Richard Deacon
Acting
Born: 1922-05-14 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1984-08-08
Biography
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).
🎬 Movies (20)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
City Councilman
Bad Manners
1984
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
1981
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
King of Cey What
Piranha
1978
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
1978
Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
1978
First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
1968
Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men
1968
Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
1967
Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
1967
Pike
📺 TV Shows (20)
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Love Boat
1977
Dr. Yates
CHiPs
1977
Mr. Singleton
Alice
1976
What's Happening!!
1976
Mr. Bradford
The Lost Saucer
1975
Honeymoon Suite
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
Luther Dorfman
The Pet Set
1971
Self
Night Gallery
1970
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style
1969
Charlie
Love, American Style
1969
Charles Furman
Love, American Style
1969
Boyd Daniels
Here's Lucy
1968
Harvey Hoople
Here's Lucy
1968
Loan Officer
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Roger Buell
Rango
1967
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Baldwin
The Carol Channing Show
1966
Leon Thatcher