• Born: Sep 06, 1893 in St. Joseph, Missouri
• Died: Feb 05, 1965 in Hollywood, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'40s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Career Highlights: State of the Union, It's a Great Feeling, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
• First Major Screen Credit: California or Bust (1927)

Biography

The son of Broadway star Frank Bacon and brother of director Lloyd Bacon, Irving Bacon was on stage from the time he could walk. Irving entered films at the Keystone Studios in 1913, where his athletic prowess and Ichabod Crane-like features came in handy for the Keystone brand of broad slapstick. He appeared in over 200 films during the silent and sound era, often playing mailmen, soda jerks and rustics. Irving was often cast in the films directed by his brother Lloyd; in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) it is Irving, as a flustered jury foreman, who delivers the film's punchline. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Irving played the recurring role of Mr. Crumb in Columbia's Blondie series; he's the poor postman who is forever being knocked down by the late-for-work Dagwood Bumstead, each collision accompanied by a cascade of mail flying through the air. Irving Bacon kept his hand in throughout the 1950s, appearing in a sizeable number of TV situation comedies. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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