Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

September 5, 1893

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films. Bacon played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1920. He was sometimes cast in films directed by Lloyd Bacon (inc…

Known For

46 titles
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It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

1934 · 1h 45m · Movie

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

8.1
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Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · 1h 48m · Movie

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

7.8
3
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · 1h 55m · Movie

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

7.8
4
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954 · 2h 34m · Movie

In George Cukor's remake, fading matinee idol Norman Maine helps young singer and actress Esther Blodgett find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

7.5
5
Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux

1947 · 2h 4m · Movie

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

7.8
6
Holiday Inn

Holiday Inn

1942 · 1h 40m · Movie

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.

7.3
7
Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941 · 2h 2m · Movie

A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

7.6
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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1937 · 1h 51m · Movie

Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him.

7.3
9
The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 1h 55m · Movie

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

7.3
10
Topper

Topper

1937 · 1h 37m · Movie

A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

7.2
11
At the Circus

At the Circus

1939 · 1h 27m · Movie

The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.

6.8
12
Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day

1933 · 1h 36m · Movie

A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.

7.4
13
Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939 · 1h 32m · Movie

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.

6.2
14
Moonrise

Moonrise

1948 · 1h 30m · Movie

Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.

7.0
15
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1944 · 2h 0m · Movie

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's mem...

6.9
16
Room for One More

Room for One More

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into...

7.2
17
Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

1950 · 1h 34m · Movie

A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.

6.6
18
Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940 · 1h 42m · Movie

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his par...

7.3
19
The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

1939 · 1h 25m · Movie

During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.

6.4
20
Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm!

1951 · 1h 14m · Movie

An invalid husband (Barry Sullivan) wrongly believes his wife (Loretta Young) and doctor (Bruce Cowling) are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.

6.4
21
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

1941 · 1h 11m · Movie

A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

7.0
22
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932 · 1h 28m · Movie

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

6.9
23
It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · 1h 25m · Movie

When no one will work with him, Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.

6.4
24
It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

In order to please his dying father, a man convinces a hat-check girl to impersonate his fiancée, but complications arise when the father's health suddenly improves.

7.6
25
Run for Cover

Run for Cover

1955 · 1h 33m · Movie

Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.

6.7
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Bad Girl

Bad Girl

1931 · 1h 30m · Movie

A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

6.4
27
Great Guns

Great Guns

1941 · 1h 14m · Movie

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.

6.1
28
Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown

1944 · 1h 34m · Movie

In this hilarious romantic comedy, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright), who was planning to give her up for adoption.

6.2
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The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

1940 · 1h 56m · Movie

Just prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.

6.0
30
Good Sam

Good Sam

1948 · 1h 54m · Movie

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

6.3
31
Fort Massacre

Fort Massacre

1958 · 1h 20m · Movie

A cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.

6.2
32
This Is the Night

This Is the Night

1932 · 1h 20m · Movie

An affair is almost exposed when Claire's husband unexpectedly returns early from the Summer Olympics.

6.6
33
Ambush at Cimarron Pass

Ambush at Cimarron Pass

1958 · 1h 13m · Movie

In 1867, a Yankee patrol joins forces with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers in order to cross Apache territory and reach the nearest fort.

5.2
34
Caught in the Draft

Caught in the Draft

1941 · 1h 22m · Movie

A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.

6.5
35
Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

1937 · 1h 18m · Movie

In his first film, young Dr. Kildare helps a female ex-con find her child.

6.8
36
Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

1953 · 1h 13m · Movie

With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.

5.8