Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon
Born	September 6, 1893(1893-09-06) Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 5, 1965(1965-02-05) (aged 71) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1920–60
Spouse	Margaret Bac (?-1934) (her death) 2 children

Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in over 400 films. He played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1920. Bacon was sometimes cast in films directed by his namesake Lloyd Bacon (incorrectly named as his brother from several sources) such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). 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.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1923	Anna Christie		Uncredited
1929	Two Sisters	Chumley
1932	This Is the Night	Jacques
1935	Ship Cafe
1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Hotel Clerk
	Second Fiddle	Harvey Vaughan
1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Driver
	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Becker
1941	Meet John Doe	Beany
	Caught in the Draft	Cogswell
	Never Give a Sucker an Even Break	The Soda Jerk
1942	Holiday Inn	Gus
1943	Shadow of a Doubt	Station Master
	In Old Oklahoma	Ben	Alternative title: War of the Wildcats
	What a Woman!	Newsman	Alternative title: The Beautiful Cheat
1944	Casanova Brown
1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Sam Skelly
1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Pierre Couvais
	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Melvin	Alternative title: Bachelor Knight
1948	Albuquerque	Dave Walton
	California's Golden Beginning		short
	State of the Union	Buck Swanson
	Moonrise	Judd Jenkins
1951	Cause for Alarm!'	Joe Carston
1952	Room for One More	The Mayor
1954	The Glenn Miller Story	Mr. Miller
	A Star Is Born	Graves
1958	Ambush at Cimarron Pass	Judge Stanfield
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	The Bigelow Theatre		1 episode
1953	The Ford Television Theatre		1 episode
1954	Four Star Playhouse	Hamilton Carter	1 episode
1954–1955	My Little Margie	Mr. Townsend - Roberta's father	2 episodes
1955	The Burns and Allen Show	Charlie Irwin, Sr.	1 episode
	Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre	Dad	1 episode
1956	Cavalcade of America	Patton	1 episode
1956–1957	December Bride	Andy	2 episodes
1957	The Gale Storm Show	Crackers	1 episode
1958	The Real McCoys	Howard Anderson	1 episode
	The Donna Reed Show	Mayor Webster	1 episode
1960	Laramie		1 episode

External links

• Irving Bacon at the Internet Movie Database
• Irving Bacon at AllRovi
• Irving Bacon at Find a Grave