Richard Deacon

Born: 1922-05-14, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1984-08-08

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

• Perry Mason (1957)
• The Love Boat (1977)
• The Rifleman (1958)
• The Donna Reed Show (1958)
• Bonanza (1959)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
• The Twilight Zone (1959)
• I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
• Night Gallery (1970)
• My Three Sons (1960)
• Leave It to Beaver (1957)
• Gunsmoke (1955)
• Mister Ed (1961)
• Hawaiian Eye (1959)
• The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
• Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
• The Real McCoys (1957)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
• My Favorite Martian (1963)
• The Jack Benny Program (1950)
• McMillan & Wife (1971)
• December Bride (1954)
• The Life Of Riley (1953)
• 87th Precinct (1961)
• Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
• The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
• Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
• What's Happening!! (1976)
• A Summer Place (1959)