
Richard Deacon
Known for: Acting
Born: May 14, 1922
Died: August 8, 1984
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).
Known for

The Narco Men
1968

About Time
1962

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980

The Awakening of Cassie
1982

The Gnome-Mobile
1967

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980

The Man from Clover Grove
1975

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968

Lay That Rifle Down
1955

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955

The King's Pirate
1967

Everything's Ducky
1961

The Silent Kill
1959

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958

Dear Heart
1965

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957

Lady in Cement
1968

Private Hell 36
1954

Affair in Reno
1957

Enter Laughing
1967

No Man's Valley
1981

Spring Reunion
1957

That Touch of Mink
1962

This Island Earth
1955

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959

Arsenic and Old Lace
1969

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965

Hot Blood
1956

The Patsy
1964

Shield for Murder
1954

The Power and the Prize
1956

Billie
1965

Murder Can Hurt You!
1980

Getting Married
1978

The Hired Man
1957

Decision at Sundown
1957

The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956

That Darn Cat!
1965

Kiss Them for Me
1957

Critic's Choice
1963

Cry Vengeance
1954

-30-
1959

Designing Woman
1957

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956

Piranha
1978

The Young Philadelphians
1959

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968

The Raiders
1963

Prince of Players
1955

The Birds
1963

Désirée
1954

A Summer Place
1959

The Man Who Understood Women
1959

The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956

Them!
1954

Who's Minding the Store?
1963

Lover Come Back
1961

All in a Night's Work
1961

Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955

Invaders from Mars
1953

The Proud Ones
1956

The High Cost of Loving
1958

The Gossip Columnist
1980

My Man Godfrey
1957

Bad Manners
1984

My Sister Eileen
1955

It Started with a Kiss
1959

Blackboard Jungle
1955

North to Alaska
1960

The Spirit of St. Louis
1957

Rabbit Test
1978

The Last Hurrah
1958

Mister Ed
1961

Alice
1976

CHiPs
1977

Here's Lucy
1968

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

My Three Sons
1960

The Munsters
1964

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Annette
1957

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

Night Gallery
1970

The Lost Saucer
1975

The Twilight Zone
1959

Leave It to Beaver
1957

McMillan & Wife
1971

The Millionaire
1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Thin Man
1957

The Real McCoys
1957

Pete and Gladys
1960
Ford Theatre
1948

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Guestward, Ho!
1960

Navy Log
1955

The Rifleman
1958

The Addams Family
1964
The Carol Channing Show
1966

Date with the Angels
1957

Rango
1967

Love, American Style
1969

The Jack Benny Program
1950
Honeymoon Suite
1972
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

My Favorite Martian
1963

The Ed Wynn Show
1958

The Bob Cummings Show
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Untouchables
1959

The Love Boat
1977

The Bob Hope Show
1950

Bonanza
1959

87th Precinct
1961

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Public Defender
1954

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

December Bride
1954

The Pruitts of Southampton
1966

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

The Mothers-in-Law
1967

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957

The Pet Set
1971

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

The Life Of Riley
1953

Maverick
1957

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Green Acres
1965

What's Happening!!
1976

Get Smart
1965

The Danny Thomas Show
1953