Richard Deacon
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-05-14
- Died:
- 1984-08-08
- 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
Filmography
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Bad Manners
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Murder Can Hurt You!
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
The Gossip Columnist
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Trapper John, M.D.
Piranha
Getting Married
Rabbit Test
The Love Boat
CHiPs
Alice
What's Happening!!
The Man from Clover Grove
The Lost Saucer
Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Night Gallery
Love, American Style
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady in Cement
Here's Lucy
The Narco Men
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Mothers-in-Law
The King's Pirate
The Gnome-Mobile
Enter Laughing
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
The Carol Channing Show
Billie
That Darn Cat!
I Dream of Jeannie
Get Smart
Green Acres
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Dear Heart
The Munsters
The Addams Family
The Patsy
The Raiders
Who's Minding the Store?
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
My Favorite Martian
The Birds
Critic's Choice
The Merv Griffin Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
That Touch of Mink
About Time
Everything's Ducky