Richard Deacon
Department: Acting
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
The Birds
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Piranha
1978
Getting Married
1978
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
Billie
1965
Cry Vengeance
1954
Lady in Cement
1968
Enter Laughing
1967
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
No Man's Valley
1981
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
Dear Heart
1965
Rabbit Test
1978
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
Spring Reunion
1957
It Started with a Kiss
1959
Désirée
1954
The King's Pirate
1967
My Man Godfrey
1957
Everything's Ducky
1961
That Touch of Mink
1962
This Island Earth
1955
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Bad Manners
1984
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
Them!
1954
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
Invaders from Mars
1953
Private Hell 36
1954
The Last Hurrah
1958
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
Blackboard Jungle
1955
The Hired Man
1957
The Silent Kill
1959
-30-
1959
A Summer Place
1959
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
The Narco Men
1968
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Decision at Sundown
1957
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
The Raiders
1963
That Darn Cat!
1965
Kiss Them for Me
1957
Affair in Reno
1957
Designing Woman
1957
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
About Time
1962
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
The Proud Ones
1956
Hot Blood
1956
North to Alaska
1960
The Patsy
1964
Prince of Players
1955
Shield for Murder
1954
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
Lover Come Back
1961
The High Cost of Loving
1958
All in a Night's Work
1961
The Power and the Prize
1956
My Sister Eileen
1955
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Mister Ed
1961
Alice
1976
CHiPs
1977
December Bride
1954
Here's Lucy
1968
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
My Three Sons
1960
The Munsters
1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Annette
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Perry Mason
1957
Night Gallery
1970
The Lost Saucer
1975
Get Smart
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
Leave It to Beaver
1957
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Millionaire
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Thin Man
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Ford Theatre
1948
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Navy Log
1955
The Rifleman
1958
The Addams Family
1964
The Carol Channing Show
1966
Date with the Angels
1957
Rango
1967
Love, American Style
1969
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Honeymoon Suite
1972
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Ed Wynn Show
1958
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Love, American Style
1969
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Untouchables
1959
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Millionaire
1955
Love, American Style
1969
The Love Boat
1977
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Here's Lucy
1968
Bonanza
1959
Mister Ed
1961
77 Sunset Strip
1958
87th Precinct
1961
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Public Defender
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
December Bride
1954
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
The Pet Set
1971
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
The Life Of Riley
1953
Maverick
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Mister Ed
1961
Green Acres
1965