Irving Bacon

Actor

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Birth Place

St Joseph, Missouri, USA

Born

September 06, 1893

Died

February 05, 1965

Biography

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Irving Bacon was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Bacon's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "California Or Bust" (1927), "The Goodbye Kiss" (1928) and "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929). He also appeared in the William Powell drama "Street of Chance" (1930), "Branded Men" (1931) and "Alias the Bad Man" (1931). His passion for acting contin...

Filmography

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Fort Massacre (1958)

Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)

Judge Stanfield

Hidden Guns (1956)

Dakota Incident (1956)

At Gunpoint (1955)

Run for Cover (1955)

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Grapes Of Wrath, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Homicide

Million Dollar Legs (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Usual Oath Of Allegiance

Biography

Irving Bacon was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Bacon's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "California Or Bust" (1927), "The Goodbye Kiss" (1928) and "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929). He also appeared in the William Powell drama "Street of Chance" (1930), "Branded Men" (1931) and "Alias the Bad Man" (1931). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Lucky Night" (1939), "Tail Spin" (1939) and "Torchy Runs For Mayor" (1939). He also appeared in "Blondie Takes a Vacation" (1939) with Penny Singleton. In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the Roy Rogers musical "King of the Cowboys" (1943), the western "In Old Oklahoma" (1943) with John Wayne and the Randolph Scott western "The Desperadoes" (1943). He also appeared in the James Cagney dramedy "Johnny Come Lately" (1943) and the mystery "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) with Teresa Wright. Bacon last acted in the Joel McCrea western "Fort Massacre" (1958). Bacon passed away in February 1965 at the age of 72.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Fort Massacre (1958)

Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)

Judge Stanfield

Hidden Guns (1956)

Dakota Incident (1956)

At Gunpoint (1955)

Run for Cover (1955)

A Star Is Born (1954)

Graves, manservant

Duffy of San Quentin (1954)

Black Horse Canyon (1954)

The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Mr. [John] Maddocks

Sweethearts on Parade (1953)

Sheriff Doolittle

Kansas Pacific (1953)

Sgt. Monday Wash

Devil's Canyon (1953)

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Ebenezer Dorset

Room for One More (1952)

Rose of Cimarron (1952)

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Honeychile (1951)

Katie Did It (1951)

Desert of Lost Men (1951)

Sheriff Skeeter Davis

Cause for Alarm! (1951)

Mr. Carston, postman

Emergency Wedding (1950)

Sons of New Mexico (1950)

Never a Dull Moment (1950)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

Jewelry salesman

Dear Wife (1950)

The Happy Years (1950)

Riding High (1950)

Mr. Music (1950)

Benson, jewelry clerk

The Big Cat (1949)

Woman in Hiding (1949)

The Green Promise (1949)

Manhandled (1949)

John Loves Mary (1949)

Down Memory Lane (1949)

Family Honeymoon (1949)

It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Information clerk

Night unto Night (1949)

Real estate agent

Dynamite (1949)

Albuquerque (1948)

Moonrise (1948)

Words and Music (1948)

Real estate man

High Wall (1948)

Gas station attendant

Good Sam (1948)

The Velvet Touch (1948)

State of the Union (1948)

Adventures in Silverado (1948)

Dear Ruth (1947)

My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Saddle Pals (1947)

Thaddeus Bellweather

The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)

Wake Up and Dream (1946)

Toll gate attendant

Night Train to Memphis (1946)

One Way to Love (1945)

Guest Wife (1945)

Nosey character

Patrick the Great (1945)

Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)

Roughly Speaking (1945)

Music shop customer

Spellbound (1945)

Railway gateman

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Out of This World (1945)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Under Western Skies (1945)

Sheriff [James Whitcolm Wyatt]

Heavenly Days (1944)

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Can't Help Singing (1944)

A Guy Named Joe (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Week-End Pass (1944)

Her Primitive Man (1944)

