Acting

Richard Deacon

Born 1922-05-14 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1984-08-08

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).

Credits

Newest first

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as City Councilman
1984
Bad Manners
as Ticket Salesman
1984
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
as Himself
1983
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
as Panda (voice)
1981
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Joseph Rottman
1980
Murder Can Hurt You!
as Mr. Burnice
1980
The Gossip Columnist
as Director
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as King of Cey What
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
1978
Getting Married
as Wedding Director
1978
Rabbit Test
as First Newscaster
1978
The Love Boat
as Dr. Yates
1977
CHiPs
as Mr. Singleton
1977
Alice
1976
What's Happening!!
as Mr. Bradford
1976
The Man from Clover Grove
as Charlie Strange
1975
The Lost Saucer
1975
Honeymoon Suite
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
McMillan & Wife
as Luther Dorfman
1971
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
Night Gallery
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
1970
Love, American Style
as Charlie
1969
Love, American Style
as Charles Furman
1969
Love, American Style
as Boyd Daniels
1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mr. Witherspoon
1969
Lady in Cement
as Arnie Sherwin
1968
Here's Lucy
as Harvey Hoople
1968
Here's Lucy
as Loan Officer
1968
The Narco Men
as Records Clerk
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Charlie Wrenn
1968
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton
1968
The Mothers-in-Law
as Roger Buell
1967
The King's Pirate
as Swaine
1967
The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby
1967
Enter Laughing
as Pike
1967
Rango
1967
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Baldwin
1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Survival Manual Narrator
1966
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
1966
The Carol Channing Show
as Leon Thatcher
1966
Billie
as Principal Arnold Wilson
1965
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harley Z. Poof
1965
Get Smart
as Internship Doctor (uncredited)
1965
Green Acres
as Mr. Oglethorpe
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Maginot
1965
Dear Heart
as Mr. Cruikshank
1965
The Munsters
as Borden T. Pike
1964
The Addams Family
as Mortimer Phelps
1964
The Patsy
as Sy Devore
1964
The Raiders
as Commissioner Mailer
1963
Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Self
1963
My Favorite Martian
as Mr. Bentley
1963
The Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor
1963
Critic's Choice
as Harvey Rittenhouse
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mr. Brubaker
1962
That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller
1962
About Time
as The Butler
1962
Everything's Ducky
as Dr. Deckham
1961
Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mel Cooley
1961
87th Precinct
as Martin
1961
All in a Night's Work
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
1961
Mister Ed
1961
Mister Ed
as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
1961
Mister Ed
as Dr. Baker
1961
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960
My Three Sons
1960
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
A Summer Place
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1959
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as Chapman
1959
The Untouchables
as Bill Skidmore
1959
Hawaiian Eye
as Funeral Director
1959