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
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
This Island Earth
Pilot (uncredited)
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
The Young Philadelphians
George Archibald
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Désirée
Etienne Clary
Spring Reunion
Sidney (uncredited)
The Patsy
Sy Devore