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