Acting
Richard Deacon — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1922-05-14Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as: Richard Lewis Deacon
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).
Popular movie credits
The Birds
19637.5
A Summer Place
19596.6
Them!
19546.8
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
19567.5
That Darn Cat!
19656.6
Piranha
19786.0
North to Alaska
19606.5
Blackbeard's Ghost
19686.7
That Touch of Mink
19626.5
Désirée
19546.6
The Gnome-Mobile
19676.3
This Island Earth
19556.0
Invaders from Mars
19535.9
Designing Woman
19576.7
The Last Hurrah
19587.2
Popular TV credits
Perry Mason
19577.7
Bonanza
19597.5
The Love Boat
19776.3
The Rifleman
19587.1
The Donna Reed Show
19586.5
Alice
19767.0
The Twilight Zone
19598.5
The Dick Van Dyke Show
19617.6
Maverick
19577.0
Love, American Style
19696.2
Get Smart
19657.9
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
19635.9
The Merv Griffin Show
19626.8
The Beverly Hillbillies
19626.9
My Three Sons
19606.6
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