Richard Deacon
Known for Acting
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 Birds
1963
as Mitch's City Neighbor
Them!
1954
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Piranha
1978
as Earl Lyon
A Summer Place
1959
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
That Touch of Mink
1962
as Mr. Miller
My Man Godfrey
1957
as Farnsworth
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Désirée
1954
as Etienne Clary
The Patsy
1964
as Sy Devore
Lover Come Back
1961
as Dr. Melnick
The King's Pirate
1967
as Swaine
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Maginot
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as Ralph Yarby
Designing Woman
1957
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
Billie
1965
as Principal Arnold Wilson
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
as Tie Salesman
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Graves (uncredited)