Richard Deacon
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).
Filmography
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
as City Councilman
Bad Manners
1984
as Ticket Salesman
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
as Himself
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
1981
as Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
as Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
as Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
as King of Cey What
Piranha
1978
as Earl Lyon
Getting Married
1978
as Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
1978
as First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
as Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
1968
as Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men
1968
as Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
as Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
1967
as Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
1967
as Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
as Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
1965
as Principal Arnold Wilson