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Irving Bacon

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 (incorrectly named as his brother in some sources) such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). He often played comical "average guys". In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played the weary postman Mr. Crumb in Columbia Pictures' Blondie film series. One of his bigger roles was as a similarly flustered postman in the thriller Cause for Alarm! in 1952. During the 1950s, Bacon worked steadily in a number of television sitcoms, most notably I Love Lucy, where he appeared in two episodes, one which cast him as Ethel Mertz's father.

Known For: Acting

Born: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA, 1893-09-05

Died: 1965-02-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	Remember When?	Picnicker (uncredited)	70
2	1925	Good Morning, Nurse	Servant	0
3	1925	Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies	Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)	0
4	1925	Hurry, Doctor!	The Paper Hanger	0
5	1925	A Rainy Knight	Peggy's Ex-Husband	50
6	1925	Over Thereabouts	Officer	0
7	1925	Isn't Love Cuckoo?	John Lodge - Bebe's Father	0
8	1926	The Gosh-Darn Mortgage	Justice of the Peace	0
9	1926	Hot Cakes for Two	Photographer	0
10	1926	Whispering Whiskers	Train Chef	0
11	1926	Trimmed in Gold	Barber	0
12	1926	Meet My Girl	Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father	0
13	1926	A Prodigal Bridegroom	Lizzie's Brother	40
14	1926	Hubby’s Quiet Little Game	Joe, Card player	0
15	1926	Masked Mamas	The Practical Joker's Friend	0
16	1926	Smith's Uncle	1st Elderly Sucker	0
17	1926	Smith's Picnic	Joe Smiley	0
18	1926	Kitty from Killarney	Inspector #1	0
19	1926	A Blonde's Revenge	Banker Cody	10
20	1927	A Dozen Socks	Ball Toss Operator	80
21	1927	The Jolly Jilter	Tall Servant	0
22	1927	Broke in China	Military Officer	55
23	1927	His First Flame	Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)	53
24	1927	Smith's Fishing Trip	Jake - the Handyman	0
25	1927	Smith's Pony	Ship Maintenance Man	0
26	1927	Smith's Cook	Mr. Dunhill	0
27	1927	For Sale, a Bungalow	The Waiter	0
28	1927	The Girl from Everywhere	The Casting Director	0
29	1928	Smith's Army Life	Inspecting Officer	0
30	1928	The Best Man	The Bride's Father	0
31	1928	The Swim Princess	College Dean	0
32	1928	The Head Man	Mayor	0
33	1928	The Campus Carmen	President	40
34	1928	Motorboat Mamas	Cafe Patron	0
35	1928	His New Stenographer	Vernon Vance	0
36	1929	Calling Hubby's Bluff	Meadows the Butler	0
37	1929	The Old Barn	The Stranger	80
38	1929	Two Sisters	Chumley	60
39	1929	Tide of Empire	Townsman (uncredited)	59
40	1929	The Rodeo	Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law	0
41	1929	Matchmaking Mamma	Clifford Figfield	50
42	1929	Side Street	Henchman Slim (uncredited)	50
43	1929	The Saturday Night Kid	McGonigle (uncredited)	44
44	1929	Half Way to Heaven	Slim	50
45	1930	Burning Up	Yokel Driver (uncredited)	35
46	1930	Street of Chance	Harry	66
47	1930	Boarding House Blues		0
48	1930	Knights Before Christmas	Pa	0
49	1931	Scandal Sheet	Reporter Kent (uncredited)	0
50	1931	The Itching Hour	Elmer	0
51	1931	Lime Juice Nights	Irving	0
52	1931	Blondes Prefer Bonds		0
53	1931	The Vice Squad	Masher (uncredited)	70
54	1931	Big Business Girl	Waiter (uncredited)	60
55	1931	Alias: The Bad Man	Ned 'Repeater' Simpson	43
56	1931	Bad Girl	Expectant Father (uncredited)	59
57	1931	Branded Men	Ramrod	50
58	1932	Union Depot	Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)	61
59	1932	No One Man	Henry - License Clerk	60
60	1932	The Big Timer	Slim Dugan (uncredited)	42
61	1932	This Is the Night	Sparks	56
62	1932	Just a Pain in the Parlor	Servant	30
63	1932	Million Dollar Legs	Secretary of War (uncredited)	66
64	1932	High Hats and Low Brows	Butler	0
65	1932	Madame Racketeer	Gus, the Desk Clerk	48
66	1932	The Big Broadcast	Prisoner (uncredited)	71
67	1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Bill - Barber (uncredited)	78
