Richard 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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Them!
1954
It Started with a Kiss
1959
The Birds
1963
Piranha
1978
Désirée
1954
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
My Man Godfrey
1957
The Last Hurrah
1958
North to Alaska
1960
Lady in Cement
1968
That Darn Cat!
1965
This Island Earth
1955
Rabbit Test
1978
That Touch of Mink
1962
Critic's Choice
1963
Decision at Sundown
1957
Designing Woman
1957
The Patsy
1964
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
A Summer Place
1959
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
All in a Night's Work
1961
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Billie
1965
Dear Heart
1965
Bad Manners
1984
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
The Young Philadelphians
1959
Blackboard Jungle
1955
The High Cost of Loving
1958
The Proud Ones
1956
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Hot Blood
1956
Lover Come Back
1961
My Sister Eileen
1955
Private Hell 36
1954
The Gossip Columnist
1980