Richard Deacon
Acting
Born: 1922-05-14 in 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
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Bonanza
Captain Shark
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
Get Smart
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
This Island Earth
Pilot (uncredited)
Invaders from Mars
MP
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
The Untouchables
Bill Skidmore
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
Mr. Brubaker
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Semu
Gunsmoke
Botkin
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mel Cooley
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman
Leave It to Beaver
Fred Rutherford
Decision at Sundown
Reverend Zaron
Designing Woman
Larry Musso (uncredited)
Green Acres
Mr. Oglethorpe
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
The Last Hurrah
Graves (uncredited)
The Patsy
Sy Devore
