Richard Deacon

May 14, 1922 - Aug 08, 1984 (62 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Perry Mason

Wilmer Beaslee

Bonanza

Captain Shark

The Love Boat

Dr. Yates

Maverick

Floyd Gimbel

The Rifleman

Alice

The Twilight Zone

Wallace V. Whipple

I Dream of Jeannie

Harley Z. Poof

The Donna Reed Show

Get Smart

Credits

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency 1984

City Councilman

★ 5
Bad Manners 1984

Ticket Salesman

★ 5.9
The Awakening of Cassie 1982

★ NR
No Man's Valley 1981

Panda (voice)

★ 6
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood 1980

Joseph Rottman

★ 3.5
Murder Can Hurt You! 1980

Mr. Burnice

★ NR
The Gossip Columnist 1980

Director

★ 7.5
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty 1980

King of Cey What

★ 6.5
Trapper John, M.D. 1979

★ 6.5
Piranha 1978

Earl Lyon

★ 6
Getting Married 1978

Wedding Director

★ 4
Rabbit Test 1978

First Newscaster

★ 4.2
The Love Boat 1977

Dr. Yates

★ 6.3
CHiPs 1977

Mr. Singleton

★ 6.8
Alice 1976

★ 7
The Man from Clover Grove 1975

Charlie Strange

★ NR
The Lost Saucer 1975

★ 5
Honeymoon Suite 1972

★ NR
McMillan & Wife 1971

★ 6.9
Night Gallery 1970

Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")

★ 7.8
Love, American Style 1969

Charlie

★ 6.1
Arsenic and Old Lace 1969

Mr. Witherspoon

★ 7
Lady in Cement 1968

Arnie Sherwin

★ 6.2
Here's Lucy 1968

Harvey Hoople

★ 6.7
Persecución hasta Valencia 1968

Records Clerk

★ NR
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968

Charlie Wrenn

★ 6
Blackbeard's Ghost 1968

Dean Wheaton

★ 6.7
The Mothers-in-Law 1967

Roger Buell

★ 5.8
The King's Pirate 1967

Swaine

★ 5.8
The Gnome-Mobile 1967

Ralph Yarby

★ 6.2
Enter Laughing 1967

Pike

★ 4
Rango 1967

★ NR
The Pruitts of Southampton 1966

Baldwin

★ 5.3
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. 1966

Survival Manual Narrator

★ 5.6
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title 1966

Mr. Travis / Police Chief

★ 3.5
The Carol Channing Show 1966

Leon Thatcher

★ NR
Billie 1965

Principal Arnold Wilson

★ 5
That Darn Cat! 1965

Drive-in-Manager

★ 6.6
Get Smart 1965

★ 7.9
I Dream of Jeannie 1965

Harley Z. Poof

★ 7.8
Green Acres 1965

Mr. Oglethorpe

★ 7.3
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! 1965

Maginot

★ 3.4
Dear Heart 1965

Mr. Cruikshank

★ 6.6
The Munsters 1964

Borden T. Pike

★ 7.9
The Addams Family 1964

Mortimer Phelps

★ 8
The Patsy 1964

Sy Devore

★ 6.2
The Raiders 1963

Commissioner Mailer

★ 4.5
Who's Minding the Store? 1963

Tie Salesman

★ 6.8
My Favorite Martian 1963

Mr. Bentley

★ 6
The Birds 1963

Mitch's City Neighbor

★ 7.5
Critic's Choice 1963

Harvey Rittenhouse

★ 5.5
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

★ 6.9
That Touch of Mink 1962

Mr. Miller

★ 6.4
About Time 1962

The Butler

★ NR
Everything's Ducky 1961

Dr. Deckham

★ 5.3
Lover Come Back 1961

Dr. Melnick

★ 6.9
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961

Mel Cooley

★ 7.5
87th Precinct 1961

Martin

★ 7.5
All in a Night's Work 1961

Fur Salesman (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Mister Ed 1961

