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