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Irving Bacon

Highest Rated: 100% Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

Lowest Rated: 71% Born to Be Bad (1950)

Birthday: Sep 6, 1893

Birthplace: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

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.

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Highest rated movies

100% 80% Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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100% 89% Shadow of a Doubt
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100% 86% Holiday Inn
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98% 81% A Star Is Born
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97% 88% Monsieur Verdoux
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92% 82% Meet John Doe
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89% 80% The Glenn Miller Story
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86% 82% Spellbound
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80% 50% The Desperadoes
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78% 78% The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
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Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon THE GLENN MILLER STORY, Irving Bacon, 1953 BLONDIE MEETS THE BOSS, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Irving Bacon, 1939 CASANOVA BROWN, Gary Cooper, Irving Bacon, 1944 BIG CITY, standing from left: Clem Bevans, Regis Toomey, Irving Bacon (rear), Spencer Tracy, seated: Janet Beecher (back to camera left), Luise Rainer (facing front), 1937 THE GREEN PROMISE, Marguerite Chapman, Natalie Wood, Walter Brennan, Connie Marshall, Irving Bacon, Ted Donaldson, 1949 STATE OF THE UNION, Van Johnson, Katharine Hepburn, Irving Bacon, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou, 1948 MEET JOHN DOE, from left, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Pat Flaherty, Irving Bacon, Warren Hymer, 1941 THE GREEN PROMISE, Ted Donaldson, Irving Bacon, Natalie Wood, Connie Marshall, Walter Brennan, Marguerite Chapman, 1949 THE THIN MAN GOES HOME, Irving Bacon, Virginia Sale, William Powell, 1944 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet 32% Ambush at Cimarron Pass Judge Stanfield (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hidden Guns Doc Carter (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 44% Dakota Incident Tully Morgan (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 33% At Gunpoint Al Ferguson (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Horse Canyon Doc (Character) - 1954
98% 81% A Star Is Born Graves (Character) - 1954
89% 80% The Glenn Miller Story Mr. Miller (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 60% Devil's Canyon Old Guard (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 33% Kansas Pacific Telegrapher Casey (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweethearts on Parade Sheriff Doolittle (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fort Ti Sgt. Monday Wash (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 85% Room for One More Mayor Michael J. Kane (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 29% Cause for Alarm Mr. Carston (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desert of Lost Men Sheriff Skeeter Davis (Character) - 1951
71% 57% Born to Be Bad Jewelry Salesman (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 31% It's a Great Feeling RR Information Clerk (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 67% Woman in Hiding `'Pops'` Link (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 55% The Green Promise Julius Larkins (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 50% Night Unto Night Real Estate Agent (scenes deleted) (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 20% The Big Cat Matt Cooper (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sons of New Mexico Chris Dobbs (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dynamite Jake (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Wife Mike Man (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Honeymoon Mr. Webb (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 68% The Velvet Touch Herbie (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adventures in Silverado Jake Willis (Character) - 1948
78% 78% The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Melvin (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Saddle Pals Thaddeus Bellweather (Character) - 1947
97% 88% Monsieur Verdoux Pierre Couvais (Character) $60.6K 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Brother Talks to Horses Mr. Piper (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under Western Skies Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 25% Guest Wife Nosey Stationmaster (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 58% Weekend at the Waldorf Sam Skelly (Character) - 1945
86% 82% Spellbound Railway gateman (uncredited) (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Footlight Glamour Mr. Crum (Character) - 1944
80% 50% The Desperadoes Dan Walters, Bartender (uncredited) (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 70% A Stranger in Town Orrin Tods (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 17% King of the Cowboys Alf Cluckus (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 51% Gung Ho! Harry (Character) - 1943
100% 89% Shadow of a Doubt Station Master (Character) - 1943
100% 86% Holiday Inn Gus (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnacle Bill Deck hand (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 58% Blondie Plays Cupid Mailman (Character) - 1941
100% 80% Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Tom, the Soda Jerk (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 45% Great Guns Postman (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 75% Caught in the Draft Cogswell (Character) - 1941
92% 82% Meet John Doe Beany (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 43% A Girl, a Guy and a Gob Mr. Albert Merney (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gold Rush Maisie Harry Gilpin (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 71% Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Becker (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 66% Young People Otis (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie Brings Up Baby Mailman (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 53% The Howards of Virginia Tom Norton (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 52% The Doctor Takes a Wife Sam Appleby (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Couldn't Say No Abner Pestler (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 17% You Can't Fool Your Wife Lippincott (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torchy Blane Runs for Mayor Hubert Ward (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 17% Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence Sheriff Clem Diggers (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indianapolis Speedway Fred Haskill (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 91% Blondie Takes a Vacation Mailman (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 47% The Oklahoma Kid Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 58% Hard to Get Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 62% The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Foreman of Jury (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midnight Intruder Evans (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exposed Crankpool (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 56% The Sisters Robert Forbes (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arizona Mahoney Smokey (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Town Girl Gas Station Attendant (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marry the Girl Happy Elmer (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 70% The Big City Jim Sloane (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love on a Bet Farmer on Hay Wagon (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wives Never Know Dr. Mumford (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 50% Petticoat Fever Carl (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Cheers for Love Dance Director (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 57% Romance in Manhattan Counterman (uncredited) (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet West of the Pecos Court (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder on a Honeymoon Man With Pelican (uncredited) (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pursuit of Happiness Bijah (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hat, Coat and Glove Coat Salesman (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 42% Ann Vickers Waiter (uncredited) (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 43% Man Killer Cab Driver (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hello, Everybody Radio Announcer (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 78% The Keyhole Grover, Brooks' Chauffeur (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Central Park Oscar (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 50% Lawyer Man Court Guard (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Is the Night Jacques (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Itching Hour Elmer Sheepshire (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Men Ramrod (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias the Bad Man Ranger Repeater (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 27% Fighting Caravans Mustachioed Barfly (uncredited) (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Half Way to Heaven Slim (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Old Barn The Stranger (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Sisters Chumley (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best Man The Bride's Father (Character) - 1928
No Score Yet No Score Yet His First Flame Butler (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whispering Whiskers Train Chef (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Rainy Knight Peggy's Ex-Husband (Character) - 1925

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dick Van Dyke Show Male Customer (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Tooey (Character) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Sheriff (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Pete Bailey (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Apt. House Manager (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave It to Beaver Postal Clerk (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Turn of Fate Pop (Character) 1957
No Score Yet 97% I Love Lucy Mr. Willoughby (Guest Star) 1952 1955