Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    Movie John Maddocks

  2. 1954
    The Glenn Miller Story

    Movie Mr. Miller

  3. 1953
    Devil's Canyon

    Movie Prison Guard

  4. 1953
    Sweethearts on Parade

    Movie Sheriff Doolittle

  5. 1953
    Fort Ti

    Movie Sgt. Monday Wash

  6. 1953
    Kansas Pacific

    Movie Casey

  7. 1953
    General Electric Theater

    TV show Patch

  8. 1952
    Four Star Playhouse

    TV show Carter

  9. 1952
    O. Henry's Full House

    Movie Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

  10. 1952
    Rose of Cimarron

    Movie Sheriff

  11. 1952
    Room for One More

    Movie Mayor Michael J. Kane

  12. 1951
    Desert of Lost Men

    Movie Sheriff Skeeter Davis

  13. 1951
    I Love Lucy

    TV show Will Potter

  14. 1951
    Here Comes the Groom

    Movie Baines

  15. 1951
    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    TV show

  16. 1951
    Cause for Alarm!

    Movie Mr. Carston, Postman

  17. 1950
    Mr. Music

    Movie Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)

  18. 1950
    Katie Did It

    Movie Train Conductor

  19. 1950
    Emergency Wedding

    Movie Filbert - Mechanic

  20. 1950
    Born to Be Bad

    Movie Jewelry Salesman

  21. 1950
    Never a Dull Moment

    Movie Tunk Johnson (uncredited)

  22. 1950
    The Happy Years

    Movie Mr. Conover

  23. 1950
    Riding High

    Movie Hamburger Man

  24. 1950
    Woman in Hiding

    Movie Link