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)