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