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