# Irving Bacon

Irving Ernest Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films.

## Early years

Bacon was the son of entertainers Millar West Bacon (who was a teenager) and Myrtle Vane. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and grew up in San Diego, California. His parents divorced in 1900. His father remarried, to Lena Ann Davis in Spokane later that year.

## Career

Bacon played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1912 in Mack Sennett productions. The actor returned to the Sennett studio in 1924, and appeared frequently in Sennett's silent and sound comedies as a supporting actor. By 1933, Bacon was so well established as a utility player that he was pressed into service to replace Andy Clyde—wearing Clyde's "old man" costume and makeup—in a Sennett comedy.
Bacon often played comical "average guys" in scores of feature films; in 1939 alone he appeared in three dozen features. Today's audiences may know him as the soda jerk in the W. C. Fields comedy Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, the wily wagon driver in the Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire musical Holiday Inn, the angry motel guest in the Oscar-winning short Star in the Night, and Glenn Miller's father in The Glenn Miller Story. His most familiar role was as Mr. Beasley, the weary postman in Columbia Pictures' Blondie film series. During the 1950s, Bacon worked steadily in a number of television sitcoms, most notably I Love Lucy, in which he appeared in two episodes, one of which cast him as Ethel Mertz's father.

## Personal life

He worked as a Carburetor and Magneto Machinist for the San Diego Battery and Ignition Company according to his 1917 WWI draft Registration Card."
Bacon was married to Freda Lee Scoville until her death in 1928; they had a son and a daughter. In June 1930, Bacon married Margaret Beaver; they had a son, Frank. They were divorced in 1934. In 1937, he wed, lastly, Alice Bernice Peters. He died on February 5, 1965, aged 71, in Hollywood.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1923 | Anna Christie | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1927 | California or Bust | Wade Rexton | |
| 1927 | His First Flame | Man Who Jumps Out of Window | Uncredited |
| 1927 | The Girl from Everywhere | The Casting Director | |
| 1928 | Three Sinners | | Uncredited |
| 1928 | The Head Man | Mayor | |
| 1928 | The Good-Bye Kiss | Col. Von Stein | |
| 1929 | Tide of Empire | Townsman | Uncredited |
| 1929 | Two Sisters | Chumley | |
| 1929 | Side Street | Henchman Slim | Uncredited |
| 1929 | The Saturday Night Kid | McGonigle | Uncredited |
| 1929 | Half Way to Heaven | Slim | |
| 1930 | Burning Up | Yokel Driver | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Harry | |
| 1930 | Night Work | Bit | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Second Honeymoon | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Reporter Kent | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Mustachioed Barfly | Uncredited |
| 1931 | It Pays to Advertise | Photographer | Uncredited |
| 1931 | The Vice Squad | Masher | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Alias – the Bad Man | Ranger Repeater | |
| 1931 | Bad Girl | Expectant Father | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Branded Men | Ramrod | |
| 1931 | Her Majesty, Love | Hotel Valet | Uncredited |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House | Juror | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Depot Hotel Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1932 | No One Man | Henry - License Clerk | |
| 1932 | The Big Timer | Slim Dugan | Uncredited |
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Sparks | |
| 1932 | The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Rural Service Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage | Grocery Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | Secretary of War | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Madame Racketeer | Gus, the Desk Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1932 | The Big Broadcast | Prisoner | |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin | First Hotel Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Bill - Barber | Uncredited |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | China Shop Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Central Park | Oscar | Uncredited |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Court Guard | Uncredited |
| 1932 | The Match King | Messenger with Bracelet | Uncredited |
| 1933 | File 113 | Lagors | |
| 1933 | Hello, Everybody! | Radio Announcer | Uncredited |
| 1933 | He Learned About Women | Stage Door Man | |
| 1933 | Sing, Bing, Sing | Helen's father | Short |
| 1933 | The Keyhole | Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur | Uncredited |
| 1933 | The Mind Reader | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Central Airport | Amarillo Weatherman | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Song of the Eagle | Assistant Burgher / Photographer | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Lilly Turner | Earle Yokum | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Trouble Busters | Deputy | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Private Detective 62 | Cab Driver | |
| 1933 | I Love That Man | Prison Doctor | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life | Construction Engineer Surveyor | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Double Harness | Crab Counterman | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Lady for a Day | Pool Hall Dupe | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Rev. Dr. Simmons | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1933 | The Bowery | Hick | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Tillie and Gus | Nosy Man at Gambling Table | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Big Executive | Storekeeper | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Female | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Dice Player | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Lone Cowboy | Zeke | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Shadows of Sing Sing | Highbrow | |
