Richard Deacon
Actor
- Born
- May 14, 1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- August 8, 1984 (age 62)
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
The Birds
March 28, 1963
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
February 5, 1956
Piranha
August 3, 1978
Them!
June 16, 1954
This Island Earth
June 10, 1955
Invaders from Mars
April 9, 1953
That Darn Cat!
December 2, 1965
That Touch of Mink
June 14, 1962
Lover Come Back
December 20, 1961
Blackbeard's Ghost
February 8, 1968
Blackboard Jungle
March 25, 1955
The Spirit of St. Louis
April 1, 1957
Acting76
- 1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as City Councilman
- 1984Bad Manners as Ticket Salesman
- 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! as Himself
- 1982The Awakening of Cassie
- 1981No Man's Valley as Panda (voice)
- 1980Murder Can Hurt You! as Mr. Burnice
- 1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Joseph Rottman
- 1980The Gossip Columnist as Director
- 1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty as King of Cey What
- 1978Piranha