68	1932	If I Had a Million	China Shop Salesman (uncredited)	67
69	1932	Central Park	Oscar (uncredited)	52
70	1932	Lawyer Man	Court Guard (uncredited)	58
71	1932	The Match King	Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)	66
72	1933	File 113	Lagors	0
73	1933	Hello, Everybody!	Radio Announcer (uncredited)	60
74	1933	He Learned About Women	Stage Door Man	0
75	1933	Sing, Bing, Sing	Mr. Lake	56
76	1933	The Keyhole	Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)	49
77	1933	The Mind Reader	Reporter (uncredited)	63
78	1933	Central Airport	Airport Weatherman	61
79	1933	Lilly Turner	Earle Yokum (uncredited)	56
80	1933	Private Detective 62	Cab Driver	61
81	1933	Double Harness	Crab Counterman	67
82	1933	Lady for a Day	Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)	70
83	1933	Golden Harvest	Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)	50
84	1933	Ann Vickers	Waiter (uncredited)	59
85	1933	Female	Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)	63
86	1933	Sitting Pretty	Dice Player (uncredited)	75
87	1933	Lone Cowboy	Zeke (uncredited)	35
88	1934	Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen	Joel Prentiss	50
89	1934	It Happened One Night	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)	78
90	1934	George White's Scandals	Hick (uncredited)	50
91	1934	House of Mystery	Ned Pickens	47
92	1934	Honor of the Range	Townsman (uncredited)	50
93	1934	Now I'll Tell	Casino Attendant (uncredited)	50
94	1934	The Hell Cat	Regan	60
95	1934	Hat, Coat and Glove	Coat Salesman (uncredited)	55
96	1934	Friends of Mr. Sweeney	Hat Check Attendent	60
97	1934	You Belong to Me	Stage Manager	70
98	1934	The Pursuit of Happiness	Bijah	58
99	1934	No Ransom	Heinie	0
100	1934	By Your Leave	Harry	30
101	1934	The President Vanishes	Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)	58
102	1934	Broadway Bill	Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)	60
103	1934	The Gay Bride	Weight-Guesser (uncredited)	58
104	1935	Murder on a Honeymoon	Man with Pelican (uncredited)	62
105	1935	I'll Love You Always	Theater Manager (uncredited)	30
106	1935	It's A Small World	Cal	45
107	1935	Private Worlds	McLean	60
108	1935	Goin' to Town	Cowboy	53
109	1935	Mary Jane's Pa	Clerk Getting Tied Up	60
110	1935	The Glass Key	Waiter (uncredited)	64
111	1935	Men Without Names	Town Character	60
112	1935	Manhattan Moon	Lunch Man	0
113	1935	The Farmer Takes a Wife	Mr. Vernoy	61
114	1935	The Murder Man	Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)	69
115	1935	Here Comes Cookie	Thompson	73
116	1935	Diamond Jim	Passenger	60
117	1935	Page Miss Glory	Waiter (uncredited)	63
118	1935	Redheads on Parade	Entwhistle (uncredited)	0
119	1935	Powdersmoke Range	Gun Store Proprietor	0
120	1935	Two-Fisted	Brick Briggs	70
121	1935	It's a Great Life	Slim (uncredited)	0
122	1935	She Couldn't Take It	Man at Toll Gate	45
123	1935	Bad Boy	Butcher	50
124	1935	Ship Cafe	Slim	0
125	1935	Millions in the Air	Mr. Perkins	0
126	1935	Man of Iron	Jake	60
127	1935	Hitch Hike Lady	Ed Simpson	68
128	1936	Timothy's Quest	Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master	30
129	1936	Drift Fence	Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman	50
130	1936	The Music Goes 'Round	Stuttering Man	0
131	1936	Love on a Bet	Farmer on Hay Wagon	70
132	1936	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Mailman	64
133	1936	Petticoat Fever	Carl	55
134	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Frank (uncredited)	75
135	1936	The Singing Kid	Maine Driver (uncredited)	40
136	1936	Forgotten Faces	Pretty	0
137	1936	San Francisco	Picnicker (uncredited)	66
138	1936	Rhythm on the Range	Rodeo Announcer	40
139	1936	Earthworm Tractors	Taxicab Driver	50
140	1936	A Son Comes Home	Hamburger Stand Proprietor	10
141	1936	To Mary - with Love	Chauffeur	45
142	1936	China Clipper	Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)	56
143	1936	Hollywood Boulevard	Gus - Trocadero Bartender	25
144	1936	The Texas Rangers	David's father (uncredited)	64
145	1936	Let's Make a Million	Jerry	0
