Richard Deacon
KNOWN FOR View Movie
as Mitch's City Neighbor The Birds 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 Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
This Island Earth
as Pilot (uncredited)
Invaders from Mars
as MP
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager
That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller
Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman
Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby
The Last Hurrah
as Graves (uncredited)