| 1934 | Eight Girls in a Boat | Messenger | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Joel Prentiss | |
| 1934 | Massacre | Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Six of a Kind | Hotel Desk Clerk in Philipsburg | Uncredited |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals | Hick | Uncredited |
| 1934 | House of Mystery | Police Insp. Ned Pickens | |
| 1934 | Honor of the Range | Townsman | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | Cook | (scenes deleted) |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell | Gambling House Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing | Navy Secretary | (scenes deleted) |
| 1934 | The Hell Cat | Regan | |
| 1934 | Hat, Coat, and Glove | Coat Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Friends of Mr. Sweeney | Hat Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1934 | You Belong to Me | Stage Manager | |
| 1934 | The Pursuit of Happiness | Bijah | |
| 1934 | No Ransom | Heinie | |
| 1934 | By Your Leave | Harry | Uncredited |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Gray Shirt Garage Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Ready for Love | Milkman | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill | Hamburger Stand Owner | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Babbitt | Harry - Bartender | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Little Men | Silas | Uncredited |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | Weight-Guesser | Uncredited |
| 1934 | West of the Pecos | Court | |
| 1935 | Romance in Manhattan | Counterman | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | Man With Pelican | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Private Worlds | McLean (male nurse) | |
| 1935 | I'll Love You Always | Theater Manager | Uncredited |
| 1935 | It's a Small World | Cal | |
| 1935 | Goin' to Town | Cowboy | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa | Clerk Getting Tied Up | Uncredited |
| 1935 | The Glass Key | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Men Without Names | Town Character | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Manhattan Moon | Lunch Man | |
| 1935 | The Murder Man | Merry-Go-Round Operator | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Bright Lights | Postal Worker | Uncredited |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Mr. Vernoy | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Welcome Home | Cornelius | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1935 | The Affair of Susan | Cabby | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Passenger | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Redheads on Parade | Entwhistle | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Wanderer of the Wasteland | Bartender #1 | |
| 1935 | Here Comes Cookie | Thompson | |
| 1935 | The Virginia Judge | Gus Skinner | |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Gun Store Proprietor | |
| 1935 | It's a Great Life | Slim | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Two-Fisted | Brick Briggs | |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Man at Toll Gate | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Bad Boy | Butcher | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Ship Cafe | Slim | |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Mr. Perkins | |
| 1935 | Man of Iron | Jake - a Factory Worker | Uncredited |
| 1935 | Hitch Hike Lady | Ed Simpson | |
| 1936 | Timothy's Quest | Henry - the Drunken Wagon Driver | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Drift Fence | Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman | |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Mailman | |
| 1936 | The Music Goes 'Round | Stuttering Man | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Love on a Bet | Farmer on Hay Wagon | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Petticoat Fever | Carl | |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Maine Driver | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Frank | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Forgotten Faces | Pretty | |
| 1936 | Nobody's Fool | Chauffeur | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Three Cheers for Love | Rider - Dance Director | |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Picnicker | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Rhythm on the Range | Rodeo Announcer | Uncredited |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out | Hugh's Chauffeur | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors | Taxicab Driver | |
| 1936 | A Son Comes Home | Hamburger Stand Proprietor | Uncredited |
| 1936 | To Mary – with Love | Chauffeur | |
| 1936 | Pepper | Fireworks Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Charlie - the Janitor | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Gus - Trocadero Bartender | |
| 1936 | The Texas Rangers | David's Father | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Lady Be Careful | Happy | |
| 1936 | Wives Never Know | Dr. Mumford | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Keough | |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Drug Store Clerk | |
| 1936 | The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Property Man | |
| 1936 | Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Peg Leg Holden | |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | Hysterical Trooper | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Arizona Mahoney | Smokey | |
