Richard Deacon
Acting
Born 1922-05-14
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).
Known For
Popular credits
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Bonanza
Captain Shark
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
Get Smart
This Island Earth
Spacecraft Pilot
Invaders from Mars
MP
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)