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
Movies
- The Birds
1963
- Critic's Choice
1963
- Invasion of the Body Sn...
1956
- The Gnome-Mobile
1967
- Piranha
1978
- Getting Married
1978
- Abbott and Costello Mee...
1955
- Billie
1965
- Cry Vengeance
1954
- Lady in Cement
1968
- Enter Laughing
1967
- The Young Philadelphians
1959
- Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
- Don't Worry, We'll Thin...
1966
- The Happy Hooker Goes H...
1980
- No Man's Valley
1981
- Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
- Dear Heart
1965
- Rabbit Test
1978
- A Nice Little Bank That...
1958
- Spring Reunion
1957
- It Started with a Kiss
1959
- Désirée
1954
- The King's Pirate
1967
- My Man Godfrey
1957
- Everything's Ducky
1961
- That Touch of Mink
1962
- This Island Earth
1955
- Lay That Rifle Down
1955
- Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
- Jack Benny Christmas Sh...
1957
- The One and Only, Genui...
1968
- Bad Manners
1984
- Steve Martin: Comedy Is...
1980
- Them!
1954
- The Awakening of Cassie
1982
- Invaders from Mars
1953
- Private Hell 36
1954
- The Last Hurrah
1958
- Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
- Blackboard Jungle
1955
- The Hired Man
1957
- The Silent Kill
1959
- -30-
1959
- A Summer Place
1959
- The Remarkable Mr. Penn...
1959
- The Hoboken Chicken Eme...
1984
- Persecución hasta Valen...
1968
- The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
- Decision at Sundown
1957
- The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
- The Man from Clover Gro...
1975
- The Raiders
1963
- That Darn Cat!
1965
- Kiss Them for Me
1957
- Affair in Reno
1957
- Designing Woman
1957
- The Gossip Columnist
1980
- Who's Minding the Store?
1963
- Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
- John Goldfarb, Please C...
1965
- About Time
1962
- The Kettles in the Ozar...
1956
- The Proud Ones
1956
- Hot Blood
1956
- North to Alaska
1960
- The Patsy
1964
- Shield for Murder
1954
- Prince of Players
1955
- The Man Who Understood ...
1959
- Lover Come Back
1961
- The High Cost of Loving
1958
- All in a Night's Work
1961
- The Power and the Prize
1956
- My Sister Eileen
1955
- Invasion of the Body Sn...
1956
TV Shows
- Mister Ed
1961
- Alice
1976
- CHiPs
1977
- December Bride
1954
- 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
- Get Smart
1965
- The Twilight Zone
1959
- Leave It to Beaver
1957
- McMillan & Wife
1971
- The Millionaire
1955
- Schlitz Playhouse of St...
1951
- The Thin Man
1957
- The Real McCoys
1957
- Pete and Gladys
1960
- The Donna Reed Show
1958
- Ford Theatre
1948
- 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 C...
1963
- My Favorite Martian
1963
- The Jack Benny Program
1950
- The Ed Wynn Show
1958
- The Bob Cummings Show
1955
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Love, American Style
1969
- The 20th Century Fox Ho...
1955
- The Untouchables
1959
- McMillan & Wife
1971
- The Millionaire
1955
- Love, American Style
1969
- The Love Boat
1977
- The Bob Hope Show
1950
- Here's Lucy
1968
- Bonanza
1959
- Mister Ed
1961
- 77 Sunset Strip
1958
- 87th Precinct
1961
- The Many Loves of Dobie...
1959
- Public Defender
1954
- The Ford Television The...
1952
- December Bride
1954
- The Pruitts of Southamp...
1966
- Screen Director's Playh...
1955
- The Mothers-in-Law
1967
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Ho...
1957
- The Pet Set
1971
- I Dream of Jeannie
1965
- The Life Of Riley
1953
- Maverick
1957
- The Real McCoys
1957
- The Merv Griffin Show
1962
- Hawaiian Eye
1959
- The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
- Mister Ed
1961
- Green Acres
1965