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name: "Irving Bacon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irving-bacon"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 September 1893"
died: "5 February 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-16T12:05:55.978774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Irving Bacon

Actor. Born 5 September 1893 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. Died 5 February 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 September 1893, Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 5 February 1965
- **Active:** 1934–1943
- **Also known as:** Irving Ernest Bacon, Irving E. Bacon

## Biography

Irving Bacon was an American character actor who appeared in hundreds of films between the 1920s and 1960. He began his career on the stage before entering films in the early 1910s, often in supporting roles in comedies.

He is credited in *It Happened One Night* (1934) as a gas station attendant (uncredited), and appeared in other notable films including *Gone with the Wind* (1939), *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), *His Girl Friday* (1940), *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943) and *Spellbound* (1945). In the late 1930s and early 1940s he played the postman Mr. Crumb (or Mr. Beasley) in Columbia's *Blondie* series. During the 1950s he worked in television, including two episodes of *I Love Lucy*.

Bacon was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and died in Hollywood, California, in 1965.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Station Master — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *It Happened One Night* (1934), Fi1m 88, as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/it-happened-one-night.md)

## Also known for

- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Corporal — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Driver
- *Spellbound* (1945), Railway Gateman (uncredited)
- *His Girl Friday* (1940), Gus (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/his-girl-friday.md)
- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), Pierre Couvais
- *You Can't Take It with You* (1938), Henry (uncredited)
- *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Frank (uncredited)
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), Graves

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