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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 14, 1922
Died
August 8, 1984
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Lewis Deacon
Richard Deacon
0.7 Popularity
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).
Known For
5.0
City Councilman
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
5.6
Ticket Salesman
Bad Manners
1984
0.0
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
6.0
Panda (voice)
No Man's Valley
1981
3.4
Joseph Rottman
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
0.0
Mr. Burnice
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
7.5
Director
The Gossip Columnist
1980
6.5
King of Cey What
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.0
Earl Lyon
Piranha
1978
Credits
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as City Councilman
1984
5.0
Bad Manners
as Ticket Salesman
1984
5.6
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
0.0
No Man's Valley
as Panda (voice)
1981
6.0
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Joseph Rottman
1980
3.4
Murder Can Hurt You!
as Mr. Burnice
1980
0.0
The Gossip Columnist
as Director
1980
7.5
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as King of Cey What
1980
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
1978
6.0
Getting Married
as Wedding Director
1978
4.0
Rabbit Test
as First Newscaster
1978
4.2
The Love Boat
as Dr. Yates
1977
6.3
CHiPs
as Mr. Singleton
1977
6.8
Alice
1976
7.1
The Man from Clover Grove
as Charlie Strange
1975
0.0
The Lost Saucer
1975
5.0
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Honeymoon Suite
1972
0.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
McMillan & Wife
as Luther Dorfman
1971
6.9
The Pet Set
as Self
1971
5.5
Night Gallery
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
1970
7.8
Love, American Style
as Charlie
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Charles Furman
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
as Boyd Daniels
1969
6.1
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mr. Witherspoon
1969
7.0
Lady in Cement
as Arnie Sherwin
1968
6.1
Here's Lucy
as Harvey Hoople
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Loan Officer
1968
6.7
Persecución hasta Valencia
as Records Clerk
1968
0.0
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Charlie Wrenn
1968
6.0
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton
1968
6.7
The Mothers-in-Law
as Roger Buell
1967
5.8
The King's Pirate
as Swaine
1967
6.5
The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby
1967
6.2
Enter Laughing
as Pike
1967
3.8
Rango
1967
0.0
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Baldwin
1966
5.3
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Survival Manual Narrator
1966
5.6
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
1966
3.5
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The Carol Channing Show
as Leon Thatcher
1966
0.0
Billie
as Principal Arnold Wilson
1965
4.7
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager
1965
6.6
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harley Z. Poof
1965
7.8
Get Smart
1965
7.9
Green Acres
as Mr. Oglethorpe
1965
7.3
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Maginot
1965
3.1
Dear Heart
as Mr. Cruikshank
1965
6.4
The Munsters
as Borden T. Pike
1964
7.9
The Addams Family
as Mortimer Phelps
1964
8.0
The Patsy
as Sy Devore
1964
6.2
The Raiders
as Commissioner Mailer
1963
4.3
Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman
1963
6.9
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Self
1963
5.7
My Favorite Martian
as Mr. Bentley
1963
5.9
The Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor
1963
7.5
Critic's Choice
as Harvey Rittenhouse
1963
5.6
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mr. Brubaker
1962
6.9
That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller
1962
6.4
About Time
as The Butler
1962
0.0
Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick
1961
6.9
Everything's Ducky
as Dr. Deckham
1961
5.3
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mel Cooley
1961
7.5
87th Precinct
as Martin
1961
7.5
All in a Night's Work
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
1961
5.9
Mister Ed
1961
6.7
Mister Ed
as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
1961
6.7
Mister Ed
as Dr. Baker
1961
6.7
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960
6.5
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
A Summer Place
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1959
6.5
-30-
as Chapman
1959
5.7
The Untouchables
as Bill Skidmore
1959
7.8
Hawaiian Eye
as Funeral Director
1959
5.2
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Twilight Zone
as Wallace V. Whipple
1959
8.5
The Man Who Understood Women
as Rossi (uncredited)
1959
3.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Cecil Ellingboe
1959
6.0
Bonanza
as Captain Shark
1959
7.5
It Started with a Kiss
as Capt. Porter (uncredited)
1959
5.2
The Silent Kill
as Michael Gilmore
1959
0.0
The Young Philadelphians
as George Archibald
1959
7.4
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Sheriff
1959
6.0
The Last Hurrah
as Graves (uncredited)
1958
7.2
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Milburn Schroeder
1958
3.3
77 Sunset Strip
as Wallace Friend
1958
6.7
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
The Ed Wynn Show
as Conway
1958
0.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
The High Cost of Loving
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
1958
5.7
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Shirt Salesman
1957
0.0
Kiss Them for Me
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
1957
5.5
Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron
1957
6.3
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Winslow (uncredited)
1957
8.6
My Man Godfrey
as Farnsworth
1957
6.4
Leave It to Beaver
as Fred Rutherford
1957
6.9
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
The Real McCoys
as Mr. Laidlaw
1957
5.6
Maverick
as Floyd Gimbel
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Wilmer Beaslee
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
The Hired Man
as Harry Attwood
1957
0.0
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
1957
6.5
Date with the Angels
1957
6.0
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
1957
6.7
Spring Reunion
as Sidney (uncredited)
1957
5.8
Affair in Reno
as H.L. Denham
1957
4.3
Annette
as Uncle Archie McCleod
1957
6.0
The Power and the Prize
as Howard Carruthers
1956
5.5
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Williams (uncredited)
1956
6.2
The Proud Ones
as Barber (uncredited)
1956
6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Big Trout
1956
6.4
Hot Blood
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
1956
5.3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor
1956
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
1956
7.5
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
1955
6.8
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Paul Erickson
1955
5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955
6.5
My Sister Eileen
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
1955
6.5
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
🎬
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
0.0
Gunsmoke
as Botkin
1955
6.6
Lay That Rifle Down
as Glover Speckleton
1955
5.5
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Semu
1955
6.0
This Island Earth
as Spacecraft Pilot
1955
6.0
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
1955
6.9
The Millionaire
as Jeweler
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Foundation Rep. Gibson
1955
5.0
Prince of Players
as Theatre Manager
1955
4.7
The Bob Cummings Show
as District Attorney
1955
6.1
Cry Vengeance
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
1954
5.9
Désirée
as Etienne Clary
1954
6.6
December Bride
1954
5.5
December Bride
as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
1954
5.5
Private Hell 36
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
1954
6.2
Shield for Murder
as The Professor
1954
6.5
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
1954
6.8
Public Defender
as Truant Officer
1954
5.7
Invaders from Mars
as MP
1953
5.9
The Life Of Riley
as Chauffeur
1953
6.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Planter O'Toole
1952
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Dr. Thomas Gregory
1951
7.2
The Jack Benny Program
as Shirt Salesman
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
7.8
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sheldon
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Norton
1950
6.3
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
🎬
Ford Theatre
1948
0.0