Irving Bacon
Acting
Born September 5, 1893 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Biography
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 flustere…
Known For · 40 titles
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
I Love Lucy
Four Star Playhouse
Leave It to Beaver
77 Sunset Strip
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Gone with the Wind
December Bride
Riverboat
Holiday Inn
General Electric Theater
It Happened One Night
The Grapes of Wrath
His Girl Friday
Shadow of a Doubt
You Can't Take It with You
Spellbound
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
A Star Is Born
They Died with Their Boots On
A Star Is Born
Bad Girl
The Wild Man of Borneo
O. Henry's Full House
The Velvet Touch
The Glenn Miller Story
Guest Wife
Good Sam
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Monsieur Verdoux
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Remember the Day
Meet John Doe
Whispering Whiskers
Manhattan Moon
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Action in the North Atlantic
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
In Old Oklahoma