Richard Deacon
- Acting
- May 14, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- August 8, 1984
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
Filmography
- The Hoboken Chicken Emergency · City Councilman
- Bad Manners · Ticket Salesman
- The Unpredictable Pudgy! · Self
- The Awakening of Cassie
- No Man's Valley · Panda (Voice)
- Murder Can Hurt You! · Mr. Burnice
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood · Joseph Rottman
- The Gossip Columnist · Director
- Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty · King of Cey What
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Piranha · Earl Lyon
- Getting Married · Wedding Director
- Rabbit Test · First Newscaster
- The Love Boat · Dr. Yates
- CHiPs · Mr. Singleton
- Alice
- What's Happening!! · Mr. Bradford
- The Man from Clover Grove · Charlie Strange
- The Lost Saucer
- Honeymoon Suite
- McMillan & Wife · Luther Dorfman
- The Pet Set · Self
- Night Gallery · Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
- Love, American Style · Charlie, Charles Furman
- Arsenic and Old Lace · Mr. Witherspoon
- Lady in Cement · Arnie Sherwin
- Here's Lucy · Harvey Hoople, Loan Officer
- The Narco Men · Records Clerk
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band · Charlie Wrenn
- Blackbeard's Ghost · Dean Wheaton
- The Mothers-in-Law · Roger Buell
- The King's Pirate · Swaine
- The Gnome-Mobile · Ralph Yarby
- Enter Laughing · Pike
- Rango
- The Pruitts of Southampton · Baldwin
- Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. · Survival Manual Narrator
- Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title · Mr. Travis / Police Chief
- The Carol Channing Show · Leon Thatcher
- Billie · Principal Arnold Wilson
- That Darn Cat! · Drive-in-Manager
- I Dream of Jeannie · Harley Z. Poof
- Get Smart · Internship Doctor (uncredited)
- Green Acres · Mr. Oglethorpe
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · Maginot
- Dear Heart · Mr. Cruikshank
- The Munsters · Borden T. Pike
- The Addams Family · Mortimer Phelps
- The Patsy · Sy Devore
- The Raiders · Commissioner Mailer
- Who's Minding the Store? · Tie Salesman
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Self
- My Favorite Martian · Mr. Bentley
- The Birds · Mitch's City Neighbor
- Critic's Choice · Harvey Rittenhouse
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Mr. Brubaker
- That Touch of Mink · Mr. Miller
- About Time · The Butler
- Everything's Ducky · Dr. Deckham
- Lover Come Back · Dr. Melnick
- The Dick Van Dyke Show · Mel Cooley
- 87th Precinct · Martin
- All in a Night's Work · Fur Salesman (uncredited)
- Mister Ed · Tatti (voice) (uncredited), Dr. Baker
- North to Alaska · Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- My Three Sons
- Guestward, Ho!
- Pete and Gladys
- A Summer Place · Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- -30- · Chapman
- The Untouchables · Bill Skidmore
- Hawaiian Eye · Funeral Director
- Bourbon Street Beat
- The Man Who Understood Women · Rossi (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone · Wallace V. Whipple
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis · Cecil Ellingboe
- Bonanza · Captain Shark
- It Started with a Kiss · Captain Porter (uncredited)
- The Silent Kill · Michael Gilmore