Acting
Richard Deacon
Born 1922-05-14 · Died 1984-08-08
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).
Acting
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 · City Councilman
Bad Manners
1984 · Ticket Salesman
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983 · Himself
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
1981 · Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 · Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980 · Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · King of Cey What
Piranha
1978 · Earl Lyon
Getting Married
1978 · Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
1978 · First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
1975 · Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
1968 · Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men
1968 · Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
1967 · Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
1967 · Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 · Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
1965 · Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Maginot
Dear Heart
1965 · Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy
1964 · Sy Devore
The Raiders
1963 · Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
1963 · Tie Salesman
The Birds
1963 · Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
1963 · Harvey Rittenhouse