146	1936	Lady Be Careful	Happy	45
147	1936	Wives Never Know	Dr. Mumford	0
148	1936	Murder with Pictures	Det. Keogh	51
149	1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Drug Store Clerk	64
150	1936	Hopalong Cassidy Returns	Peg Leg Holden	63
151	1937	Dangerous Number	Detective	50
152	1937	Internes Can't Take Money	Jeff	63
153	1937	A Star Is Born	Station Agent (uncredited)	71
154	1937	They Gave Him a Gun	Tall Soldier (uncredited)	62
155	1937	Angel's Holiday	Fingerprint Expert	55
156	1937	Big Business	Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache	50
157	1937	Marry the Girl	Happy Elmer	50
158	1937	Topper	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)	67
159	1937	Exclusive	Dr. Boomgarten	60
160	1937	Vogues of 1938	Curson - Accountant	53
161	1937	Big City	Jim Sloane	74
162	1937	It's Love I'm After	Elevator Operator (uncredited)	70
163	1937	Big Town Girl	Gas Station Attendant	60
164	1937	True Confession	Coroner	58
165	1938	Midnight Intruder	Evans	52
166	1938	The Big Broadcast of 1938	Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)	61
167	1938	The First Hundred Years	Wilkins	60
168	1938	Tip-Off Girls	Sam	60
169	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)	62
170	1938	Kentucky Moonshine	Palace Hotel Clerk	53
171	1938	Tropic Holiday	Sol Grunnion (uncredited)	58
172	1938	Racket Busters	Counter Man (uncredited)	51
173	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Foreman of Jury	72
174	1938	Professor Beware	Painter	61
175	1938	The Chaser	Harvey	60
176	1938	Give Me a Sailor	The Druggist (uncredited)	58
177	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Henry - the Head Waiter (uncredited)	75
178	1938	Sing, You Sinners	Lecturer on Seals	67
179	1938	There Goes My Heart	Mr. Dobbs	71
180	1938	The Sisters	Robert Forbes	61
181	1938	The Mad Miss Manton	Spangler, the Process Server (uncredited)	64
182	1938	Exposed	Crankpool	50
183	1938	Hard to Get	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)	60
184	1938	The Cowboy and the Lady	Chester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited)	61
185	1938	Blondie	Mr. Beazley (uncredited)	71
186	1939	They Made Me a Criminal	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)	61
187	1939	The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt	Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)	66
188	1939	Made for Each Other	Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)	61
189	1939	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Tad (uncredited)	65
190	1939	You Can't Cheat an Honest Man	Jailer (uncredited)	69
191	1939	Nancy Drew... Reporter	Tracy (uncredited)	60
192	1939	Tail Spin	Storekeeper (Uncredited)	58
193	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	1st Mailman (uncredited)	58
194	1939	The Spirit of Culver	Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver	0
195	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Hotel Clerk	60
196	1939	Big Town Czar	Real Estate Man	0
197	1939	Lucky Night	Conductor	66
198	1939	Torchy Runs for Mayor	Hubert Ward	58
199	1939	The Gracie Allen Murder Case	Hotel Clerk	55
200	1939	Bachelor Mother	Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)	71
201	1939	Second Fiddle	Harvey Vaughan	49
202	1939	Blondie Takes a Vacation	Mailman	62
203	1939	News Is Made at Night	Mike, Fingerprint Man	45
204	1939	I Stole a Million	Simpson (uncredited)	60
205	1939	Indianapolis Speedway	Fred Haskill	50
206	1939	Rio	'Mushy'	51
207	1939	Hollywood Cavalcade	Clerk	51
208	1939	On Your Toes	Second Stage Manager	39
209	1939	At the Circus	Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)	63
210	1939	Pack Up Your Troubles	Soldier	62
211	1939	The Housekeeper's Daughter	Woodbury	35
212	1939	Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Sheriff Clem Diggers	63
213	1939	Blondie Brings Up Baby	Mailman	65
214	1939	Too Busy to Work	Gilligan	0
215	1939	Gone with the Wind	Corporal	79
216	1940	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Paul Gillis	40
217	1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Hospital Official	52
