Richard Deacon

Actor

Born: May 14, 1922
Died: August 8, 1984 (age 62)
From: 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).

Filmography (75)

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
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie (1965)
Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat! (1965)
Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
Maginot
Dear Heart (1965)
Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy (1964)
Sy Devore
The Raiders (1963)
Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
Tie Salesman
The Birds (1963)
Mitch's City Neighbor