Richard Deacon

Actor

Born: May 14, 1922 (62 years old)

Died: August 8, 1984

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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).

Filmography (89)

• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957, ★ 8.6)
• The Birds (1963, ★ 7.5)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, ★ 7.5)
• The Young Philadelphians (1959, ★ 7.4)
• Blackbeard's Ghost (1968, ★ 6.7)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955, ★ 7)
• Them! (1954, ★ 6.8)
• The Last Hurrah (1958, ★ 7.2)
• Blackboard Jungle (1955, ★ 6.9)
• The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956, ★ 7.1)
• The Munsters (1964, ★ 7.9)
• The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959, ★ 6.8)
• The Spirit of St. Louis (1957, ★ 6.7)
• Who's Minding the Store? (1963, ★ 6.8)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961, ★ 7.6)
• Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
• Night Gallery (1970, ★ 7.8)
• Get Smart (1965, ★ 7.9)
• The Twilight Zone (1959, ★ 8.5)
• The Thin Man (1957, ★ 7.5)
• The Addams Family (1964, ★ 8)
• The Jack Benny Program (1950, ★ 7.8)
• The Untouchables (1959, ★ 7.9)
• Bonanza (1959, ★ 7.5)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965, ★ 7.8)
• Critic's Choice (1963, ★ 5.6)
• The Gnome-Mobile (1967, ★ 6.2)
• Piranha (1978, ★ 6)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955, ★ 6)
• Cry Vengeance (1954, ★ 5.9)