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