| 1936 | Let's Make a Million | Jerry | |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Detective | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Jeff | |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Station Agent | Uncredited |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Tall Soldier | Uncredited |
| 1937 | There Goes My Girl | Policeman Guarding Front Entrance | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Fingerprint Expert | Uncredited |
| 1937 | The Jones Family in Big Business | Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Sing and Be Happy | Palmer | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | Happy Elmer | |
| 1937 | Topper | Hotel Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Exclusive | Dr. Boomgarten | |
| 1937 | Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 | Curson - Accountant | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Big City | Jim Sloane | |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After | Elevator Operator | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Merry-Go-Round of 1938 | Organist | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Gas Station Attendant | |
| 1937 | Every Day's a Holiday | Quartet member | |
| 1937 | True Confession | The Coroner | |
| 1938 | City Girl | Porter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder | Evans - The Reitter Chauffeur | |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Prisoner Playing Harmonica | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Wilkins | |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Sheriff Tuttle | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Tip-Off Girls | Sam | |
| 1938 | College Swing | Minor Role | (scenes deleted) |
| 1938 | Kentucky Moonshine | Palace Hotel Clerk | |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Painter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Tropic Holiday | Sol Grunnion | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Passport Husband | Counterman | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Counter Man | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Foreman of jury | |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Harvey, Streetcar Conductor | |
| 1938 | Letter of Introduction | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Texans | Pvt. Collins | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Sing You Sinners | Lecturer on Seals | |
| 1938 | Give Me a Sailor | The Druggist | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Spawn of the North | Cannery Official | Uncredited |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Henry - the Head Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. Spengler - the Process Server | Uncredited |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Mr. Dobbs | |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Robert Forbes | |
| 1938 | Exposed | Crankpool (process server #2) | |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Chester - Smith's Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Strange Facees | Meggs | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Blondie | Mr. Beazley - the Mailman | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Up the River | Phil | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Sweethearts | Assistant Director | Uncredited |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Speed - Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves | Store Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Newark Radio Operator | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Tad | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Arizona Wildcat | | |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Jailer | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Tracy | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Storekeeper | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Hotel Clerk | |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | 1st Mailman | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Inside Story | Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Lady's from Kentucky | Information Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Big Town Czar | Real Estate Man | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Conductor | |
| 1939 | Torchy Runs for Mayor | Hubert Ward | |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Hotel Clerk | |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | Clerk at Exchange Window | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Second Fiddle | Harvey Vaughan | |
| 1939 | News Is Made at Night | Mike - Fingerprint Man | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Fred Haskill | |
| 1939 | Blondie Takes a Vacation | Mailman | |
| 1939 | Behind Prison Gates | Convict in Prison Yard | Uncredited |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Simpson | |
| 1939 | Rio | 'Mushy' | |
| 1939 | On Your Toes | Second Stage Manager | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Clerk | |
| 1939 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Doughboy | Uncredited |
| 1939 | At the Circus | Telegraph Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Woodbury | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Sheriff Clem Diggers | |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Mailman | |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Gilligan | |
| 1939 | Gone With the Wind | Corporal | |
| 1939 | Hollywood Slaves | | |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Paul Gillis | |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Gus | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Hospital Official | Uncredited |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Driver | |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Becker | |
| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Soda Jerk | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget | Mailman | |
