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).
Filmography 141
Movies (75)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency1984City Councilman
Bad Manners1984Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie1982
No Man's Valley1981Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood1980Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!1980Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist1980Directing
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty1980King of Cey What
Piranha1978Earl Lyon
Getting Married1978Wedding Director
Rabbit Test1978First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove1975Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace1969Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement1968Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men1968Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band1968Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost1968Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate1967Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile1967Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing1967Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.1966Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title1966Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie1965Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!1965Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965Maginot
Dear Heart1965Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy1964Sy Devore
The Raiders1963Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?1963Tie Salesman
The Birds1963Mitch's City Neighbor
Shows (66)
Trapper John, M.D.1979
The Love Boat1977Dr. Yates
CHiPs1977Mr. Singleton
Alice1976
What's Happening!!1976Mr. Bradford
The Lost Saucer1975- Honeymoon Suite1972
McMillan & Wife1971
The Pet Set1971Self
Night Gallery1970Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style1969Charlie
Here's Lucy1968Harvey Hoople
The Mothers-in-Law1967Roger Buell
Rango1967
The Pruitts of Southampton1966Baldwin- The Carol Channing Show1966Leon Thatcher
Get Smart1965Internship Doctor (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeannie1965Harley Z. Poof
Green Acres1965Mr. Oglethorpe
The Munsters1964Borden T. Pike
The Addams Family1964Mortimer Phelps- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963Self
My Favorite Martian1963Mr. Bentley
The Merv Griffin Show1962Self
The Beverly Hillbillies1962
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961Mel Cooley
87th Precinct1961Martin
Mister Ed1961
My Three Sons1960
Guestward, Ho!1960