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Entered films with Essanay Corp., under Charles Chaplin.

Screen, stage, vaudeville actor, and film director.

James Cagney illustrated how Bacon worked by telling a story about shooting Picture Snatcher (1933), a Warner Bros. "quickie". Before they were to shoot a particular scene, Bacon said, "Alright, let's just do a quick run-through before we start shooting". The cast and crew went through their paces, and Bacon yelled, "OK, cut". Cagney then asked how long it would be before they actually shot the scene, and Bacon replied, "We just did. Let's get on to the next one".

He has directed three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: 42nd Street (1933), Footlight Parade (1933) and Knute Rockne All American (1940).

Son of actor/writer Frank Bacon.

Uncle of Virginia O'Brien and Mary O'Brien.

Reportedly worked uncredited with producer Darryl F. Zanuck re-editing My Darling Clementine (1946) in response to preview comment cards.