Richard Deacon
Acting
🎂 1922-05-14
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).
Cast credits(151)
Wilmer Beaslee
1957
Captain Shark
1959
Dr. Yates
1977
1958
Floyd Gimbel
1957
1960
Wallace V. Whipple
1959
1976
Harley Z. Poof
1965
1965
Self
1963
Bill Skidmore
1959
Botkin
1955
Mortimer Phelps
1964
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
1970
1962
Mr. Brubaker
1962
Borden T. Pike
1964
1961
Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
1961
Funeral Director
1959
Mel Cooley
1961
Wallace Friend
1958
Harvey Hoople
1968
Loan Officer
1968
Charlie
1969
Charles Furman
1969
Boyd Daniels
1969
1958
Fred Rutherford
1957
1965
1979
Jeweler
1955
Foundation Rep. Gibson
1955
Paul Erickson
1955
Self
1962
1957
Mitch's City Neighbor
1963
Cecil Ellingboe
1959
Planter O'Toole
1952
1971
Luther Dorfman
1971
Sheldon
1950
Norton
1950
Shirt Salesman
1950
1950
1955
Self
1950
Martin
1961
Truant Officer
1954
1960
Mr. Singleton
1977
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Mr. Bentley
1963
1957
Mr. Laidlaw
1957
1954
James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
1954
Chauffeur
1953
Winslow (uncredited)
1957
Earl Lyon
1978
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
1954
1948
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1960
1959
Chapman
1959
Etienne Clary
1954
Capt. Porter (uncredited)
1959
Mr. Miller
1962
Director
1980
Larry Musso (uncredited)
1957
Dean Wheaton
1968
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
1955
First Newscaster
1978
1957
Roger Buell
1967
Arnie Sherwin
1968
Emergency Room Doctor
1956
Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
1956
Barber (uncredited)
1956
Graves (uncredited)
1958
1960
Bartender at The Cameo Room
1954
George Archibald
1959
Dr. Melnick
1961
Ralph Yarby
1967
1967
Baldwin
1966
MP
1953
The Professor
1954
Drive-in-Manager
1965
Uncle Archie McCleod
1957
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
1961
Ticket Salesman
1984
Self
1971
H.L. Denham
1957
Mr. Burnice
1980
Wedding Director
1978
Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
1955
Sheriff
1959
Commissioner Mailer
1963
District Attorney
1955
Mr. Cruikshank
1965
Maginot
1965
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
1959
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
1957
Dr. Thomas Gregory
1951
Sidney (uncredited)
1957
Reverend Zaron
1957
Dr. Deckham
1961
Charlie Strange
1975
City Councilman
1984
Principal Arnold Wilson
1965
Williams (uncredited)
1956
Joseph Rottman
1980
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
1966
Swaine
1967
Semu
1955
Records Clerk
1968
Charlie Wrenn
1968
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
1955
King of Cey What
1980
Farnsworth
1957
Spacecraft Pilot
1955
Michael Gilmore
1959
Survival Manual Narrator
1966
Obstetrician (uncredited)
1958
1975
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
1957
Harvey Rittenhouse
1963
Tie Salesman
1963
Howard Carruthers
1956
Sy Devore
1964
1955
1982
Glover Speckleton
1955
Milburn Schroeder
1958
Leon Thatcher
1966
Conway
1958
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
1954
Rossi (uncredited)
1959
Pike
1967
The Butler
1962
Mr. Swift (uncredited)
1956
Theatre Manager
1955
Mr. Witherspoon
1969
Shirt Salesman
1957
Big Trout
1956
1972
Panda (voice)
1981
Harry Attwood
1957