Casanova Brown (1944)

Footlight Glamour (1943)

Dixie Dugan (1943)

A Stranger in Town (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

What a Woman! (1943)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)

Ben, telegraph operator

The Desperadoes (1943)

It's a Great Life (1943)

Girl Crazy (1943)

Reception clerk

This Is the Army (1943)

My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)

The Good Fellows (1943)

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

Gung Ho! (1943)

Happy Go Lucky (1943)

Follow the Band (1943)

Mister Big (1943)

King of the Cowboys (1943)

Hers to Hold (1943)

Two Weeks to Live (1943)

Star Spangled Rhythm (1943)

New Hampshire farmer, "Old Glory" number

Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Chief of police

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Young America (1942)

Holiday Inn (1942)

The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)

Get Hep to Love (1942)

Footlight Serenade (1942)

Blondie for Victory (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Lady in a Jam (1942)

Motel proprietor

Remember the Day (1942)

Daring Young Man (1942)

Freckles Comes Home (1942)

Constable Weaver

Thru Different Eyes (1942)

Between Us Girls (1942)

Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Accent on Love (1941)

Too Many Blondes (1941)

Caught in the Draft (1941)

Cadet Girl (1941)

Blondie in Society (1941)

Blondie Goes Latin (1941)

It Started with Eve (1941)

Henry Aldrich for President (1941)

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

Barnacle Bill (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)

Ride on Vaquero (1941)

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

Our Wife (1941)

Western Union (1941)

Back Street (1941)

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)

Great Guns (1941)

Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1941)

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)

Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

Love, Honor, and Oh-Baby! (1940)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

Young People (1940)

Real estate broker

Lillian Russell (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Sailor's Lady (1940)

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

Flight Command (1940)

On Their Own (1940)

The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940)

Gas station attendant

Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)

Hospital official

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

She Couldn't Say No (1940)

Dreaming Out Loud (1940)

Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)

Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)

Sheriff [Clem Diggers]

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Hogarth Wardrobe

Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)

Lucky Night (1939)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

I Stole a Million (1939)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)

Information clerk

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Inside Story (1939)

Gas station attendant

The Arizona Wildcat (1939)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

Personnel director

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Boy Slaves (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Spirit of Culver (1939)

On Your Toes (1939)

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)

Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)

Second Fiddle (1939)

Justice of the peace

News Is Made at Night (1939)

Mike, the fingerprinter

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Tail Spin (1939)

At the Circus (1939)

Telephone operator

Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)

Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Big Town Czar (1939)

Real estate man

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

The Oklahoma Kid (1939)

Too Busy to Work (1939)

Sing You Sinners (1938)

Tip-Off Girls (1938)

The Chaser (1938)

There Goes My Heart (1938)

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Prisoner, harmonica player

Strange Faces (1938)

Passport Husband (1938)

Racket Busters (1938)

Man-Proof (1938)

City Girl (1938)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Spawn of the North (1938)

Cannery official

Professor Beware (1938)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Sweethearts (1938)

Assistant director

The Texans (1938)

Private Collins

Swing Your Lady (1938)

College Swing (1938)

Spring Madness (1938)

Assistant passenger agent

Kentucky Moonshine (1938)

The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)

The Sisters (1938)

Up the River (1938)

Every Day's a Holiday (1938)

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Mr. Smith's secretary

Tropic Holiday (1938)

The First Hundred Years (1938)

Midnight Intruder (1938)

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

Big Town Girl (1937)

Gas station attendant

True Confession (1937)

Dangerous Number (1937)

Big City (1937)

They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

It's Love I'm After (1937)

Seventh Heaven (1937)

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)

Angel's Holiday (1937)

Fingerprint expert

Marry the Girl (1937)

Sing and Be Happy (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Exclusive (1937)

Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)

Let's Make a Million (1936)

Petticoat Fever (1936)

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Wives Never Know (1936)

Earthworm Tractors (1936)

