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