Person
Richard Deacon
Acting · 1922–1984 · 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
Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
Bonanza
Captain Shark
The Rifleman
1958
Maverick
Floyd Gimbel
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
Get Smart
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
My Three Sons
1960
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Self
Filmography
- 1984The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyCity Councilman
- 1984Bad MannersTicket Salesman
- 1982The Awakening of Cassie
- 1981No Man's ValleyPanda (voice)
- 1980The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodJoseph Rottman
- 1980Murder Can Hurt You!Mr. Burnice
- 1980The Gossip ColumnistDirector
- 1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not PrettyKing of Cey What
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.
- 1978PiranhaEarl Lyon
- 1978Getting MarriedWedding Director
- 1978Rabbit TestFirst Newscaster
- 1977The Love BoatDr. Yates
- 1977CHiPsMr. Singleton
- 1976Alice
- 1976What's Happening!!Mr. Bradford
- 1975The Man from Clover GroveCharlie Strange
- 1975The Lost Saucer
- 1972Honeymoon Suite
- 1971McMillan & Wife
- 1971The Pet SetSelf
- 1970Night GalleryMan with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
- 1969Love, American StyleCharlie
- 1969Arsenic and Old LaceMr. Witherspoon
- 1968Lady in CementArnie Sherwin
- 1968Here's LucyHarvey Hoople
- 1968The Narco MenRecords Clerk
- 1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandCharlie Wrenn
- 1968Blackbeard's GhostDean Wheaton
- 1967The Mothers-in-LawRoger Buell
- 1967The King's PirateSwaine
- 1967The Gnome-MobileRalph Yarby
- 1967Enter LaughingPike
- 1967Rango
- 1966The Pruitts of SouthamptonBaldwin
- 1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Survival Manual Narrator
- 1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a TitleMr. Travis / Police Chief
- 1966The Carol Channing ShowLeon Thatcher
- 1965BilliePrincipal Arnold Wilson
- 1965That Darn Cat!Drive-in-Manager
- 1965I Dream of JeannieHarley Z. Poof
- 1965Get SmartInternship Doctor (uncredited)
- 1965Green AcresMr. Oglethorpe
- 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!Maginot
- 1965Dear HeartMr. Cruikshank
- 1964The MunstersBorden T. Pike
- 1964The Addams FamilyMortimer Phelps
- 1964The PatsySy Devore
- 1963The RaidersCommissioner Mailer
- 1963Who's Minding the Store?Tie Salesman
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSelf
- 1963My Favorite MartianMr. Bentley
- 1963The BirdsMitch's City Neighbor
- 1963Critic's ChoiceHarvey Rittenhouse
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Beverly Hillbillies
- 1962That Touch of MinkMr. Miller
- 1962About TimeThe Butler
- 1961Everything's DuckyDr. Deckham
- 1961Lover Come BackDr. Melnick
- 1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowMel Cooley
- 196187th PrecinctMartin
- 1961All in a Night's WorkFur Salesman (uncredited)
- 1961Mister Ed
- 1960North to AlaskaAngus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1960My Three Sons
- 1960Guestward, Ho!
- 1960Pete and Gladys
- 1959A Summer PlacePawnbroker (uncredited)
- 1959-30-Chapman
- 1959The UntouchablesBill Skidmore
- 1959Hawaiian EyeFuneral Director
- 1959Bourbon Street Beat
- 1959The Man Who Understood WomenRossi (uncredited)
- 1959The Twilight ZoneWallace V. Whipple
- 1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisCecil Ellingboe
- 1959BonanzaCaptain Shark
- 1959It Started with a KissCapt. Porter (uncredited)
- 1959The Silent KillMichael Gilmore
- 1959The Young PhiladelphiansGeorge Archibald
- 1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerSheriff
- 1958The Last HurrahGraves (uncredited)
- 1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMilburn Schroeder
- 195877 Sunset StripWallace Friend
- 1958The Rifleman
- 1958The Ed Wynn ShowConway
- 1958The Donna Reed Show
- 1958The High Cost of LovingObstetrician (uncredited)
- 1957Jack Benny Christmas Shopping ShowShirt Salesman
- 1957Kiss Them for MeBill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
- 1957Decision at SundownReverend Zaron
- 1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourWinslow (uncredited)
- 1957My Man GodfreyFarnsworth
- 1957Leave It to BeaverFred Rutherford
- 1957The Real McCoys
- 1957MaverickFloyd Gimbel
- 1957Perry MasonWilmer Beaslee
- 1957The Thin Man
- 1957The Hired ManHarry Attwood
- 1957Designing WomanLarry Musso (uncredited)
- 1957Date with the Angels
- 1957The Spirit of St. LouisCharles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
- 1957Spring ReunionSidney (uncredited)
- 1957Affair in RenoH.L. Denham
- 1957AnnetteUncle Archie McCleod
- 1956The Power and the PrizeHoward Carruthers
- 1956The Solid Gold CadillacWilliams (uncredited)
- 1956The Proud OnesBarber (uncredited)
- 1956The Kettles in the OzarksBig Trout
- 1956Hot BloodMr. Swift (uncredited)
- 1956Invasion of the Body SnatchersEmergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
- 1955Good Morning, Miss DoveMr. Spivvy (uncredited)
- 1955The 20th Century Fox HourPaul Erickson
- 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseHotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1955My Sister EileenBaker's Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1955Navy Log
- 1955The Great Gildersleeve
- 1955GunsmokeBotkin
- 1955Lay That Rifle DownGlover Speckleton
- 1955This Island EarthPilot (uncredited)
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the MummySemu
- 1955Blackboard JungleMr. Stanley (uncredited)
- 1955The MillionaireJeweler
- 1955Prince of PlayersTheatre Manager
- 1955The Bob Cummings ShowDistrict Attorney
- 1954Cry VengeanceBartender at The Cameo Room
- 1954DésiréeEtienne Clary
- 1954December BrideJames, Desi Arnaz's Butler
- 1954Private Hell 36Mr. Mace (uncredited)
- 1954Shield for MurderThe Professor
- 1954Them!Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
- 1954Public DefenderTruant Officer
- 1953The Danny Thomas ShowJohn Savich
- 1953Invaders from MarsMP
- 1953The Life Of RileyChauffeur
- 1952The Ford Television TheatrePlanter O'Toole
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsDr. Thomas Gregory
- 1950The Jack Benny ProgramShirt Salesman
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSheldon
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1948Ford Theatre
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