Three Cheers for Love (1936)

Arizona Mahoney (1936)

Rhythm on the Range (1936)

Fireworks salesman

A Son Comes Home (1936)

Hamburger stand proprietor

Nobody's Fool (1936)

To Mary--With Love (1936)

San Francisco (1936)

The Singing Kid (1936)

The Texas Rangers (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

The Music Goes 'Round (1936)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)

Drug store clerk

Forgotten Faces (1936)

The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)

Timothy's Quest (1936)

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Lady Be Careful (1936)

Drift Fence (1936)

Ship Cafe (1935)

Manhattan Moon (1935)

Hitch Hike Lady (1935)

It's a Great Life! (1935)

I'll Love You Always (1935)

Theater manager

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

Murder Man (1935)

Merry-go-round man

Goin' to Town (1935)

The Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

First bartender

Redheads on Parade (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Man at toll gate

Going Highbrow (1935)

Diamond Jim (1935)

The Affair of Susan (1935)

Men Without Names (1935)

Mary Jane's Pa (1935)

Welcome Home (1935)

The Glass Key (1935)

Bright Lights (1935)

Airport attendant

Powdersmoke Range (1935)

Gun store proprietor

The Virginia Judge (1935)

Gus Skinner, Props. garage

Private Worlds (1935)

West of the Pecos (1935)

Man of Iron (1935)

Millions in the Air (1935)

Two Fisted (1935)

It's a Small World (1935)

No Ransom (1934)

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)

Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934)

Ready for Love (1934)

The House of Mystery (1934)

Inspector Ned Pickens

George White's Scandals (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934)

Hot dog stand owner

Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)

Now I'll Tell (1934)

Six of a Kind (1934)

Clerk at Phillipsburg hotel

Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Station attendant

Merry Wives of Reno (1934)

You Belong to Me (1934)

The Hell Cat (1934)

Private Detective 62 (1933)

Ann Vickers (1933)

Double Harness (1933)

Central Airport (1933)

Hello, Everybody! (1933)

Lilly Turner (1933)

Big Executive (1933)

Lady for a Day (1933)

Lone Cowboy (1933)

Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)

File 113 (1932)

Lagors, his partner

No One Man (1932)

He Learned About Women (1932)

If I Had a Million (1932)

Charlie Smithers

Central Park (1932)

Million Dollar Legs (1932)

Secretary of the Navy

This Is the Night (1932)

Reynolds ("Sparks")

Branded Men (1931)

Alias--The Bad Man (1931)

Street of Chance (1930)

Half-way to Heaven (1929)

Side Street (1929)

The Saturday Night Kid (1929)

McGonigle, sales manager

Two Sisters (1929)

The Good-Bye Kiss (1928)

Colonel von Stein

The Head Man (1928)

California or Bust (1927)

Make-Up (Feature Film)

The Tattered Dress (1957)

Cast (Short)

Star in the Night (1945)

Matchmaking Mama (1929)

The Best Man (1928)

Broke in China (1927)

The Golf Nut (1927)

Smith's Pony (1927)

Smith's Picnic (1926)

A Rainy Knight (1925)

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)

Life Events

Videos

Grapes Of Wrath, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Homicide John Ford and Darryl F. Zanuck delivering the John Steinbeck novel with full force, opening credits and Henry Fonda appears in the dust bowl as Tom Joad, just tolerating a supercilious trucker (Irving Bacon), in the Best Picture-nominated The Grapes Of Wrath, 1940.

Million Dollar Legs (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Usual Oath Of Allegiance Hugh Herbert the ringleading secretary of treasury, Billy Gilbert sneezing, Vernon Dent, Teddy Hart, Irving Bacon also in the cabinet, as W.C. Fields, of course the President, asserts his dominance, in the nutso Paramount comedy in Million Dollar Legs, 1932, from producer Herman J. Mankiewicz, from a story by his brother Joseph L.

