Richard Deacon
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday14 May 1922
Died8 August 1984 (age 62)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits142
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).
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 · City Councilman
Bad Manners
1984 · Ticket Salesman
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983 · Himself
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
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Piranha
1978 · Earl Lyon
Getting Married
1978 · Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
1978 · First Newscaster
The Love Boat
1977 · Dr. Yates
CHiPs
1977 · Mr. Singleton
Alice
1976
What's Happening!!
1976 · Mr. Bradford
The Man from Clover Grove
1975 · Charlie Strange
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
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
1968 · Arnie Sherwin
Here's Lucy
1968 · Harvey Hoople
Here's Lucy
1968 · Loan Officer
The Narco Men
1968 · Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Dean Wheaton
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Roger Buell
The King's Pirate
1967 · Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
1967 · Pike
Rango
1967
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966 · Baldwin
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 · Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Carol Channing Show
1966 · Leon Thatcher
Billie
1965 · Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Drive-in-Manager
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Harley Z. Poof
Get Smart
1965 · Internship Doctor (uncredited)
Green Acres
1965 · Mr. Oglethorpe
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