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  • BIRTH 14/05/1922
  • DEATH 08/08/1984
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 19
  • MOVIES 33
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Richard Deacon

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).

Richard Deacon
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Shows (19)

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
The Addams Family
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
CHiPs
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
Bonanza
Bonanza
Captain Shark
The Munsters
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mel Cooley
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
Bill Skidmore
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver
Fred Rutherford
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
Mr. Brubaker
Here's Lucy
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople / Loan Officer
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
Wallace Friend
The Mothers-In-Law
The Mothers-In-Law
Roger Buell
Night Gallery
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Botkin
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Self
Maverick
Maverick
Floyd Gimbel

Movies (33)

The Birds
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Piranha
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor
Désirée
Désirée
Etienne Clary
That Touch of Mink
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
Blackbeard's Ghost
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
That Darn Cat!
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
About Time
About Time
The Butler
Invaders from Mars
Invaders from Mars
MP
This Island Earth
This Island Earth
Spacecraft Pilot
Murder Can Hurt You!
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
The Young Philadelphians
The Young Philadelphians
George Archibald
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
Decision at Sundown
Reverend Zaron
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Semu
-30-
-30-
Chapman
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family…
Charlie Wrenn
Who's Minding the Store?
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman
A Summer Place
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Designing Woman
Larry Musso (uncredited)
Private Hell 36
Private Hell 36
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Big Trout
Lover Come Back
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
The Raiders
The Raiders
Commissioner Mailer
The Proud Ones
The Proud Ones
Barber (uncredited)
Them!
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Kiss Them for Me
Kiss Them for Me
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Williams (uncredited)
Dear Heart
Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank
The Gnome-Mobile
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
All in a Night's Work
All in a Night's Work
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
The Patsy
The Patsy
Sy Devore

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