| 1940 | Star Dust | Jefferson Hotel Desk Clerk | |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Sam Appleby - Gas Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Sheriff | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Lillian Russell | Soldier | |
| 1940 | On Their Own | | |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Lippincott, GBG & P Clerk | |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Cab Driver | |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Storekeeper | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Sweeney | |
| 1940 | Blondie Has Servant Trouble | Mailman | |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | Harry Gilpin | |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Bystander | |
| 1940 | Young People | Otis | |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Tom Norton | |
| 1940 | Dreaming Out Loud | Wes Stillman | |
| 1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid | Mailman | |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No | Abner | |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Taxi Driver | (scenes deleted) |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne, Private Detective | Fisherman | |
| 1940 | Jennie | Real Estate Broker | |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | Cigar Store Proprietor | Uncredited |
| 1941 | The Wild Man of Borneo | Wagon Driver | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Western Union | Barber | |
| 1941 | Back Street | Skeet | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Tobacco Road | Teller | |
| 1941 | Blondie Goes Latin | Mailman | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Murder Among Friends | Service Station Attendant | Uncredited |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Mr. Albert Merney | |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Projectionist | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Beany | |
| 1941 | Barnacle Bill | Deck hand | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Ride on Vaquero | Jailer Smoky | |
| 1941 | Too Many Blondes | Radio Station Manager Twitchell | |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby | Income Tax Man | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Blondie in Society | Mailman | |
| 1941 | Caught in the Draft | Cogswell | |
| 1941 | Accent on Love | Mr. Smedley | |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Doorman | Uncredited |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Raven | |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Soda Jerk | |
| 1941 | Great Guns | Postman | |
| 1941 | Henry Aldrich for President | Mr. McCloskey | |
| 1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Conrad - Taxi Driver | |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Uniform Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Look Who's Laughing | | (scenes deleted) |
| 1941 | Skylark | Ferryman | (scenes deleted) |
| 1941 | Cadet Girl | Train conductor | |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Cecil | |
| 1942 | Freckles Comes Home | Constable Caleb Weaver | |
| 1942 | Young America | Bart Munson | |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor | Sheriff / Fire Chief | |
| 1942 | Blondie's Blessed Event | Mr. Crumb | |
| 1942 | The Great Man's Lady | Parson | Uncredited |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Hotel Manager | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Sweetheart of the Fleet | Standish | |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Motel Proprietor | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Thru Different Eyes | Stu Johnson | |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn | Gus | |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Stagehand | |
| 1942 | Blondie for Victory | Mr. Crumb, Former Mailman | |
| 1942 | Pardon My Sarong | Gas Station Proprietor | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Give Out, Sisters | Dr. Howard | |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Soda Clerk | |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Mr. Hardwicke | |
| 1942 | Daring Young Man | Crumb | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | New England Farmer - 'Old Glory' Number | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | First Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Station Master | |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Ticket Agent | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Two Weeks to Live | Omar Tennyson Gimpel | |
| 1943 | Dixie Dugan | Mr. Kelly | |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Alf Cluckus | |
| 1943 | A Stranger in Town | Orrin Todds | |
| 1943 | Follow the Band | Peterson | |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Bartender | Uncredited |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes | Dan Walters | |
| 1943 | It's a Great Life | Mailman | |
| 1943 | Mister Big | Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor | |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold | Dr. Bacon | |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1943 | The Good Fellows | 'Gas' Man | Uncredited |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Dempster | |
| 1943 | Top Man | School Principal | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Footlight Glamour | Mr. Crum | |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook | Sheriff | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Girl Crazy | John | Uncredited |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma | Ben | Alternative title: War of the Wildcats |
| 1943 | Gung Ho! | Harry the Hamburger Man | Uncredited |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | Cpl. Henderson | Uncredited |
| 1943 | What a Woman! | Newsman | Alternative title: The Beautiful Cheat |
| 1944 | Chip Off the Old Block | Prof. Frost | |
| 1944 | Week-End Pass | Sheriff Todd | |