218	1940	His Girl Friday	Gus (uncredited)	74
219	1940	Broadway Melody of 1940	Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)	67
220	1940	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Becker	64
221	1940	Blondie on a Budget	Mailman	60
222	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Driver	78
223	1940	Star Dust	Hotel Desk Clerk	47
224	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Sam Appleby (uncredited)	64
225	1940	Edison, the Man	Sheriff	66
226	1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife	Lippincott	45
227	1940	Lillian Russell	Soldier	61
228	1940	Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!	Cabbie	0
229	1940	Sailor's Lady	Storekeeper (uncredited)	40
230	1940	Manhattan Heartbeat	Sweeney	0
231	1940	Blondie Has Servant Trouble	Mailman	72
232	1940	Gold Rush Maisie	Harry Gilpin	65
233	1940	The Return of Frank James	Bystander	63
234	1940	Young People	Otis	46
235	1940	The Howards of Virginia	Tom Norton	65
236	1940	Dreaming Out Loud	Wes Stillman	57
237	1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	Mailman	67
238	1940	She Couldn't Say No	Abner	68
239	1940	Michael Shayne: Private Detective	Fisherman	65
240	1941	Four Mothers	Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)	62
241	1941	The Wild Man of Borneo	Carriage Driver	65
242	1941	Back Street	Ticket seller	72
243	1941	Tobacco Road	Bank Teller	66
244	1941	Western Union	Barber	60
245	1941	Blondie Goes Latin	Mailman (uncredited)	62
246	1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance	Projectionist	60
247	1941	Meet John Doe	Beany	73
248	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Mr. Albert Merney	47
249	1941	Ride on Vaquero	Jailer Smoky	42
250	1941	Caught in the Draft	Cogswell	58
251	1941	Accent on Love	Smedley	60
252	1941	Blondie in Society	Mailman	74
253	1941	Our Wife	Doorman (uncredited)	57
254	1941	It Started with Eve	Raven	71
255	1941	Never Give a Sucker an Even Break	The Soda Jerk	69
256	1941	Great Guns	Postman	58
257	1941	Henry Aldrich for President	Mr. McCloskey	40
258	1941	Moon Over Her Shoulder	Conrad - Taxi Driver	0
259	1941	The Great Man's Lady	Parson	63
260	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Uniform Salesman (uncredited)	66
261	1941	Cadet Girl	Train conductor	0
262	1941	Remember the Day	Cecil	66
263	1942	Holiday Inn	Gus	70
264	1942	Freckles Comes Home	Constable Caleb Weaver	50
265	1942	Young America	Bart Munson	0
266	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	New England Farmer (uncredited)	59
267	1942	The Bashful Bachelor	Sheriff / Fire Chief	45
268	1942	Blondie's Blessed Event	Mr. Crumb	73
269	1942	The Spoilers	Hotel Manager (uncredited)	62
270	1942	Lady in a Jam	Motel Proprietor (uncredited)	55
271	1942	Thru Different Eyes	Stu Johnson	0
272	1942	Footlight Serenade	Stagehand	0
273	1942	Pardon My Sarong	Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)	65
274	1942	Between Us Girls	Soda Clerk	60
275	1942	Get Hep to Love	Mr. Hardwicke	40
276	1943	Shadow of a Doubt	Station Master	75
277	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		64
278	1943	Two Weeks to Live	Omar Tennyson Gimpel	20
279	1943	Dixie Dugan	Mr. Kelly	50
280	1943	A Stranger in Town	Orin Todds	61
281	1943	King of the Cowboys	Deputy Cluckas	55
282	1943	The Desperadoes	Dan Walters - Bartender	57
283	1943	It's a Great Life	Mailman	75
284	1943	Mister Big	Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor	22
285	1943	Action in the North Atlantic	Bartender (uncredited)	71
286	1943	Hers to Hold	Dr. Bacon	69
287	1943	This Is the Army	Waiter (uncredited)	58
288	1943	So's Your Uncle	Dempster	50
289	1943	Johnny Come Lately	Chief of Police	67
290	1943	Top Man	School Principal	0
291	1943	Footlight Glamour	Mr. Crumb	77
292	1943	In Old Oklahoma	Ben	62
293	1943	A Guy Named Joe	Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)	66
294	1944	Chip Off the Old Block	Prof. Frost	40
295	1944	Week-End Pass	Sheriff Todd	0
296	1944	Knickerbocker Holiday	Peter Van Stoon	50
297	1944	Her Primitive Man	Track Man	60