★ 6.8
North to Alaska 1960

Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.5
My Three Sons 1960

★ 6.4
Guestward, Ho! 1960

★ 4
Pete and Gladys 1960

★ 6.5
A Summer Place 1959

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

★ 6.5
-30- 1959

Chapman

★ 5.7
The Untouchables 1959

Bill Skidmore

★ 7.8
Hawaiian Eye 1959

Funeral Director

★ 5.2
Bourbon Street Beat 1959

★ 5
The Man Who Understood Women 1959

Rossi (uncredited)

★ 3.3
The Twilight Zone 1959

Wallace V. Whipple

★ 8.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

Cecil Ellingboe

★ 5.8
Bonanza 1959

Captain Shark

★ 7.5
It Started with a Kiss 1959

Capt. Porter (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Silent Kill 1959

Michael Gilmore

★ NR
The Young Philadelphians 1959

George Archibald

★ 7.4
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker 1959

Sheriff

★ 6
The Last Hurrah 1958

Graves (uncredited)

★ 7.1
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed 1958

Milburn Schroeder

★ 3.3
77 Sunset Strip 1958

Wallace Friend

★ 6.7
The Rifleman 1958

★ 7
The Ed Wynn Show 1958

Conway

★ NR
The Donna Reed Show 1958

★ 6.2
The High Cost of Loving 1958

Obstetrician (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show 1957

Shirt Salesman

★ NR
Kiss Them for Me 1957

Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Decision at Sundown 1957

Reverend Zaron

★ 6.4
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour 1957

Winslow (uncredited)

★ 8.6
My Man Godfrey 1957

Farnsworth

★ 6.3
Leave It to Beaver 1957

Fred Rutherford

★ 6.9
The Real McCoys 1957

★ 5.6
Maverick 1957

Floyd Gimbel

★ 6.8
Perry Mason 1957

Wilmer Beaslee

★ 7.7
The Thin Man 1957

★ 7.1
The Hired Man 1957

Harry Attwood

★ NR
Designing Woman 1957

Larry Musso (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Date with the Angels 1957

★ 6
The Spirit of St. Louis 1957

Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Spring Reunion 1957

Sidney (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Affair in Reno 1957

H.L. Denham

★ 4.6
Annette 1957

Uncle Archie McCleod

★ 6
The Power and the Prize 1956

Howard Carruthers

★ 5.5
The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956

Williams (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Proud Ones 1956

Barber (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956

Big Trout

★ 6.4
Hot Blood 1956

Mr. Swift (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956

Emergency Room Doctor

★ 7.5
Good Morning, Miss Dove 1955

Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955

Paul Erickson

★ 5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.5
My Sister Eileen 1955

Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Navy Log 1955

★ 4.5
The Great Gildersleeve 1955

★ NR
Gunsmoke 1955

Botkin

★ 6.6
Lay That Rifle Down 1955

Glover Speckleton

★ 5.5
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955

Semu

★ 6
This Island Earth 1955

Spacecraft Pilot

★ 6
Blackboard Jungle 1955

Mr. Stanley (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Millionaire 1955

Jeweler

★ 5
Prince of Players 1955

Theatre Manager

★ 4.7
The Bob Cummings Show 1955

District Attorney

★ 6.1
Cry Vengeance 1954

Bartender at The Cameo Room

★ 5.9
Désirée 1954

Etienne Clary

★ 6.4
December Bride 1954

★ 5.5
Private Hell 36 1954

Mr. Mace (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Shield for Murder 1954

The Professor

★ 6.5
Them! 1954

Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference

★ 6.8
Public Defender 1954

Truant Officer

★ 6
Invaders from Mars 1953

MP

★ 5.9
The Life Of Riley 1953

Chauffeur

★ 6
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Planter O'Toole

★ 7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

Dr. Thomas Gregory

★ 7.3
The Jack Benny Program 1950

Shirt Salesman

★ 7.8
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Sheldon

★ 6.3
Ford Theatre 1948

★ NR