| 1944 | Knickerbocker Holiday | Peter Van Stoon | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Track Man | |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl | Janitor at Navy Dept. | Uncredited |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Missionary | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Song of the Open Road | Man Saying 'Let's Go Pick Oranges' | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Bartender at Cocktail Lounge | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer | Sailor Projectionist | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Hotel Manager | |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days | Tower, the Butler | |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Tom | |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Bath House Barber | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Under Western Skies | Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt | |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Customer in Music Shop | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Patrick the Great | Mr. Merney | |
| 1945 | Out of This World | Irving Krunk | |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Dennis Colby | |
| 1945 | Guest Wife | Nosey Stationmaster | |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Sam Skelly | |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Railway Gateman | Uncredited |
| 1946 | One Way to Love | Train Conductor | |
| 1946 | Night Train to Memphis | Rainbow | |
| 1946 | Wake Up and Dream | Toll Gate Attendant | |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Piper | |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Pierre Couvais | |
| 1947 | Saddle Pals | Thaddeus Bellwether | |
| 1947 | Dear Ruth | Delivery Man | |
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Melvin | Alternative title: Bachelor Knight (UK) |
| 1947 | High Wall | Gas Station Owner | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Rocky | Bert Hillman | |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Dave Walton | |
| 1948 | Adventures in Silverado | Jake Willis | |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Buck Swanson | |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Albert | |
| 1948 | Good Sam | Tramp | |
| 1948 | Moonrise | Judd Jenkins | |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon | Mr. Webb | |
| 1948 | Words and Music | Hollywood Realtor | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | Telegrapher | Uncredited |
| 1948 | California's Golden Beginning | | Short |
| 1949 | Dynamite | Jake | |
| 1949 | John Loves Mary | George Beachwood | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Green Promise | Mr Larkins | |
| 1949 | El Paso | Stage Passenger | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Big Cat | Matt Cooper - Mailman | |
| 1949 | Manhandled | Sgt. Fayle | |
| 1949 | Night Unto Night | Real Estate Agent | (scenes deleted) |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | RR Information Clerk | |
| 1949 | The House Across the Street | Jury Foreman | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Dear Wife | Mike Man | |
| 1949 | Sons of New Mexico | Chris Dobbs | |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | "Pops" Link | |
| 1950 | Wabash Avenue | Harlan | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Riding High | Hamburger Man | |
| 1950 | The Happy Years | Mr. Conover | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Tunk Johnson | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Born to Be Bad | Jewelry Salesman | |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding | Filbert - Mechanic | |
| 1950 | Mr. Music | Benson, Jewelry Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1951 | Cause for Alarm! | Joe Carston | |
| 1951 | Katie Did It | Conductor | |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Baines, Butler | |
| 1951 | Honeychile | Abner | |
| 1951 | Desert of Lost Men | Sheriff Skeeter Davis | |
| 1952 | Room for One More | Mayor Michael J. Kane | |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Sheriff | |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Ebenezer Dorset | (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"), Uncredited |
| 1953 | Kansas Pacific | Casey | |
| 1953 | Fort Ti | Sgt. Monday Wash | |
| 1953 | Sweethearts on Parade | Sheriff Doolittle | |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Old Guard | |
| 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story | Mr. Miller | |
| 1954 | Duffy of San Quentin | Doc Sorin | |
| 1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | John Maddocks | |
| 1954 | Black Horse Canyon | Doc | |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Graves | |
| 1955 | Run for Cover | Scotty | |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Al Ferguson | |
| 1955 | Hidden Guns | Doc Carter | |
| 1956 | Dakota Incident | Tully Morgan | |
| 1958 | Ambush at Cimarron Pass | Judge Stanfield | |
| 1958 | Fort Massacre | Charlie | |
| 1958 | Fort Apache | | |
| Television ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1951 | The Bigelow Theatre | | 1 episode |
| 1952 | I Love Lucy | Mr. Willoughby | 1 episode |
| 1953 | The Ford Television Theatre | | 1 episode |
| 1954 | Four Star Playhouse | Hamilton Carter | 1 episode |
| 1954–1955 | My Little Margie | Mr. Townsend - Roberta's father | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Charlie Irwin, Sr. | 1 episode |
| 1955 | Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | Dad | 1 episode |
| 1955 | I Love Lucy | Will Potter (Ethel's Father) | 1 Episode |
| 1956 | Cavalcade of America | Patton | 1 episode |
| 1956–1957 | December Bride | Andyi | 2 episodes |
| 1957 | The Gale Storm Show | Crackers | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Real McCoys | Howard Anderson | 1 episode |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Mayor Webster | 1 episode |
| 1960 | Laramie | Tooey | 1 episode |