298	1944	Since You Went Away	Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)	65
299	1944	The Story of Dr. Wassell	Missionary (uncredited)	63
300	1944	Casanova Brown	Hotel Manager	63
301	1944	Heavenly Days	Tower, the Butler	0
302	1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	Tom	71
303	1944	Can't Help Singing	Bath House Barber (uncredited)	51
304	1945	Under Western Skies	Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt	58
305	1945	Patrick the Great	Mr. Merney	40
306	1945	Out of This World	Irving Krunk	73
307	1945	Hitchhike to Happiness	Dennis Colby	50
308	1945	Guest Wife	Nosey Stationmaster	62
309	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Sam Skelly	60
310	1945	Star in the Night	Mr. Dilson (uncredited)	74
311	1945	Spellbound	Railway Gateman (uncredited)	74
312	1946	One Way to Love	Train Conductor	70
313	1946	Night Train to Memphis	Rainbow	0
314	1946	Wake Up and Dream	Toll Gate Attendant	65
315	1947	My Brother Talks to Horses	Mr. Piper	60
316	1947	Saddle Pals	Thaddeus Bellweather	50
317	1947	Dear Ruth	Delivery Man	66
318	1947	The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer	Melvin	69
319	1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Pierre Couvais	77
320	1948	California's Golden Beginning		0
321	1948	Rocky	Bert Hillman	0
322	1948	Albuquerque	Dave Walton	68
323	1948	Adventures in Silverado	Jake Willis	50
324	1948	State of the Union	Buck Swenson	67
325	1948	The Velvet Touch	Herbie	62
326	1948	Good Sam	Tramp	60
327	1948	Moonrise	Judd Jenkins	63
328	1948	Family Honeymoon	Mr. Webb	57
329	1948	Whispering Smith		65
330	1948	Words and Music	Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)	57
331	1949	Dynamite	Jake	25
332	1949	John Loves Mary	George Beachwood	48
333	1949	The Green Promise	Julius Larkin	60
334	1949	El Paso	Stage Passenger (uncredited)	57
335	1949	The Big Cat	Matt Cooper the Mailman	35
336	1949	Manhandled	Sgt. Fayle	51
337	1949	Down Memory Lane	(archive footage)	0
338	1949	It's a Great Feeling	RR Information Clerk	59
339	1949	The House Across the Street	Jury Foreman (uncredited)	45
340	1949	Dear Wife	Mike Man	60
341	1949	Sons of New Mexico	Chris Dobbs	50
342	1950	Woman in Hiding	Link	62
343	1950	Riding High	Hamburger Man	58
344	1950	The Happy Years	Mr. Conover	77
345	1950	Never a Dull Moment	Tunk Johnson (uncredited)	54
346	1950	Born to Be Bad	Jewelry Salesman	59
347	1950	Emergency Wedding	Filbert - Mechanic	55
348	1950	Katie Did It	Train Conductor	60
349	1950	Mr. Music	Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)	40
350	1951	Cause for Alarm!	Mr. Carston, Postman	59
351	1951	Here Comes the Groom	Baines	52
352	1951	Desert of Lost Men	Sheriff Skeeter Davis	0
353	1952	Room for One More	Mayor Michael J. Kane	63
354	1952	Rose of Cimarron	Sheriff	50
355	1952	O. Henry's Full House	Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)	65
356	1953	Kansas Pacific	Casey	48
357	1953	Fort Ti	Sgt. Monday Wash	65
358	1953	Sweethearts on Parade	Sheriff Doolittle	0
359	1953	Devil's Canyon	Prison Guard	48
360	1954	The Glenn Miller Story	Mr. Miller	69
361	1954	Duffy of San Quentin	Doc Sorin	60
362	1954	Black Horse Canyon	Doc Spain	59
363	1954	A Star Is Born	Graves	71
364	1955	Run for Cover	Scotty	66
365	1955	At Gunpoint	Al Ferguson	63
366	1956	Hidden Guns	Doc Carter	50
367	1956	Dakota Incident	Tully Morgan	63
368	1958	Ambush at Cimarron Pass	Judge Stanfield	54
369	1958	Fort Massacre	Charlie	60
370	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1951	I Love Lucy	Will Potter	79
3	1951	I Love Lucy	Mr. Willoughby	79
4	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Carter	63
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Patch	63
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Mr. Holbrook	63
7	1954	December Bride		55
8	1957	Maverick		68
9	1957	Maverick	Employee	68
10	1957	Leave It to Beaver	Postal Clerk	70
11	1958	The Donna Reed Show	Mayor Webster	62
12	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Apt. House Manager	67
13	1959	Riverboat	Zack Mannion	62