Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

Acting

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

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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency ★ 5.7 The Hoboken Chicken Emergency 1984 Bad Manners ★ 5.8 Bad Manners 1984 The Awakening of Cassie The Awakening of Cassie 1982 No Man's Valley ★ 7.0 No Man's Valley 1981 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood ★ 3.6 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood 1980 Murder Can Hurt You! Murder Can Hurt You! 1980 The Gossip Columnist ★ 7.3 The Gossip Columnist 1980 Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty ★ 6.7 Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty 1980 Trapper John, M.D. ★ 6.6 Trapper John, M.D. 1979 Piranha ★ 6.0 Piranha 1978 Getting Married ★ 6.0 Getting Married 1978 Rabbit Test ★ 4.5 Rabbit Test 1978 The Love Boat ★ 6.3 The Love Boat 1977 CHiPs ★ 6.9 CHiPs 1977 Alice ★ 7.1 Alice 1976 What's Happening!! ★ 7.4 What's Happening!! 1976 The Man from Clover Grove ★ 8.0 The Man from Clover Grove 1975 The Lost Saucer ★ 6.0 The Lost Saucer 1975 Honeymoon Suite Honeymoon Suite 1972 McMillan & Wife ★ 7.0 McMillan & Wife 1971 The Pet Set ★ 6.7 The Pet Set 1971 Night Gallery ★ 7.8 Night Gallery 1970 Love, American Style ★ 6.1 Love, American Style 1969 Arsenic and Old Lace ★ 7.0 Arsenic and Old Lace 1969 Lady in Cement ★ 6.2 Lady in Cement 1968 Here's Lucy ★ 6.7 Here's Lucy 1968 The Narco Men The Narco Men 1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band ★ 6.1 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968 Blackbeard's Ghost ★ 6.7 Blackbeard's Ghost 1968 The Mothers-in-Law ★ 6.0 The Mothers-in-Law 1967 The King's Pirate ★ 7.0 The King's Pirate 1967 The Gnome-Mobile ★ 6.3 The Gnome-Mobile 1967 Enter Laughing ★ 4.8 Enter Laughing 1967 Rango Rango 1967 The Pruitts of Southampton ★ 6.5 The Pruitts of Southampton 1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. ★ 5.8 Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. 1966 Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title ★ 5.3 Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title 1966 The Carol Channing Show ★ 8.0 The Carol Channing Show 1966 Billie ★ 5.0 Billie 1965 That Darn Cat! ★ 6.6 That Darn Cat! 1965 I Dream of Jeannie ★ 7.8 I Dream of Jeannie 1965 Get Smart ★ 7.9 Get Smart 1965 Green Acres ★ 7.2 Green Acres 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! ★ 3.8 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 1965 Dear Heart ★ 6.5 Dear Heart 1965 The Munsters ★ 7.9 The Munsters 1964 The Addams Family ★ 8.0 The Addams Family 1964 The Patsy ★ 6.2 The Patsy 1964 The Raiders ★ 4.8 The Raiders 1963 Who's Minding the Store? ★ 6.8 Who's Minding the Store? 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ★ 5.9 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963 My Favorite Martian ★ 6.1 My Favorite Martian 1963 The Birds ★ 7.5 The Birds 1963 Critic's Choice ★ 5.7 Critic's Choice 1963 The Merv Griffin Show ★ 6.6 The Merv Griffin Show 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962 That Touch of Mink ★ 6.5 That Touch of Mink 1962 About Time ★ 10.0 About Time 1962 Everything's Ducky ★ 6.5 Everything's Ducky 1961 Lover Come Back ★ 7.0 Lover Come Back 1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show ★ 7.6 The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961 87th Precinct ★ 7.8 87th Precinct 1961 All in a Night's Work ★ 6.0 All in a Night's Work 1961 Mister Ed ★ 6.8 Mister Ed 1961 North to Alaska ★ 6.5 North to Alaska 1960 My Three Sons ★ 6.6 My Three Sons 1960 Guestward, Ho! ★ 6.5 Guestward, Ho! 1960 Pete and Gladys ★ 6.3 Pete and Gladys 1960 A Summer Place ★ 6.6 A Summer Place 1959 -30- ★ 6.0 -30- 1959 The Untouchables ★ 7.9 The Untouchables 1959 Hawaiian Eye ★ 5.6 Hawaiian Eye 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ★ 6.0 Bourbon Street Beat 1959 The Man Who Understood Women ★ 3.9 The Man Who Understood Women 1959 The Twilight Zone ★ 8.5 The Twilight Zone 1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ★ 6.3 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959 Bonanza ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959 It Started with a Kiss ★ 5.5 It Started with a Kiss 1959 The Silent Kill The Silent Kill 1959 The Young Philadelphians ★ 7.4 The Young Philadelphians 1959