Richard Deacon
Acting Born May 14, 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 24 credits
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).
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- Perry Mason (1957) as Wilmer Beaslee
- The Rifleman (1958)
- The Love Boat (1977) as Dr. Yates
- Maverick (1957) as Floyd Gimbel
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) as Mr. Conroy
- Bonanza (1959) as Captain Shark
- Leave It to Beaver (1957) as Fred Rutherford
- Green Acres (1965) as Mr. Oglethorpe
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) as Mel Cooley
- Alice (1976)
- My Three Sons (1960)
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Self
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Wallace V. Whipple
- Love, American Style (1969) as Charlie
- Love, American Style (1969) as Charles Furman
- Love, American Style (1969) as Boyd Daniels
- The Untouchables (1959) as Bill Skidmore
- Get Smart (1965) as Internship Doctor (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Botkin
- CHiPs (1977) as Mr. Singleton
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962) as Mr. Brubaker
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) as Harley Z. Poof