Biography
Richard Deacon
Acting
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).
Career works
141
Movies
75
Series
66
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
05/14/1922
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death
08/08/1984
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 · 5.7
Bad Manners
1984 · 5.8
The Awakening of Cassie
1982
No Man's Valley
1981 · 7.0
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 · 3.6
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · 7.3
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · 6.7
Piranha
1978 · 6.0
Getting Married
1978 · 6.0
Rabbit Test
1978 · 4.5
The Man from Clover Grove
1975 · 8.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · 7.0
Lady in Cement
1968 · 6.2
The Narco Men
1968
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6
The Love Boat
1977 · 6.3
CHiPs
1977 · 6.9
Alice
1976 · 7.1
What's Happening!!
1976 · 7.4
The Lost Saucer
1975 · 6.0
McMillan & Wife
1971 · 7.0
The Pet Set
1971 · 6.7
Night Gallery
1970 · 7.8
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.1
Here's Lucy
1968 · 6.7
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · 6.0
Rango
1967
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966 · 6.5
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · 7.8