Lady For A Day (1933) -- (Movie Clip) In Your Own Vernacular We’ve just met Guy Kibbee as “Judge” Blake, engaged in a pool hustle (Irving Bacon the dupe) when Shakespeare (Nat Pendleton) arrives, representing Dave the Dude (Warren William), to recruit him as a stand-in husband for dolled-up Apple Annie (May Robson), with Ned Sparks as Happy and Glenda Farrell as Missouri, in Frank Capra’s Lady For A Day, 1933, from a Damon Runyon story.

Gold Rush Maisie (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Plenty Of Tears Ann Sothern (title character) is leaving town, from the diner where Harry (Irving Bacon) is sharing the big news, one customer (Henry Roquemore) leaving as another (Eddie Gribbon) arrives, and young Jubie (Virginia Weidler) appears seeking aid, in Gold Rush Maisie, 1940, the third in the MGM series.

O. Henry's Full House (1952) -- (Movie Clip) The Ransom Of Red Chief Droll Alabamians Kathleen Freeman and Irving Bacon are little moved when their son (Lee Aaker) is kidnapped by bumbling Yankee interlopers Sam Brown (Fred Allen) and William Smith (Oscar Levant), who hope to turn a quick profit, Howard Hawks directing, in the literary anthology O. Henry’s Full House, 1952.

Kansas Pacific (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Just An Ordinary Fight Kansas, 1860, Sterling Hayden as undercover U.S. Army officer Nelson has just arrived to oversee railroad construction when he meets Reed Hadley as Quantrill (About twice the age the historic figure lived to become), who in fact is an agent for the incipient Confederacy, joining in fisticuffs as civic duty, his new associate Barton MacLane arriving, Harry Shannon, Eve Miller and Irving Bacon in support, in Allied Artists’ Kansas Pacific, 1953.

Oklahoma Kid, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Feel The Air? In Oklahoma, 1893, eve of the Cherokee Strip Land Run, James Cagney appears, an as-yet un-named and unaffiliated cowboy, introducing himself to Rosemary Lane, daughter of the judge (Donald Crisp), annoying Ned (Harvey Stephens) then tangling with the innkeeper (Irving Bacon), early in the Warner Bros. Western The Oklahoma Kid, 1939.

His Girl Friday (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Get Poetic Editor and ex-husband Walter (Cary Grant) is angling to get ex-wife and star reporter Hildy (Rosalind Russell) to put off her honeymoon with Bruce (Ralph Bellamy) and come back to cover the hot murder trial, early in Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday, 1940.

You Can't Take It With You (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Buy Yourself Some Mousetraps After a tense encounter with his disapproving family at a fancy restaurant, Tony (James Stewart) teases his stenographer and fianceè Alice (Jean Arthur, still sporting a sign from an earlier mishap), setting off a new crisis, in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You, 1938.

Born To Be Bad (1950) -- (Movie Ciip) You Make Her Sound So Mercenary Christabel (Joan Fontaine), growing ever more sneaky and selfish, arrives in a rush to help wealthy Curtis (Zachary Scott) select an engagement gift for her hostess and supposed friend, in Nicholas Ray's Born To Be Bad, 1950.

Meet John Doe (1941) -- (Movie Clip) The Greed, The Lust, The Hate, The Fear Staff-slashing editor Connell (James Gleason) doesn’t know that Ann (Barbara Stanwyck), whom he fired the day before, invented “John Doe,” whose suicidal letter she featured in her final column, and she offers a blinding pitch to launch the stunt and win back her job, in Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe, 1941.

Week-end At The Waldorf (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Fox Hole Briefly Lana Turner's first appearance as pool stenographer Bunny, with crooked financier Edley (Edward Arnold), who is recognized by world-weary correspondent Collyer (Walter Pidgeon, his first scene), passing through town in MGM's Week-end At The Waldorf, 1945, with Ginger Rogers and Van Johnson.

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