Richard Deacon
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).
As actor 142
Perry Mason
1957
Alice
1976
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Love Boat
1977
The Rifleman
1958
Bonanza
1959
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Get Smart
1965
Maverick
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Twilight Zone
1959
Love, American Style
1969
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Green Acres
1965
The Untouchables
1959
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
My Three Sons
1960
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Munsters
1964
Gunsmoke
1955
The Addams Family
1964
Night Gallery
1970
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
The Millionaire
1955
Here's Lucy
1968
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The Jack Benny Program
1950
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Navy Log
1955
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Mister Ed
1961
The Real McCoys
1957
77 Sunset Strip
1958
My Favorite Martian
1963
87th Precinct
1961
The Life Of Riley
1953
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
December Bride
1954
Ford Theatre
1948
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
McMillan & Wife
1971
CHiPs
1977
Public Defender
1954
The Birds
1963
What's Happening!!
1976
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Thin Man
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Pete and Gladys
1960
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Annette
1957
A Summer Place
1959
Piranha
1978
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Date with the Angels
1957
Them!
1954
The Pet Set
1971
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Rango
1967
This Island Earth
1955
That Darn Cat!
1965
North to Alaska
1960
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
Désirée
1954
Blackboard Jungle
1955
My Man Godfrey
1957
That Touch of Mink
1962
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Designing Woman
1957
Billie
1965
The Patsy
1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lover Come Back
1961
The Ed Wynn Show
1958
Spring Reunion
1957
My Sister Eileen
1955
Invaders from Mars
1953
The Lost Saucer
1975
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
Hot Blood
1956
Dear Heart
1965
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
The Last Hurrah
1958
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Lady in Cement
1968
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
The Proud Ones
1956
Decision at Sundown
1957
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
Bad Manners
1984
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
The Raiders
1963
All in a Night's Work
1961
It Started with a Kiss
1959
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
The King's Pirate
1967
Critic's Choice
1963
Getting Married
1978
Kiss Them for Me
1957
The Hired Man
1957
Cry Vengeance
1954
Rabbit Test
1978
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
The Carol Channing Show
1966
The Narco Men
1968
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
-30-
1959
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
Prince of Players
1955
Private Hell 36
1954
Enter Laughing
1967
Shield for Murder
1954
Affair in Reno
1957
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
The Silent Kill
1959
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
The High Cost of Loving
1958
Honeymoon Suite
1972
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
About Time
1962
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
The Gossip Columnist
1980
The Power and the Prize
1956
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
No Man's Valley
1981
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
Everything's Ducky
1961
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957