Richard Deacon
Actor
Born May 14, 1922 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).
Filmography
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What
Trapper John, M.D.
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
First Newscaster
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
Alice
What's Happening!!
Mr. Bradford
The Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange
The Lost Saucer
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Self
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style
Charlie
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople
The Narco Men
Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
The Mothers-in-Law
Roger Buell
The King's Pirate
Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
Pike
Rango
The Pruitts of Southampton
Baldwin
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
Get Smart
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
Green Acres
Mr. Oglethorpe
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Maginot
Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
The Patsy
Sy Devore
The Raiders
Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman
My Favorite Martian
Mr. Bentley
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
Harvey Rittenhouse
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
About Time
The Butler
Everything's Ducky
Dr. Deckham
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mel Cooley
87th Precinct
Martin
All in a Night's Work
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
Mister Ed
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
My Three Sons
Guestward, Ho!
Pete and Gladys
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
-30-
Chapman
The Untouchables
Bill Skidmore
Hawaiian Eye
Funeral Director
Bourbon Street Beat
The Man Who Understood Women
Rossi (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Cecil Ellingboe
Bonanza
Captain Shark
It Started with a Kiss
Capt. Porter (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
Michael Gilmore
The Young Philadelphians
George Archibald
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Sheriff
The Last Hurrah
Graves (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Milburn Schroeder
77 Sunset Strip
Wallace Friend
The Rifleman
The Ed Wynn Show
Conway
The Donna Reed Show
The High Cost of Loving
Obstetrician (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Shirt Salesman
Kiss Them for Me
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
Reverend Zaron
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Winslow (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Farnsworth
Leave It to Beaver
Fred Rutherford
The Real McCoys
Maverick
Floyd Gimbel
Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
The Thin Man
The Hired Man
Harry Attwood
Designing Woman
Larry Musso (uncredited)
Date with the Angels
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Sidney (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
H.L. Denham
Annette
Uncle Archie McCleod
The Power and the Prize
Howard Carruthers
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Williams (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
Barber (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Big Trout
Hot Blood
Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Paul Erickson
Screen Director's Playhouse
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Navy Log
Gunsmoke
Botkin
Lay That Rifle Down
Glover Speckleton
This Island Earth
Pilot (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Semu
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Millionaire
Jeweler
Prince of Players
Theatre Manager
The Bob Cummings Show
District Attorney
Cry Vengeance
Bartender at The Cameo Room
Désirée
Etienne Clary
December Bride
James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
Private Hell 36
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Shield for Murder
The Professor
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Public Defender
Truant Officer
The Danny Thomas Show
John Savich
Invaders from Mars
MP
The Life Of Riley
Chauffeur
The Ford Television Theatre
Planter O'Toole
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Thomas Gregory
The Jack Benny Program
Shirt Salesman
The Bob Hope Show
Self