
Irving Bacon
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.
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A Star Is Born
The Glenn Miller Story
Monsieur Verdoux
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Spellbound
The Thin Man Goes Home
Shadow of a Doubt
Holiday Inn
Meet John Doe
They Died with Their Boots On
The Grapes of Wrath
His Girl Friday
The Return of Frank James
Gone with the Wind
You Can't Take It with You
A Star Is Born
Topper
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
It Happened One Night