Richard Deacon
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Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
as Dean Wheaton
Them! (1954)
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Piranha (1978)
as Earl Lyon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
as Mr. Miller
Billie (1965)
as Principal Arnold Wilson
The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
as Ralph Yarby
Spring Reunion (1957)
as Sidney (uncredited)
A Summer Place (1959)
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
North to Alaska (1960)
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Drive-in-Manager
Désirée (1954)
as Etienne Clary
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
as Farnsworth
My Sister Eileen (1955)
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
as MP
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Patsy (1964)
as Sy Devore
Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
as Mr. Witherspoon
Hot Blood (1956)
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
The King's Pirate (1967)
as Swaine
The Unpredictable Pudgy! (1983)
as Himself
-30- (1959)
as Chapman
Decision at Sundown (1957)
as Reverend Zaron
This Island Earth (1955)
as Pilot (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Semu
Lady in Cement (1968)
as Arnie Sherwin
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966)
as Survival Manual Narrator
The Proud Ones (1956)
as Barber (uncredited)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
as Williams (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Graves (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
as Tie Salesman
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Maginot
Lover Come Back (1961)
as Dr. Melnick
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
as Charlie Wrenn
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as George Archibald
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Harvey Rittenhouse
Designing Woman (1957)
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
as Captain Porter (uncredited)
The Power and the Prize (1956)
as Howard Carruthers
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984)
as City Councilman
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
as Rossi (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)
as Milburn Schroeder
The Raiders (1963)
as Commissioner Mailer
Private Hell 36 (1954)
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
as Joseph Rottman
Cry Vengeance (1954)
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)
as Sheriff
Rabbit Test (1978)
as First Newscaster
Murder Can Hurt You! (1980)
as Mr. Burnice
No Man's Valley (1981)
as Panda (voice)
Bad Manners (1984)
as Ticket Salesman
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
as Big Trout
Dear Heart (1965)
as Mr. Cruikshank
Shield for Murder (1954)
as The Professor
Prince of Players (1955)
as Theatre Manager
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980)
as King of Cey What
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
as Glover Speckleton
The Man from Clover Grove (1975)
as Charlie Strange
The Silent Kill (1959)
as Michael Gilmore
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Director
Enter Laughing (1967)
as Pike
The Awakening of Cassie (1982)
Actor
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show (1957)
as Shirt Salesman
The Hired Man (1957)
as Harry Attwood
Getting Married (1978)
as Wedding Director
Affair in Reno (1957)
as H.L. Denham
About Time (1962)
as The Butler
Everything's Ducky (1961)
as Dr. Deckham
The Narco Men (1968)
as Records Clerk