People
Richard Deacon
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).
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as City Councilman | 1984-11-19 |
| Bad Manners as Ticket Salesman | 1984-11-11 |
| The Awakening of Cassie | 1982-01-01 |
| No Man's Valley as Panda (voice) | 1981-11-23 |
| The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Joseph Rottman | 1980-06-04 |
| Murder Can Hurt You! as Mr. Burnice | 1980-05-21 |
| The Gossip Columnist as Director | 1980-03-21 |
| Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty as King of Cey What | 1980-02-14 |
| Piranha as Earl Lyon | 1978-08-03 |
| Getting Married as Wedding Director | 1978-05-17 |
| Rabbit Test as First Newscaster | 1978-04-09 |
| The Man from Clover Grove as Charlie Strange | 1975-12-12 |
| Arsenic and Old Lace as Mr. Witherspoon | 1969-04-02 |
| Lady in Cement as Arnie Sherwin | 1968-11-19 |
| The Narco Men as Records Clerk | 1968-08-01 |
| The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Charlie Wrenn | 1968-04-19 |
| Blackbeard's Ghost as Dean Wheaton | 1968-02-08 |
| The King's Pirate as Swaine | 1967-07-20 |
| The Gnome-Mobile as Ralph Yarby | 1967-07-19 |
| Enter Laughing as Pike | 1967-02-25 |
| Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. as Survival Manual Narrator | 1966-07-01 |
| Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title as Mr. Travis / Police Chief | 1966-05-01 |
| Billie as Principal Arnold Wilson | 1965-12-13 |
| That Darn Cat! as Drive-in-Manager | 1965-12-02 |
| John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Maginot | 1965-03-24 |
| Dear Heart as Mr. Cruikshank | 1965-03-07 |
| The Patsy as Sy Devore | 1964-06-24 |
| The Raiders as Commissioner Mailer | 1963-12-01 |
| Who's Minding the Store? as Tie Salesman | 1963-11-28 |
| The Birds as Mitch's City Neighbor | 1963-03-28 |
| Critic's Choice as Harvey Rittenhouse | 1963-02-24 |
| That Touch of Mink as Mr. Miller | 1962-06-14 |
| About Time as The Butler | 1962-02-05 |
| Everything's Ducky as Dr. Deckham | 1961-12-20 |
| Lover Come Back as Dr. Melnick | 1961-12-20 |
| All in a Night's Work as Fur Salesman (uncredited) | 1961-03-15 |
| North to Alaska as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1960-11-07 |
| A Summer Place as Pawnbroker (uncredited) | 1959-11-18 |
| -30- as Chapman | 1959-11-11 |
| The Man Who Understood Women as Rossi (uncredited) | 1959-10-02 |
| It Started with a Kiss as Capt. Porter (uncredited) | 1959-08-19 |
| The Silent Kill as Michael Gilmore | 1959-08-11 |
| The Young Philadelphians as George Archibald | 1959-05-21 |
| The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Sheriff | 1959-02-20 |
| The Last Hurrah as Graves (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
| A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed as Milburn Schroeder | 1958-12-01 |
| The High Cost of Loving as Obstetrician (uncredited) | 1958-05-16 |
| Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show as Shirt Salesman | 1957-12-15 |
| Kiss Them for Me as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited) | 1957-12-10 |
| Decision at Sundown as Reverend Zaron | 1957-11-10 |
| My Man Godfrey as Farnsworth | 1957-10-11 |
| The Hired Man as Harry Attwood | 1957-09-10 |
| Designing Woman as Larry Musso (uncredited) | 1957-05-16 |
| The Spirit of St. Louis as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited) | 1957-04-01 |
| Spring Reunion as Sidney (uncredited) | 1957-03-01 |
| Affair in Reno as H.L. Denham | 1957-02-15 |
| The Power and the Prize as Howard Carruthers | 1956-09-26 |
| The Solid Gold Cadillac as Williams (uncredited) | 1956-08-22 |
| The Proud Ones as Barber (uncredited) | 1956-05-15 |
| The Kettles in the Ozarks as Big Trout | 1956-04-01 |
| Hot Blood as Mr. Swift (uncredited) | 1956-03-07 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Emergency Room Doctor | 1956-02-05 |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited) | 1956-02-05 |
| Good Morning, Miss Dove as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited) | 1955-11-23 |
| My Sister Eileen as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited) | 1955-09-22 |
| Lay That Rifle Down as Glover Speckleton | 1955-07-07 |
| This Island Earth as Spacecraft Pilot | 1955-06-10 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Semu | 1955-04-16 |
| Blackboard Jungle as Mr. Stanley (uncredited) | 1955-03-25 |
| Prince of Players as Theatre Manager | 1955-01-11 |
| Cry Vengeance as Bartender at The Cameo Room | 1954-11-24 |
| Désirée as Etienne Clary | 1954-11-16 |
| Private Hell 36 as Mr. Mace (uncredited) | 1954-09-03 |
| Shield for Murder as The Professor | 1954-08-27 |
| Them! as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference | 1954-06-16 |
| Invaders from Mars as MP | 1953-04-09 |

