Richard Deacon
Acting • Born 1922-05-14 – Died 1984-08-08
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
152 credits
The Birds
Movie • 1963
Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
Movie • 1963
Harvey Rittenhouse
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1956
Emergency Room Doctor
The Gnome-Mobile
Movie • 1967
Ralph Yarby
Piranha
Movie • 1978
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
Movie • 1978
Wedding Director
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie • 1955
Semu
Billie
Movie • 1965
Principal Arnold Wilson
Cry Vengeance
Movie • 1954
Bartender at The Cameo Room
Lady in Cement
Movie • 1968
Arnie Sherwin
Enter Laughing
Movie • 1967
Pike
The Young Philadelphians
Movie • 1959
George Archibald
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie • 1968
Dean Wheaton
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Movie • 1966
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Movie • 1980
Joseph Rottman
No Man's Valley
Movie • 1981
Panda (voice)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Movie • 1955
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
Dear Heart
Movie • 1965
Mr. Cruikshank
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
First Newscaster
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Movie • 1958
Milburn Schroeder
Spring Reunion
Movie • 1957
Sidney (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
Movie • 1959
Capt. Porter (uncredited)
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Etienne Clary
The King's Pirate
Movie • 1967
Swaine
My Man Godfrey
Movie • 1957
Farnsworth
Everything's Ducky
Movie • 1961
Dr. Deckham
That Touch of Mink
Movie • 1962
Mr. Miller
This Island Earth
Movie • 1955
Spacecraft Pilot
Lay That Rifle Down
Movie • 1955
Glover Speckleton
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Movie • 1966
Survival Manual Narrator
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie • 1957
Shirt Salesman
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Movie • 1968
Charlie Wrenn
Bad Manners
Movie • 1984
Ticket Salesman
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Movie • 1980
King of Cey What
Them!
Movie • 1954
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
The Awakening of Cassie
Movie • 1982
Invaders from Mars
Movie • 1953
MP
Private Hell 36
Movie • 1954
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Graves (uncredited)
Murder Can Hurt You!
Movie • 1980
Mr. Burnice
Blackboard Jungle
Movie • 1955
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
Movie • 1959
Michael Gilmore
The Hired Man
Movie • 1957
Harry Attwood
-30-
Movie • 1959
Chapman
A Summer Place
Movie • 1959
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Movie • 1959
Sheriff
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Movie • 1984
City Councilman
The Narco Men
Movie • 1968
Records Clerk
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie • 1957
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
Movie • 1957
Reverend Zaron
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Movie • 1956
Williams (uncredited)
The Man from Clover Grove
Movie • 1975
Charlie Strange
The Raiders
Movie • 1963
Commissioner Mailer
That Darn Cat!
Movie • 1965
Drive-in-Manager
Kiss Them for Me
Movie • 1957
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
Movie • 1957
H.L. Denham
Designing Woman
Movie • 1957
Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Gossip Columnist
Movie • 1980
Director
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie • 1963
Tie Salesman
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie • 1969
Mr. Witherspoon
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie • 1965
Maginot
About Time
Movie • 1962
The Butler
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Movie • 1956
Big Trout
The Proud Ones
Movie • 1956
Barber (uncredited)
Hot Blood
Movie • 1956
Mr. Swift (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Patsy
Movie • 1964
Sy Devore
Shield for Murder
Movie • 1954
The Professor
Prince of Players
Movie • 1955
Theatre Manager
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie • 1959
Rossi (uncredited)
Lover Come Back
Movie • 1961
Dr. Melnick
The High Cost of Loving
Movie • 1958
Obstetrician (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
Movie • 1961
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
The Power and the Prize
Movie • 1956
Howard Carruthers
My Sister Eileen
Movie • 1955
Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1956
Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Alice
TV • 1976
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Mr. Singleton
December Bride
TV • 1954
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Harvey Hoople
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
The Munsters
TV • 1964
Borden T. Pike
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Mel Cooley
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Annette
TV • 1957
Uncle Archie McCleod
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Botkin
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Wilmer Beaslee
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
The Lost Saucer
TV • 1975
Get Smart
TV • 1965
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Wallace V. Whipple
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Fred Rutherford
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Jeweler
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Dr. Thomas Gregory
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
Navy Log
TV • 1955
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Mortimer Phelps
The Carol Channing Show
TV • 1966
Leon Thatcher
Date with the Angels
TV • 1957
Rango
TV • 1967
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Charlie
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Shirt Salesman
Honeymoon Suite
TV • 1972
The Great Gildersleeve
TV • 1955
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Self
My Favorite Martian
TV • 1963
Mr. Bentley
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
The Ed Wynn Show
TV • 1958
Conway
The Bob Cummings Show
TV • 1955
District Attorney
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Sheldon
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Norton
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Charles Furman
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Paul Erickson
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Bill Skidmore
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Luther Dorfman
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Foundation Rep. Gibson
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Boyd Daniels
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Dr. Yates
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Loan Officer
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Captain Shark
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Wallace Friend
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Martin
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Cecil Ellingboe
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Truant Officer
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Planter O'Toole
December Bride
TV • 1954
James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV • 1966
Baldwin
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Mothers-in-Law
TV • 1967
Roger Buell
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Winslow (uncredited)
The Pet Set
TV • 1971
Self
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Harley Z. Poof
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Chauffeur
Maverick
TV • 1957
Floyd Gimbel
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Mr. Laidlaw
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Funeral Director
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Mr. Brubaker
Mister Ed
TV • 1961
Dr. Baker
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Mr. Oglethorpe