Richard Deacon
Acting
Born May 14, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Films (75)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
Bad Manners
1984
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
1981
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
Piranha
1978
Getting Married
1978
Rabbit Test
1978
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Lady in Cement
1968
The Narco Men
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
The King's Pirate
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Enter Laughing
1967
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
Billie
1965
That Darn Cat!
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Dear Heart
1965
The Patsy
1964
The Raiders
1963
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
The Birds
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
That Touch of Mink
1962
About Time
1962
Everything's Ducky
1961
Lover Come Back
1961
All in a Night's Work
1961
North to Alaska
1960
A Summer Place
1959
-30-
1959
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
It Started with a Kiss
1959
The Silent Kill
1959
The Young Philadelphians
1959
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
The High Cost of Loving
1958
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
Kiss Them for Me
1957
Decision at Sundown
1957
My Man Godfrey
1957
The Hired Man
1957
Designing Woman
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
Spring Reunion
1957
Affair in Reno
1957
The Power and the Prize
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
The Proud Ones
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
Hot Blood
1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
My Sister Eileen
1955
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
This Island Earth
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
Blackboard Jungle
1955
Prince of Players
1955
Cry Vengeance
1954
Désirée
1954
Private Hell 36
1954
Shield for Murder
1954
Them!
1954
Invaders from Mars
1953