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Richard Deacon
ActingBORN: 1922-05-14Philadelphia, 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).
Top Filmography
7.5
The Birds
1963 // MOVIE
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 // MOVIE
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 // MOVIE
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 // TV
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 // TV
6.0
Piranha
1978 // MOVIE
7.5
Bonanza
1959 // TV
7.9
The Munsters
1964 // TV
6.8
Them!
1954 // MOVIE
8.0
The Addams Family
1964 // TV
7.9
Get Smart
1965 // TV
6.0
This Island Earth
1955 // MOVIE
5.9
Invaders from Mars
1953 // MOVIE
6.3
The Love Boat
1977 // TV
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965 // MOVIE