Acting
Richard Deacon
1922-05-14 · 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).
Known for
The Birds
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Twilight Zone
I Dream of Jeannie
Piranha
Bonanza
Them!
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Get Smart
This Island Earth
Invaders from Mars
The Love Boat
That Darn Cat!
That Touch of Mink
Lover Come Back
Movie credits · 76
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Bad Manners
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Murder Can Hurt You!
The Gossip Columnist
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Piranha
Getting Married
Rabbit Test
The Man from Clover Grove
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady in Cement
The Narco Men
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Blackbeard's Ghost
The King's Pirate
The Gnome-Mobile
Enter Laughing
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Billie
That Darn Cat!
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Dear Heart
The Patsy
The Raiders
Who's Minding the Store?
The Birds
Critic's Choice
That Touch of Mink
About Time
Everything's Ducky
Lover Come Back
All in a Night's Work
North to Alaska
A Summer Place
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TV credits · 66
Trapper John, M.D.
The Love Boat
CHiPs
Alice
What's Happening!!
The Lost Saucer
Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Night Gallery
Love, American Style
Here's Lucy
The Mothers-in-Law
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
The Carol Channing Show
I Dream of Jeannie
Get Smart
Green Acres
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
My Favorite Martian
The Merv Griffin Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Dick Van Dyke Show
87th Precinct
Mister Ed
My Three Sons
Guestward, Ho!
Pete and Gladys
The Untouchables
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
The Twilight Zone
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bonanza
77 Sunset Strip
The Rifleman
The Ed Wynn Show
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