Richard Deacon
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 (141)
Bad Manners
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
The Gossip Columnist
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Murder Can Hurt You!
Trapper John, M.D.
Getting Married
Piranha
Rabbit Test
CHiPs
The Love Boat
What's Happening!!
Alice
The Man from Clover Grove
The Lost Saucer- Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
The Pet Set
Night Gallery
Arsenic and Old Lace
Love, American Style
Here's Lucy
Blackbeard's Ghost
Lady in Cement
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The Narco Men
The King's Pirate
The Gnome-Mobile
The Mothers-in-Law
Enter Laughing
Rango- The Carol Channing Show
The Pruitts of Southampton
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Get Smart
I Dream of Jeannie
Green Acres
That Darn Cat!
Dear Heart
Billie
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
The Addams Family
The Munsters
The Patsy
The Birds
Who's Minding the Store?
My Favorite Martian- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Critic's Choice
The Raiders
About Time
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Merv Griffin Show
That Touch of Mink
87th Precinct
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Lover Come Back
Mister Ed
Everything's Ducky
All in a Night's Work
My Three Sons
North to Alaska
Guestward, Ho!
Pete and Gladys
The Twilight Zone
The Untouchables
Bonanza
The Young Philadelphians
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
A Summer Place
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Bourbon Street Beat
-30-
Hawaiian Eye
It Started with a Kiss
The Man Who Understood Women
The Silent Kill
77 Sunset Strip
The Last Hurrah
The Rifleman
The Ed Wynn Show
The High Cost of Loving
The Donna Reed Show
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Perry Mason
The Thin Man
Maverick
Leave It to Beaver
The Spirit of St. Louis
Designing Woman
My Man Godfrey
Annette
Decision at Sundown
Date with the Angels
Spring Reunion
The Real McCoys
Kiss Them for Me
Affair in Reno
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
The Hired Man
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Kettles in the Ozarks
The Proud Ones
The Power and the Prize
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Hot Blood
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Screen Director's Playhouse
Blackboard Jungle
Gunsmoke
My Sister Eileen
The Bob Cummings Show
This Island Earth
Lay That Rifle Down
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
The Millionaire
Prince of Players
Navy Log- The Great Gildersleeve
Them!
Shield for Murder
Désirée
Private Hell 36
Public Defender
December Bride
Cry Vengeance
The Life Of Riley
The Danny Thomas Show
Invaders from Mars
The Ford Television Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Jack Benny Program
The Bob Hope Show- Lux Video Theatre
- Ford Theatre