Richard Deacon

Actor May 14 (died age 62) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1948–1984 (36 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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

Film

The Birds

Mitch's City Neighbor

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Emergency Room Doctor

Film

Them!

Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference

Film

Piranha

Earl Lyon

Film

Lover Come Back

Dr. Melnick

Film

Blackboard Jungle

Mr. Stanley (uncredited)

Film

That Darn Cat!

Drive-in-Manager

Film

Blackbeard's Ghost

Dean Wheaton

Filmography

Acting (139)

Movies (75)

Bad Manners

1984

as Ticket Salesman

5.6

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

1984

as City Councilman

5.0

The Awakening of Cassie

1982

No Man's Valley

1981

as Panda (voice)

6.0

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

1980

as Joseph Rottman

3.4

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

as King of Cey What

6.5

Murder Can Hurt You!

1980

as Mr. Burnice

The Gossip Columnist

as Director

Piranha

as Earl Lyon

Rabbit Test

as First Newscaster

Getting Married

as Wedding Director

The Man from Clover Grove

1975

as Charlie Strange

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Mr. Witherspoon

Lady in Cement

as Arnie Sherwin

Blackbeard's Ghost

as Dean Wheaton

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968

as Charlie Wrenn

6.0

The Narco Men

1968

as Records Clerk

The Gnome-Mobile

as Ralph Yarby

Enter Laughing

as Pike

The King's Pirate

as Swaine

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

as Survival Manual Narrator

5.6

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

1966

as Mr. Travis / Police Chief

3.5

Billie

1965

as Principal Arnold Wilson

Dear Heart

as Mr. Cruikshank

That Darn Cat!

as Drive-in-Manager

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Maginot

The Patsy

as Sy Devore

The Birds

as Mitch's City Neighbor

7.5

Who's Minding the Store?

1963

as Tie Salesman

6.8

Critic's Choice

1963

as Harvey Rittenhouse

5.6

The Raiders

1963

as Commissioner Mailer

That Touch of Mink

as Mr. Miller

About Time

as The Butler

Lover Come Back

as Dr. Melnick

Everything's Ducky

as Dr. Deckham

All in a Night's Work

1961

as Fur Salesman (uncredited)

5.9

North to Alaska

1960

as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

6.5

A Summer Place

1959

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

6.5

It Started with a Kiss

1959

as Capt. Porter (uncredited)

5.2

The Young Philadelphians

1959

as George Archibald

7.4

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

1959

as Sheriff

6.0

The Man Who Understood Women

1959

as Rossi (uncredited)

-30-

as Chapman

The Silent Kill

as Michael Gilmore

The Last Hurrah

1958

as Graves (uncredited)

7.2

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

1958

as Milburn Schroeder

3.3

The High Cost of Loving

1958

as Obstetrician (uncredited)

5.7

Spring Reunion

1957

as Sidney (uncredited)

5.8

My Man Godfrey

1957

as Farnsworth

6.4

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)

6.7

Designing Woman

1957

as Larry Musso (uncredited)

6.6

Kiss Them for Me

1957

as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)

Affair in Reno

as H.L. Denham

Decision at Sundown

as Reverend Zaron

The Hired Man

as Harry Attwood

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957

as Shirt Salesman

The Proud Ones

1956

as Barber (uncredited)

6.4

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

as Emergency Room Doctor

7.5

Hot Blood

1956

as Mr. Swift (uncredited)

5.3

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956

as Big Trout

7.1

The Solid Gold Cadillac

1956

as Williams (uncredited)

6.2

The Power and the Prize

1956

as Howard Carruthers

5.5

Blackboard Jungle

1955

as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)

This Island Earth

as Spacecraft Pilot

My Sister Eileen

as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)

6.5

Good Morning, Miss Dove

1955

as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)

6.8

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Semu

Lay That Rifle Down

as Glover Speckleton

Prince of Players

as Theatre Manager

Them!

as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference

6.8

Cry Vengeance

1954

as Bartender at The Cameo Room

5.9

Private Hell 36

1954

as Mr. Mace (uncredited)

Désirée

as Etienne Clary

Shield for Murder

as The Professor

Invaders from Mars

as MP

Television (64)

Trapper John, M.D.

The Love Boat

as Dr. Yates

CHiPs

as Mr. Singleton

Alice

The Lost Saucer

Honeymoon Suite

McMillan & Wife

The Pet Set

as Self

Night Gallery

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

Love, American Style

as Boyd Daniels

Here's Lucy

as Harvey Hoople

The Mothers-in-Law

as Roger Buell

Rango

The Pruitts of Southampton

1966

as Baldwin

5.3

The Carol Channing Show

1966

as Leon Thatcher

I Dream of Jeannie

as Harley Z. Poof

Green Acres

as Mr. Oglethorpe

Get Smart

The Addams Family

as Mortimer Phelps

The Munsters

as Borden T. Pike

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Self

My Favorite Martian

as Mr. Bentley

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Mr. Brubaker

Mister Ed

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Mel Cooley

87th Precinct

as Martin

My Three Sons

Pete and Gladys

Guestward, Ho!

Bonanza

as Captain Shark

The Twilight Zone

as Wallace V. Whipple

8.5

The Untouchables

1959

as Bill Skidmore

7.8

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as Cecil Ellingboe

Hawaiian Eye

as Funeral Director

Bourbon Street Beat

The Rifleman

77 Sunset Strip

as Wallace Friend

The Donna Reed Show

The Ed Wynn Show

as Conway

Perry Mason

as Wilmer Beaslee

Maverick

as Floyd Gimbel

Leave It to Beaver

as Fred Rutherford

The Real McCoys

The Thin Man

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Winslow (uncredited)

Date with the Angels

Annette

as Uncle Archie McCleod

The Millionaire

as Jeweler

Gunsmoke

as Botkin

Navy Log

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Paul Erickson

5.4

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

6.5

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

as District Attorney

6.1

The Great Gildersleeve

1955

December Bride

1954

as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler

Public Defender

as Truant Officer

The Life Of Riley

as Chauffeur

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Planter O'Toole

7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Dr. Thomas Gregory

7.2

The Bob Hope Show

1950

as Self

7.0

The Jack Benny Program

as Shirt Salesman

Lux Video Theatre

as Norton

Ford Theatre