Richard Deacon
Known for: Acting
Born: May 14, 1922
Died: August 8, 1984
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
76 movies · 66 TV shows, newest first
5.7
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
5.9
Bad Manners
1984
NR
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
NR
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
7.0
No Man's Valley
1981
3.5
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
NR
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
7.3
The Gossip Columnist
1980
7.0
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
5.9
Piranha
1978
6.0
Getting Married
1978
4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.8
CHiPs
1977
7.0
Alice
1976
7.4
What's Happening!!
1976
8.0
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
6.0
The Lost Saucer
1975NR
Honeymoon Suite
1972
7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.7
The Pet Set
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
6.2
Lady in Cement
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
NR
The Narco Men
1968
6.1
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
1967
7.0
The King's Pirate
1967
6.3
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
4.8
Enter Laughing
1967
NR
Rango
1967
6.5
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
5.7
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
5.3
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
19668.0
The Carol Channing Show
1966
5.0
Billie
1965
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
8.0
Get Smart
1965
7.2
Green Acres
1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
6.5
Dear Heart
1965
7.9
The Munsters
1964
8.0
The Addams Family
1964
6.2
The Patsy
1964
4.8
The Raiders
1963
6.9
Who's Minding the Store?
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
6.2
My Favorite Martian
1963
7.5
The Birds
1963
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
That Touch of Mink
1962
10.0
About Time
1962
6.5
Everything's Ducky
1961
7.0
Lover Come Back
1961
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
6.0
All in a Night's Work
1961
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
6.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Guestward, Ho!
1960
6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.6
A Summer Place
1959
6.0
-30-
1959
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
3.9
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.5
It Started with a Kiss
1959
NR
The Silent Kill
1959
7.4
The Young Philadelphians
1959
7.1
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
4.8
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
The Ed Wynn Show
1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
NR
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
5.7
Kiss Them for Me
1957
6.3
Decision at Sundown
1957
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.6
The Thin Man
1957
NR
The Hired Man
1957
6.7
Designing Woman
1957
6.3
Date with the Angels
1957
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
6.2
Spring Reunion
1957
5.0
Affair in Reno
1957
6.3
Annette
1957
6.3
The Power and the Prize
1956
6.2
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
6.5
The Proud Ones
1956
6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
5.7
Hot Blood
1956
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
7.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
6.6
My Sister Eileen
1955
5.2
Navy Log
1955NR
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.0
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
6.0
This Island Earth
1955
6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
5.5
Prince of Players
1955
6.3
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
6.1
Cry Vengeance
1954
6.6
Désirée
1954
6.3
December Bride
1954
6.3
Private Hell 36
1954
6.7
Shield for Murder
1954
6.8
Them!
1954
6.3
Public Defender
1954
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
5.9
Invaders from Mars
1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
1953
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
19508.0
Ford Theatre
1948