Richard Deacon
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-05-14
- Died:
- 1984-08-08
- Place of birth:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Bad Manners
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Murder Can Hurt You!
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
The Gossip Columnist
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Trapper John, M.D.
Piranha
Getting Married
Rabbit Test
The Love Boat
CHiPs
Alice
What's Happening!!
The Man from Clover Grove
The Lost Saucer
Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Night Gallery
Love, American Style
Arsenic and Old Lace
Lady in Cement
Here's Lucy
The Narco Men
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Blackbeard's Ghost
The Mothers-in-Law
The King's Pirate
The Gnome-Mobile
Enter Laughing
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
The Carol Channing Show
Billie
That Darn Cat!
I Dream of Jeannie
Get Smart
Green Acres
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Dear Heart
The Munsters
The Addams Family
The Patsy
The Raiders
Who's Minding the Store?
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
My Favorite Martian
The Birds
Critic's Choice
The Merv Griffin Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
That Touch of Mink
About Time
Everything's Ducky
Lover Come Back
The Dick Van Dyke Show
87th Precinct
All in a Night's Work
Mister Ed
North to Alaska
My Three Sons
Guestward, Ho!
Pete and Gladys
A Summer Place
-30-
The Untouchables
Hawaiian Eye
Bourbon Street Beat
The Man Who Understood Women
The Twilight Zone
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bonanza
It Started with a Kiss
The Silent Kill
The Young Philadelphians
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
The Last Hurrah
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
77 Sunset Strip
The Rifleman
The Ed Wynn Show
The Donna Reed Show
The High Cost of Loving
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Kiss Them for Me
Decision at Sundown
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
My Man Godfrey
Leave It to Beaver
The Real McCoys
Maverick
Perry Mason
The Thin Man
The Hired Man
Designing Woman
Date with the Angels
The Spirit of St. Louis
Spring Reunion
Affair in Reno
Annette
The Power and the Prize
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Proud Ones
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Hot Blood
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Good Morning, Miss Dove
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Screen Director's Playhouse
My Sister Eileen
Navy Log
The Great Gildersleeve
Gunsmoke
Lay That Rifle Down
This Island Earth
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Blackboard Jungle
The Millionaire
Prince of Players
The Bob Cummings Show
Cry Vengeance
Désirée
December Bride
Private Hell 36
Shield for Murder
Them!
Public Defender
The Danny Thomas Show
Invaders from Mars
The Life Of Riley
The Ford Television Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Jack Benny Program
Lux Video Theatre
The Bob Hope Show
Ford Theatre