Richard Deacon
Acting

Richard Deacon

Born 14 May 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 8 August 1984

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).

Known for

The Birds
The Twilight Zone
I Dream of Jeannie
Piranha
Bonanza
Them!
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Invaders from Mars
That Darn Cat!
That Touch of Mink
Lover Come Back
Bad Manners
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Murder Can Hurt You!
The Gossip Columnist
Piranha
Getting Married
Rabbit Test
The Man from Clover Grove
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady in Cement
Blackbeard's Ghost
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The Narco Men
The Gnome-Mobile
Enter Laughing
The King's Pirate
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Billie
Dear Heart
That Darn Cat!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
The Patsy
The Birds
Critic's Choice
The Raiders
Who's Minding the Store?
That Touch of Mink
About Time
Everything's Ducky
Lover Come Back
The Young Philadelphians
The Silent Kill
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
My Man Godfrey
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
The Hired Man
Decision at Sundown
Affair in Reno
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Power and the Prize
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Lay That Rifle Down
Prince of Players
Cry Vengeance
Désirée
Them!
Invaders from Mars
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