Richard Deacon
Born May 14, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows on The Dick Van Dyke Show (as milksop producer Mel Cooley) and Leave It to Beaver (as Lumpy's self-aggrandizing father Fred Rutherford). He also had minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Birds
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Them!
Piranha
That Touch of Mink
Blackbeard's Ghost
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
That Darn Cat!
The Spirit of St. Louis
All in a Night's Work
Lady in Cement
North to Alaska
The Patsy
Blackboard Jungle
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Who's Minding the Store?
This Island Earth
Désirée
Lover Come Back
The Gnome-Mobile
Good Morning, Miss Dove
The Proud Ones
Kiss Them for Me
The Last Hurrah
It Started with a Kiss
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Decision at Sundown
Invaders from Mars
A Summer Place
The Young Philadelphians
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Billie
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Murder Can Hurt You!
Designing Woman
My Man Godfrey
Critic's Choice
Spring Reunion
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
My Sister Eileen
Arsenic and Old Lace
Getting Married
The King's Pirate
Bad Manners
The Power and the Prize
The Man Who Understood Women
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
The High Cost of Loving
The Gossip Columnist
Hot Blood
Private Hell 36
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Lay That Rifle Down
Rabbit Test
The Raiders
TV Shows
The Merv Griffin Show
Get Smart
Maverick
The Twilight Zone
The Rifleman
The Untouchables
The Donna Reed Show
My Three Sons
Alice
The Dick Van Dyke Show
I Dream of Jeannie
The Beverly Hillbillies
Trapper John, M.D.
Gunsmoke
The Bob Hope Show
Leave It to Beaver
Here's Lucy
77 Sunset Strip
Green Acres
Night Gallery
Hawaiian Eye
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Jack Benny Program
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Ford Television Theatre
The Real McCoys
The Munsters
McMillan & Wife
The Bob Cummings Show
The Addams Family
The Millionaire
Public Defender
Mister Ed
The Danny Thomas Show
CHiPs
December Bride
My Favorite Martian
Navy Log
87th Precinct
The Life Of Riley
Screen Director's Playhouse
What's Happening!!
The Thin Man
Pete and Gladys
The Mothers-in-Law
Bourbon Street Beat
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Date with the Angels
The Pet Set
Rango
Guestward, Ho!
The Pruitts of Southampton
Annette
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Ed Wynn Show
The Lost Saucer
More Movies
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Dear Heart
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
The Hired Man
Shield for Murder
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
No Man's Valley
Enter Laughing
The Awakening of Cassie
Cry Vengeance
The Man from Clover Grove
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
The Silent Kill
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Prince of Players
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Everything's Ducky
Affair in Reno
About Time
