Richard Deacon
Born: 1922-05-14
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Known For
The Birds
1963★ 7.5
Them!
1954★ 6.8
Designing Woman
1957★ 6.6
Dear Heart
1965★ 6.4
Enter Laughing
1967★ 3.8
Rabbit Test
1978★ 4.2
Getting Married
1978★ 4.0
North to Alaska
1960★ 6.5
The Awakening of Cassie
1982★ 0.0
The Proud Ones
1956★ 6.4
About Time
1962★ 0.0
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966★ 5.6
Billie
1965★ 4.7
Spring Reunion
1957★ 5.8
Piranha
1978★ 6.0
Bad Manners
1984★ 5.6
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956★ 7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956★ 7.5
The Gnome-Mobile
1967★ 6.2
Cry Vengeance
1954★ 5.9
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968★ 6.7
A Summer Place
1959★ 6.5
Hot Blood
1956★ 5.3
My Man Godfrey
1957★ 6.4
Blackboard Jungle
1955★ 6.9
My Sister Eileen
1955★ 6.5
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980★ 3.4
Invaders from Mars
1953★ 5.9
That Darn Cat!
1965★ 6.6
That Touch of Mink
1962★ 6.4
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957★ 6.7
The Last Hurrah
1958★ 7.2
The Young Philadelphians
1959★ 7.4
This Island Earth
1955★ 6.0
Lover Come Back
1961★ 6.9
Decision at Sundown
1957★ 6.3
It Started with a Kiss
1959★ 5.2
Désirée
1954★ 6.6
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955★ 6.8
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955★ 6.0
The King's Pirate
1967★ 6.5
The Patsy
1964★ 6.2
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968★ 6.0
Everything's Ducky
1961★ 5.3
Critic's Choice
1963★ 5.6
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965★ 3.1
Lady in Cement
1968★ 6.1
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956★ 6.2
Persecución hasta Valencia
1968★ 0.0
Affair in Reno
1957★ 4.3
Kiss Them for Me
1957★ 5.5
Private Hell 36
1954★ 6.2
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969★ 7.0
All in a Night's Work
1961★ 5.9
Who's Minding the Store?
1963★ 6.9
No Man's Valley
1981★ 6.0
Shield for Murder
1954★ 6.5
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980★ 0.0
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959★ 6.0
-30-
1959★ 5.7
Lay That Rifle Down
1955★ 5.5
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984★ 5.0
The Raiders
1963★ 4.3
The Gossip Columnist
1980★ 7.5
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956★ 6.4
The Power and the Prize
1956★ 5.5
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980★ 6.5
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958★ 3.3
The High Cost of Loving
1958★ 5.7
Prince of Players
1955★ 4.7
The Silent Kill
1959★ 0.0
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957★ 0.0
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966★ 3.5
The Man Who Understood Women
1959★ 3.0
The Hired Man
1957★ 0.0
The Man from Clover Grove
1975★ 0.0