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