Richard Deacon
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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
Credits
The Birds (1963)
as Mitch's City Neighbor
A Summer Place (1959)
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Piranha (1978)
as Earl Lyon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Them! (1954)
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Drive-in-Manager
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Dean Wheaton
This Island Earth (1955)
as Pilot (uncredited)
Lover Come Back (1961)
as Dr. Melnick
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Ralph Yarby
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
North to Alaska (1960)
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
as MP
That Touch of Mink (1962)
as Mr. Miller
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Désirée (1954)
as Etienne Clary
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Graves (uncredited)
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
as Survival Manual Narrator
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
as Charlie Wrenn
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Tie Salesman
Designing Woman (1957)
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as George Archibald
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Semu
The Patsy (1964)
as Sy Devore
Lady in Cement (1968)
as Arnie Sherwin
My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Farnsworth
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
as Reverend Zaron
Hot Blood (1956)
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Billie (1965)
as Principal Arnold Wilson
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Spring Reunion (1957)
as Sidney (uncredited)
The Proud Ones (1956)
as Barber (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
as Captain Porter (uncredited)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
as Williams (uncredited)
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Harvey Rittenhouse
Shield for Murder (1954)
as The Professor
Rabbit Test (1978)
as First Newscaster
The Raiders (1963)
as Commissioner Mailer
Private Hell 36 (1954)
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Dear Heart (1965)
as Mr. Cruikshank
Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
as Mr. Witherspoon
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
The King's Pirate (1967)
as Swaine
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Maginot
Bad Manners (1984)
as Ticket Salesman
Enter Laughing (1967)
as Pike
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
as Joseph Rottman
The Power and the Prize (1956)
as Howard Carruthers
Cry Vengeance (1954)
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
Getting Married (1978)
as Wedding Director
The Hired Man (1957)
as Harry Attwood
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980)
as King of Cey What
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
as Rossi (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
as Milburn Schroeder
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
as Glover Speckleton
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
as Big Trout
Prince of Players (1955)
as Theatre Manager
-30- (1959)
as Chapman
The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983)
as Himself
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)
as Sheriff
The Silent Kill (1959)
as Michael Gilmore
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)
as Mr. Burnice
Affair in Reno (1957)
as H.L. Denham
No Man's Valley (1981)
as Panda (voice)
Everything's Ducky (1961)
as Dr. Deckham
The Awakening of Cassie (1982)
Actor
About Time (1962)
as The Butler
The Narco Men (1968)
as Records Clerk
The Man from Clover Grove (1975)
as Charlie Strange
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984)
as City Councilman
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Shirt Salesman