Richard Deacon
ActingRichard 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).
Movies
City Councilman
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
Ticket Salesman
Bad Manners
1984
Himself
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
Panda (voice)
No Man's Valley
1981
Joseph Rottman
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
Mr. Burnice
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
Director
The Gossip Columnist
1980
King of Cey What
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
Earl Lyon
Piranha
1978
Wedding Director
Getting Married
1978
First Newscaster
Rabbit Test
1978
Charlie Strange
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
Mr. Witherspoon
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Arnie Sherwin
Lady in Cement
1968
Records Clerk
The Narco Men
1968
Charlie Wrenn
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Dean Wheaton
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Swaine
The King's Pirate
1967
Ralph Yarby
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
TV Shows
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Dr. Yates
The Love Boat
1977
Mr. Singleton
CHiPs
1977
Alice
1976
Mr. Bradford
What's Happening!!
1976
The Lost Saucer
1975
McMillan & Wife
1971
Luther Dorfman
McMillan & Wife
1971
Self
The Pet Set
1971
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Night Gallery
1970
Charlie
Love, American Style
1969
Charles Furman
Love, American Style
1969
Boyd Daniels
Love, American Style
1969
Harvey Hoople
Here's Lucy
1968
Loan Officer
Here's Lucy
1968
Roger Buell
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Rango
1967
Baldwin
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
Harley Z. Poof
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965
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