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!
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Piranha
North to Alaska
That Darn Cat!
The Gnome-Mobile
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackboard Jungle
Invaders from Mars
The Patsy
That Touch of Mink
Désirée
The Last Hurrah
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
This Island Earth
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Billie
Lover Come Back
My Man Godfrey
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The Spirit of St. Louis
Spring Reunion
Lady in Cement
Who's Minding the Store?
My Sister Eileen
All in a Night's Work
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
The Young Philadelphians
Dear Heart
The King's Pirate
Good Morning, Miss Dove
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
It Started with a Kiss
The Proud Ones
Decision at Sundown
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Kiss Them for Me
Critic's Choice
Bad Manners
Designing Woman
-30-
The Raiders
Hot Blood
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Rabbit Test
Private Hell 36
Shield for Murder
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
The Man Who Understood Women
Cry Vengeance
Arsenic and Old Lace
Murder Can Hurt You!
TV Shows
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
Alice
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Twilight Zone
Get Smart
Love, American Style
The Beverly Hillbillies
I Dream of Jeannie
My Three Sons
The Untouchables
Gunsmoke
Leave It to Beaver
Green Acres
Night Gallery
The Addams Family
The Munsters
Mister Ed
Trapper John, M.D.
Hawaiian Eye
Here's Lucy
The Bob Hope Show
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Navy Log
77 Sunset Strip
The Real McCoys
The Jack Benny Program
The Millionaire
McMillan & Wife
The Ford Television Theatre
The 20th Century Fox Hour
My Favorite Martian
December Bride
The Danny Thomas Show
Bourbon Street Beat
CHiPs
The Life Of Riley
87th Precinct
What's Happening!!
The Thin Man
Public Defender
Screen Director's Playhouse
Pete and Gladys
The Mothers-in-Law
The Bob Cummings Show
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Guestward, Ho!
The Pet Set
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
Date with the Angels
Annette
The Ed Wynn Show
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Lost Saucer
More Movies
The Power and the Prize
The Gossip Columnist
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Enter Laughing
The Man from Clover Grove
Lay That Rifle Down
Prince of Players
The High Cost of Loving
The Narco Men
No Man's Valley
Getting Married
The Hired Man
Everything's Ducky
Affair in Reno
The Silent Kill
About Time
The Awakening of Cassie
