Richard Deacon
Acting
Born 1922-05-14 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 1984-08-08
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).
Acting
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
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
McMillan & Wife
Luther Dorfman
The Pet Set
Self
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style
Charlie
Love, American Style
Charles Furman
Love, American Style
Boyd Daniels
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople
Here's Lucy
Loan Officer