Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon (born September 6, 1893 in Saint Joseph , Missouri , † February 5, 1965 in Hollywood , California ) was an American character actor with around 540 film and television appearances between 1915 and 1965. With his portrayals of average types, he belonged to the busiest supporting actors in Hollywood.
life and career
Irving Bacon began his film career at the age of twenty years at the Keystone Studios by Mack Sennett . Due to his athletic skills and striking appearance, Bacon was mainly used as a comedian in slapstick comedies during the silent film era . At a young age he played characters who were significantly older than himself. In contrast to many other silent film actors, Bacon made the leap to sound film at the end of the 1920s without any problems, and he made even more films. Bacon was often used as an average person, sometimes a little clumsy but friendly. He regularly played milkmen, servants, bartenders, taxi drivers or artisans. His film appearances in minor to medium supporting roles have included classics such as Gone With the Wind , Here's John Doe , In the Shadow of Doubt and A New Star in the Sky . However, Bacon only rarely took on larger supporting or leading roles, and when he did, it was in rather smaller films.
Bacon had a recurring role in the Blondie film series, of which a total of 28 films were made: Here he embodied the pitiful postman Crump, who is hit over and over again as a running gag of the series, so that his mail flies through the air. In the course of his long film career, he worked with many of the most important directors, producers and actors of his time. In the course of his career he played in over 500 films, an extraordinary number, and from the 1950s onwards he also had guest roles in numerous television series. Bacon was also active as a stage actor.
Bacon had been married to Margaret Bac until her death in 1934 and had a daughter and a son. Irving Bacon died in Hollywood in February 1965 at the age of 71 and was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego .
Filmography (selection)
- 1923: Anna Christie
- 1928: Three Sinners
- 1931: Fighting Caravans
- 1932: Legs are worth gold (Million Dollar Legs)
- 1933: Lady for a Day
- 1934: It Happened One Night (It Happened One Night)
- 1934: Broadway Bill
- 1935: Novak loves America (Romance in Manhattan)
- 1935: The Farmer Takes a Wife
- 1936: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- 1936: Texas Rangers
- 1936: Murder with Pictures
- 1937: Every Day's a Holiday
- 1937: Internal Can't Take Money
- 1937: It's Love I'm After
- 1937: True Confession
- 1938: The double life of Dr. Clitterhouse (The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse)
- 1938: Millionaire gone astray (There Goes My Heart)
- 1938: Escaped across the border (The Texans)
- 1938: Lebenskünstler (You Can't Take it With You)
- 1938: Tropic Holiday
- 1938: Blondie
- 1939: Blondie Meets the Boss
- 1939: Three Sisters from Montana (The Sisters)
- 1939: Sentenced to a criminal (They Made Me a Criminal)
- 1939: The Oklahoma Kid
- 1939: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
- 1939: Blondie Takes a Vacation
- 1939: Second Fiddle
- 1939: Blondie Brings Up Baby
- 1939: Gone with the Wind (Gone with the Wind)
- 1940: His Girl Friday (His Girl Friday)
- 1940: The Grapes of Wrath (The Grapes of Wrath)
- 1940: Blondie on a Budget
- 1940: The Howards of Virginia
- 1941: Caught in the Draft
- 1941: side street ( Backstreet )
- : 1941 no chance Give a Sucker an (Never Give a Sucker to even break)
- 1941: This is John Doe (Meet John Doe)
- 1941: Horror of the Company (Great Guns)
- 1941: Tobacco Road (Tobacco Road)
- 1942: Music, Music (Holiday Inn)
- 1942: The Spoilers (The Spoilers)
- 1942: Footlight Serenade
- 1942: Abbott and Costello among cannibals (Pardon My Sarong)
- 1943: Johnny Come Lately
- 1943: Shadow of a Doubt (Shadow of a Doubt)
- 1943: The Hell of Oklahoma (In Old Oklahoma)
- 1943: Girl Crazy
- 1944: Knickerbocker Holiday
- 1944: Such a Papa (Casanova Brown)
- 1945: Hitchhike to Happiness
- 1945: His wife is my wife (Guest Wife)
- 1945: Week-End at the Waldorf
- 1945: Star in the Night
- 1945: I fight for you (Spellbound)
- 1947: Love is not that simple (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer)
- 1947: Monsieur Verdoux - The woman murderer of Paris (Monsieur Verdoux)
- 1948: Legacy of the Executioner (Moonrise)
- 1948: The Best Man (State of the Union)
- 1948: Albuquerque
- 1949: A great feeling (It's a Great Feeling)
- 1950: Born to Be Bad
- 1950: Laugh and Cry with Me (Riding High)
- 1951: Wedding Parade (Here Comes the Groom)
- 1951: Cause for Alarm!
- 1952: Becoming a father is not difficult (Room for One More)
- 1953: The Glenn Miller Story (The Glenn Miller Story)
- 1954: The Blue Mustang (Black Horse Canyon)
- 1954: A new star in the sky (A Star Is Born)
- 1955: In the shadow of the gallows (Run for Cover)
- 1958: Ambush at Cimarron Pass
- 1958: The last of the 2nd squadron (Fort Massacre)
- 1958–1960: Maverick (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1965: The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Irving Bacon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Irving Bacon in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of Irving Bacon In: The New York Times.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bacon, Irving |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Joseph , Missouri |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1965 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California |