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