
Richard Deacon
ActingAlso Known As
Richard Lewis Deacon
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).
Movies
(76 total)
The Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)

Piranha
as Earl Lyon

Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference

This Island Earth
as Spacecraft Pilot

That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager

That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller

Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick

Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)

Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton

The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)

North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman

Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron

Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)

The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby

The Last Hurrah
as Graves (uncredited)
TV Shows
(76 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Wallace V. Whipple

I Dream of Jeannie
as Harley Z. Poof

Bonanza
as Captain Shark

The Munsters
as Borden T. Pike

The Addams Family
as Mortimer Phelps

The Love Boat
as Dr. Yates

CHiPs
as Mr. Singleton

Perry Mason
as Wilmer Beaslee

The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mr. Brubaker

The Untouchables
as Bill Skidmore

Gunsmoke
as Botkin

Night Gallery
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")

The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mel Cooley

Leave It to Beaver
as Fred Rutherford

Green Acres
as Mr. Oglethorpe

Mister Ed
as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)



