
Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born May 14, 1922
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).
MovieThe Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
as City Councilman
MovieBad Manners
1984
as Ticket Salesman
MovieThe Awakening of Cassie
1982
MovieNo Man's Valley
1981
as Panda (voice)
MovieThe Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
as Joseph Rottman
MovieMurder Can Hurt You!
1980
as Mr. Burnice
MovieThe Gossip Columnist
1980
as Director
MovieSteve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
as King of Cey What
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
MoviePiranha
1978
as Earl Lyon
MovieGetting Married
1978
as Wedding Director
MovieRabbit Test
1978
as First Newscaster
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Dr. Yates
TVCHiPs
1977
as Mr. Singleton
TVAlice
1976
TVWhat's Happening!!
1976
as Mr. Bradford
MovieThe Man from Clover Grove
1975
as Charlie Strange
TVThe Lost Saucer
1975
Honeymoon Suite
1972
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
TVThe Pet Set
1971
as Self
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Charlie
MovieArsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Mr. Witherspoon
MovieLady in Cement
1968
as Arnie Sherwin
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Harvey Hoople
MovieThe Narco Men
1968
as Records Clerk
MovieThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Charlie Wrenn
MovieBlackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Dean Wheaton
TVThe Mothers-in-Law
1967
as Roger Buell
MovieThe King's Pirate
1967
as Swaine
MovieThe Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Ralph Yarby
MovieEnter Laughing
1967
as Pike
TVRango
1967
TVThe Pruitts of Southampton
1966
as Baldwin
MovieLt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
as Survival Manual Narrator
MovieDon't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Carol Channing Show
1966
as Leon Thatcher
MovieBillie
1965
as Principal Arnold Wilson
MovieThat Darn Cat!
1965
as Drive-in-Manager
TVI Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Harley Z. Poof
TVGet Smart
1965
as Internship Doctor (uncredited)
TVGreen Acres
1965
as Mr. Oglethorpe
MovieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Maginot
MovieDear Heart
1965
as Mr. Cruikshank
TVThe Munsters
1964
as Borden T. Pike
TVThe Addams Family
1964
as Mortimer Phelps
MovieThe Patsy
1964
as Sy Devore
MovieThe Raiders
1963
as Commissioner Mailer
MovieWho's Minding the Store?
1963
as Tie Salesman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Self
TVMy Favorite Martian
1963
as Mr. Bentley
MovieThe Birds
1963
as Mitch's City Neighbor
MovieCritic's Choice
1963
as Harvey Rittenhouse
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
MovieThat Touch of Mink
1962
as Mr. Miller
MovieAbout Time
1962
as The Butler
MovieEverything's Ducky
1961
as Dr. Deckham
MovieLover Come Back
1961
as Dr. Melnick
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Mel Cooley
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Martin
MovieAll in a Night's Work
1961
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
TVMister Ed
1961
MovieNorth to Alaska
1960
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TVMy Three Sons
1960
TVGuestward, Ho!
1960
TVPete and Gladys
1960
MovieA Summer Place
1959
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Movie-30-
1959
as Chapman
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Bill Skidmore
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
as Funeral Director
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
MovieThe Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Rossi (uncredited)
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Wallace V. Whipple
TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Cecil Ellingboe
TVBonanza
1959
as Captain Shark
MovieIt Started with a Kiss
1959
as Capt. Porter (uncredited)
MovieThe Silent Kill
1959
as Michael Gilmore
MovieThe Young Philadelphians
1959
as George Archibald
MovieThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
as Sheriff
MovieThe Last Hurrah
1958
as Graves (uncredited)
MovieA Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
as Milburn Schroeder
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Wallace Friend
TVThe Rifleman
1958
TVThe Ed Wynn Show
1958
as Conway
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
MovieThe High Cost of Loving
1958
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
MovieJack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957
as Shirt Salesman
MovieKiss Them for Me
1957
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
MovieDecision at Sundown
1957
as Reverend Zaron
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Winslow (uncredited)
MovieMy Man Godfrey
1957
as Farnsworth
TVLeave It to Beaver
1957
as Fred Rutherford
TVThe Real McCoys
1957
TVMaverick
1957
as Floyd Gimbel
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Wilmer Beaslee
TVThe Thin Man
1957
MovieThe Hired Man
1957
as Harry Attwood
MovieDesigning Woman
1957
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
TVDate with the Angels
1957
MovieThe Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
MovieSpring Reunion
1957
as Sidney (uncredited)
MovieAffair in Reno
1957
as H.L. Denham
TVAnnette
1957
as Uncle Archie McCleod
MovieThe Power and the Prize
1956
as Howard Carruthers
MovieThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
as Williams (uncredited)
MovieThe Proud Ones
1956
as Barber (uncredited)
MovieThe Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Big Trout
MovieHot Blood
1956
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
MovieInvasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
MovieGood Morning, Miss Dove
1955
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Paul Erickson
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
MovieMy Sister Eileen
1955
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
TVNavy Log
1955
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Botkin
MovieLay That Rifle Down
1955
as Glover Speckleton
MovieThis Island Earth
1955
as Pilot (uncredited)
MovieAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
as Semu
MovieBlackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Jeweler
MoviePrince of Players
1955
as Theatre Manager
TVThe Bob Cummings Show
1955
as District Attorney
MovieCry Vengeance
1954
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
MovieDésirée
1954
as Etienne Clary
TVDecember Bride
1954
as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
MoviePrivate Hell 36
1954
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
MovieShield for Murder
1954
as The Professor
MovieThem!
1954
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
TVPublic Defender
1954
as Truant Officer
TVThe Danny Thomas Show
1953
as John Savich
MovieInvaders from Mars
1953
as MP
TVThe Life Of Riley
1953
as Chauffeur
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Planter O'Toole
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Dr. Thomas Gregory
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Shirt Salesman
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sheldon
TVThe Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Ford Theatre
1948