Richard Deacon
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 14, 1922 (104 years old)
Place of Birth
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).
Known For
| 1984 | Bad MannersTicket Salesman | |
| 1984 | The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyCity Councilman | |
| 1982 | The Awakening of Cassie | |
| 1981 | No Man's ValleyPanda (voice) | |
| 1980 | The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodJoseph Rottman | |
| 1980 | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not PrettyKing of Cey What | |
| 1980 | Murder Can Hurt You!Mr. Burnice | |
| 1980 | The Gossip ColumnistDirector | |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1978 | PiranhaEarl Lyon | |
| 1978 | Getting MarriedWedding Director | |
| 1978 | Rabbit TestFirst Newscaster | |
| 1977 | CHiPsMr. Singleton | |
| 1977 | The Love BoatDr. Yates | |
| 1976 | Alice | |
| 1975 | The Man from Clover GroveCharlie Strange | |
| 1975 | The Lost Saucer | |
| 1972 | Honeymoon Suite | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | |
| 1971 | McMillan & WifeLuther Dorfman | |
| 1971 | The Pet SetSelf | |
| 1970 | Night GalleryMan with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") | |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old LaceMr. Witherspoon | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleCharlie | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleCharles Furman | |
| 1969 | Love, American StyleBoyd Daniels | |
| 1968 | Lady in CementArnie Sherwin | |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's GhostDean Wheaton | |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandCharlie Wrenn | |
| 1968 | The Narco MenRecords Clerk | |
| 1968 | Here's LucyHarvey Hoople | |
| 1968 | Here's LucyLoan Officer | |
| 1967 | The Gnome-MobileRalph Yarby | |
| 1967 | Enter LaughingPike | |
| 1967 | The King's PirateSwaine | |
| 1967 | Rango | |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-LawRoger Buell | |
| 1966 | Don't Worry, We'll Think of a TitleMr. Travis / Police Chief | |
| 1966 | Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Survival Manual Narrator | |
| 1966 | The Carol Channing ShowLeon Thatcher | |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of SouthamptonBaldwin | |
| 1965 | BilliePrincipal Arnold Wilson | |
| 1965 | Dear HeartMr. Cruikshank | |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat!Drive-in-Manager | |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Maginot | |
| 1965 | Get Smart | |
| 1965 | I Dream of JeannieHarley Z. Poof | |
| 1965 | Green AcresMr. Oglethorpe | |
| 1964 | The PatsySy Devore | |
| 1964 | The MunstersBorden T. Pike | |
| 1964 | The Addams FamilyMortimer Phelps | |
| 1963 | The BirdsMitch's City Neighbor | |
| 1963 | Critic's ChoiceHarvey Rittenhouse | |
| 1963 | The RaidersCommissioner Mailer | |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store?Tie Salesman | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSelf | |
| 1963 | My Favorite MartianMr. Bentley | |
| 1962 | That Touch of MinkMr. Miller | |
| 1962 | About TimeThe Butler | |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1962 | The Beverly HillbilliesMr. Brubaker | |
| 1961 | Everything's DuckyDr. Deckham | |
| 1961 | Lover Come BackDr. Melnick | |
| 1961 | All in a Night's WorkFur Salesman (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke ShowMel Cooley | |
| 1961 | Mister EdTatti (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | 87th PrecinctMartin | |
| 1961 | Mister EdDr. Baker | |
| 1960 | North to AlaskaAngus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | |
| 1959 | The Young PhiladelphiansGeorge Archibald | |
| 1959 | It Started with a KissCapt. Porter (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Silent KillMichael Gilmore | |
| 1959 | -30-Chapman | |
| 1959 | A Summer PlacePawnbroker (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerSheriff | |
| 1959 | The Man Who Understood WomenRossi (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneWallace V. Whipple | |
| 1959 | The UntouchablesBill Skidmore | |
| 1959 | BonanzaCaptain Shark | |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie GillisCecil Ellingboe | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian EyeFuneral Director | |
| 1958 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMilburn Schroeder | |
| 1958 | The Last HurrahGraves (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | The High Cost of LovingObstetrician (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | |
| 1958 | The Ed Wynn ShowConway | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset StripWallace Friend | |
| 1957 | Spring ReunionSidney (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | My Man GodfreyFarnsworth | |
| 1957 | Jack Benny Christmas Shopping ShowShirt Salesman | |
| 1957 | The Hired ManHarry Attwood | |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. LouisCharles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Decision at SundownReverend Zaron | |
| 1957 | Kiss Them for MeBill Hotchkiss (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Affair in RenoH.L. Denham | |
| 1957 | Designing WomanLarry Musso (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | AnnetteUncle Archie McCleod | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonWilmer Beaslee | |
| 1957 | Leave It to BeaverFred Rutherford | |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | |
| 1957 | Date with the Angels | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourWinslow (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | MaverickFloyd Gimbel | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoysMr. Laidlaw | |
| 1956 | Invasion of the Body SnatchersEmergency Room Doctor (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Solid Gold CadillacWilliams (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the OzarksBig Trout | |
| 1956 | The Proud OnesBarber (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Hot BloodMr. Swift (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Power and the PrizeHoward Carruthers | |
| 1956 | Invasion of the Body SnatchersDr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the MummySemu | |
| 1955 | Good Morning, Miss DoveMr. Spivvy (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | This Island EarthSpacecraft Pilot | |
| 1955 | Lay That Rifle DownGlover Speckleton | |
| 1955 | Blackboard JungleMr. Stanley (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Prince of PlayersTheatre Manager | |
| 1955 | My Sister EileenBaker's Receptionist (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeBotkin | |
| 1955 | The MillionaireJeweler | |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | The Great Gildersleeve | |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings ShowDistrict Attorney | |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox HourPaul Erickson | |
| 1955 | The MillionaireFoundation Rep. Gibson | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's PlayhouseHotel Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Cry VengeanceBartender at The Cameo Room | |
| 1954 | DésiréeEtienne Clary | |
| 1954 | Them!Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference | |
| 1954 | Private Hell 36Mr. Mace (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Shield for MurderThe Professor | |
| 1954 | December Bride | |
| 1954 | Public DefenderTruant Officer | |
| 1954 | December BrideJames, Desi Arnaz's Butler | |
| 1953 | Invaders from MarsMP | |
| 1953 | The Life Of RileyChauffeur | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television TheatrePlanter O'Toole | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsDr. Thomas Gregory | |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny ProgramShirt Salesman | |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreSheldon | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreNorton | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope ShowSelf | |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre |