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