Richard Deacon
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).
Filmography (141 titles)
5.7MovieThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman · 1984
5.8MovieBad Manners
Ticket Salesman · 1984
MovieThe Awakening of Cassie
1982
7.0MovieNo Man's Valley
Panda (voice) · 1981
3.6MovieThe Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman · 1980
MovieMurder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice · 1980
7.3MovieThe Gossip Columnist
Director · 1980
7.0MovieSteve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What · 1980
6.6ShowTrapper John, M.D.
1979
6.0MoviePiranha
Earl Lyon · 1978
6.0MovieGetting Married
Wedding Director · 1978
4.5MovieRabbit Test
First Newscaster · 1978
6.3ShowThe Love Boat
Dr. Yates · 1977
6.8ShowCHiPs
Mr. Singleton · 1977
7.0ShowAlice
1976
7.4ShowWhat's Happening!!
Mr. Bradford · 1976
8.0MovieThe Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange · 1975
6.0ShowThe Lost Saucer
1975
Honeymoon Suite
1972
7.0ShowMcMillan & Wife
1971
6.7ShowThe Pet Set
Self · 1971
7.8ShowNight Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") · 1970
6.2ShowLove, American Style
Charlie · 1969
7.0MovieArsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon · 1969
6.2MovieLady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin · 1968
6.7ShowHere's Lucy
Harvey Hoople · 1968
MovieThe Narco Men
Records Clerk · 1968
6.1MovieThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn · 1968
6.7MovieBlackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton · 1968
6.0ShowThe Mothers-in-Law
Roger Buell · 1967