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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-05-14
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Cast
The Birds
1963
7.52
Critic's Choice
1963
5.57
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
7.46
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
6.15
Piranha
1978
5.97
Getting Married
1978
4.00
Billie
1965
4.68
Cry Vengeance
1954
5.90
Lady in Cement
1968
6.10
Enter Laughing
1967
3.80
The Young Philadelphians
1959
7.46
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
6.70
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
3.40
No Man's Valley
1981
6.00
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
7.00
Dear Heart
1965
6.40
Rabbit Test
1978
4.20
Spring Reunion
1957
5.80
It Started with a Kiss
1959
5.20
Désirée
1954
6.52
The King's Pirate
1967
6.50
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.40
Everything's Ducky
1961
5.30
That Touch of Mink
1962
6.42
This Island Earth
1955
6.00
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
5.50
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
5.64
Bad Manners
1984
5.60
Them!
1954
6.80
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
0.00
Invaders from Mars
1953
5.92
Private Hell 36
1954
6.20
The Last Hurrah
1958
7.18
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
0.00
Blackboard Jungle
1955
6.92
The Hired Man
1957
0.00
The Silent Kill
1959
0.00
-30-
1959
5.79
A Summer Place
1959
6.50
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
6.80
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
5.00
Persecución hasta Valencia
1968
0.00
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
6.70
Decision at Sundown
1957
6.30
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
6.21
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
0.00
The Raiders
1963
4.30
That Darn Cat!
1965
6.60
Kiss Them for Me
1957
5.50
Affair in Reno
1957
4.33
Designing Woman
1957
6.61
The Gossip Columnist
1980
7.50
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
6.90
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
7.00
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
3.11
About Time
1962
0.00
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
7.10
The Proud Ones
1956
6.41
Hot Blood
1956
5.30
North to Alaska
1960
6.50
The Patsy
1964
6.20
Prince of Players
1955
4.70
Shield for Murder
1954
6.60
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
3.00
Lover Come Back
1961
6.97
The High Cost of Loving
1958
5.70
All in a Night's Work
1961
5.90
The Power and the Prize
1956
5.50
My Sister Eileen
1955
6.50
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
7.46