1922Born, Philadelphia
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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 BirdsMitch's City Neighbor
The Twilight ZoneWallace V. Whipple
I Dream of JeannieHarley Z. Poof
PiranhaEarl Lyon
BonanzaCaptain Shark1984The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyCity CouncilmanMovie
1984Bad MannersTicket SalesmanMovie
1982The Awakening of CassieMovie
1981No Man's ValleyPanda (voice)Movie
1980Murder Can Hurt You!Mr. BurniceMovie
1980The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodJoseph RottmanMovie
1980The Gossip ColumnistDirectorMovie
1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not PrettyKing of Cey WhatMovie
1978PiranhaEarl LyonMovie
1978Getting MarriedWedding DirectorMovie
1978Rabbit TestFirst NewscasterMovie
1977CHiPsMr. Singleton · 1 episodeShow
1976Alice1 episodeShow
1976What's Happening!!Mr. Bradford · 1 episodeShow
1975The Man from Clover GroveCharlie StrangeMovie
1975The Lost Saucer1 episodeShow
1972Honeymoon Suite1 episodeShow
1971McMillan & WifeLuther Dorfman · 1 episodeShow
1970Night GalleryMan with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") · 1 episodeShow
1969Love, American StyleCharlie, Charles Furman, Boyd Daniels · 1 episodeShow
1969Arsenic and Old LaceMr. WitherspoonMovie
1968Lady in CementArnie SherwinMovie
1968Here's LucyHarvey Hoople, Loan Officer · 1 episodeShow
1968The Narco MenRecords ClerkMovie
1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family BandCharlie WrennMovie
1968Blackbeard's GhostDean WheatonMovie
1967The Mothers-in-LawRoger Buell · 26 episodesShow
1967The King's PirateSwaineMovie
1967The Gnome-MobileRalph YarbyMovie
1967Enter LaughingPikeMovie
1967Rango1 episodeShow
1966The Pruitts of SouthamptonBaldwin · 4 episodesShow
1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Survival Manual NarratorMovie
1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a TitleMr. Travis / Police ChiefMovie
1966The Carol Channing ShowLeon Thatcher · 1 episodeShow
1965BilliePrincipal Arnold WilsonMovie
1965That Darn Cat!Drive-in-ManagerMovie
1965I Dream of JeannieHarley Z. Poof · 1 episodeShow
1965Get SmartInternship Doctor (uncredited) · 1 episodeShow
1965Green AcresMr. Oglethorpe · 1 episodeShow
1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!MaginotMovie
1965Dear HeartMr. CruikshankMovie
1964The MunstersBorden T. Pike · 1 episodeShow
1964The Addams FamilyMortimer Phelps · 1 episodeShow
1964The PatsySy DevoreMovie
1963The RaidersCommissioner MailerMovie
1963Who's Minding the Store?Tie SalesmanMovie
1963My Favorite MartianMr. Bentley · 1 episodeShow
1963The BirdsMitch's City NeighborMovie
1963Critic's ChoiceHarvey RittenhouseMovie
1962The Beverly HillbilliesMr. Brubaker · 1 episodeShow
1962That Touch of MinkMr. MillerMovie
1962About TimeThe ButlerMovie
1961Everything's DuckyDr. DeckhamMovie
1961Lover Come BackDr. MelnickMovie
1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowMel Cooley · 52 episodesShow
196187th PrecinctMartin · 1 episodeShow
1961All in a Night's WorkFur Salesman (uncredited)Movie
1961Mister EdTatti (voice) (uncredited), Dr. Baker · 4 episodesShow
1960North to AlaskaAngus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)Movie
1960My Three Sons1 episodeShow
1960Guestward, Ho!1 episodeShow
1960Pete and Gladys2 episodesShow
1959A Summer PlacePawnbroker (uncredited)Movie
1959-30-ChapmanMovie
1959The UntouchablesBill Skidmore · 1 episodeShow
1959Hawaiian EyeFuneral Director · 1 episodeShow
1959Bourbon Street Beat1 episodeShow
1959The Man Who Understood WomenRossi (uncredited)Movie
1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisCecil Ellingboe · 1 episodeShow
1959BonanzaCaptain Shark · 1 episodeShow
1959It Started with a KissCaptain Porter (uncredited)Movie
1959The Silent KillMichael GilmoreMovie
1959The Young PhiladelphiansGeorge ArchibaldMovie
1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerSheriffMovie
1958The Last HurrahGraves (uncredited)Movie
1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be RobbedMilburn SchroederMovie
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