Acting
Richard Deacon
1922 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
30 films
Bio
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).
Filmography
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Spring Reunion
Sidney (uncredited)
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager