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