Known For
Acting
Born
May 14, 1922
Died
Aug 08, 1984
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
141 titles
Richard Deacon
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What
Trapper John, M.D.
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
First Newscaster
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
Alice
What's Happening!!
Mr. Bradford
The Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange
The Lost Saucer
Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Self
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style
Charlie
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople
The Narco Men
Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
The Mothers-in-Law
Roger Buell
The King's Pirate
Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
Pike
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
Baldwin
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Carol Channing Show
Leon Thatcher
Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
Get Smart
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
Green Acres
Mr. Oglethorpe
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Maginot
Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
The Patsy
Sy Devore
The Raiders
Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman