Lloyd Bacon

Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director.

Early life Lloyd Bacon was born on December 4, 1889, in San Jose, California, the son of actor/playwright Frank Bacon Many of his later films as a director harked back fondly to his time in the Navy. and 1944's The Fighting Sullivans with Anne Baxter and Thomas Mitchell. He also directed Wake Up and Dream (1946).

Death Bacon died on November 15, 1955, of a cerebral hemorrhage and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

At the time of his death, he was survived by his mother, his widow, Margaret, his ex-wives, son, Frank (1937–2009), daughter, Frances, and a grandchild.

For his contributions to the film industry, Bacon was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star in 1960. His star is located at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard.

Partial filmography as actor The Champion (1915) A Jitney Elopement (1915) The Tramp (1915) The Bank (1915) The Floorwalker (1916) The Fireman (1916) The Vagabond (1916) Behind the Screen (1916) The Rink (1916) Easy Street (1917) Square Deal Sanderson (1919) Wagon Tracks (1919) The Blue Bonnet (1919) The House of Intrigue (1919) The Feud (1919) The Midlanders (1920) The Girl in the Rain (1920) The Broken Gate (1920) The Kentucky Colonel (1920) The Greater Profit (1921) Hearts and Masks (1921) Hands Off! (1921) Smudge (1922)

Partial filmography as director Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926) Private Izzy Murphy (1926) The Singing Fool (1928) No Defense (1929) Kept Husbands (1931) 42nd Street (1933) Footlight Parade (1933) Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) Son of a Sailor (1933) Cain and Mabel (1936) Sons O' Guns (1936) Ever Since Eve (1937) Marked Woman (1937) San Quentin (1937) A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Racket Busters (1938) The Oklahoma Kid (1939) Brother Orchid (1940) Knute Rockne, All American (1940) Larceny, Inc. (1942) Action in the North Atlantic (1943) The Fighting Sullivans (1944) Wake Up and Dream (1946) It Happens Every Spring (1949) Golden Girl (1951) The French Line (1954)