Richard Deacon
Acting
May 14, 1922
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
The Birds
1963
Designing Woman
1957
Them!
1954
North to Alaska
1960
The Proud Ones
1956
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
Rabbit Test
1978
Dear Heart
1965
Enter Laughing
1967
Getting Married
1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Piranha
1978
About Time
1962
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
Bad Manners
1984
Billie
1965
My Man Godfrey
1957
Spring Reunion
1957
TV Shows
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
The Love Boat
1977
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Rifleman
1958
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Get Smart
1965
Love, American Style
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Love, American Style
1969
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Maverick
1957
My Three Sons
1960
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Alice
1976
The Untouchables
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959