Personal Info
Birthday
May 14, 1922
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
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).
Acting Filmography (135)
5.7
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Movie1984
5.8
Bad Manners
Movie1984
No Backdrop
0.0
The Awakening of Cassie
Movie1982
No Backdrop
7.0
No Man's Valley
Movie1981
3.6
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Murder Can Hurt You!
Movie1980
No Backdrop
7.3
The Gossip Columnist
Movie1980
7.0
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Movie1980
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
TV Series1979
6.0
Piranha
Movie1978
6.0
Getting Married
Movie1978
No Backdrop
4.5
Rabbit Test
Movie1978
6.3
The Love Boat
TV Series1977
6.8
CHiPs
TV Series1977
7.0
Alice
TV Series1976
7.4
What's Happening!!
TV Series1976
8.0
The Man from Clover Grove
Movie1975
No Backdrop
6.0
The Lost Saucer
TV Series1975
7.0
McMillan & Wife
TV Series1971
6.7
The Pet Set
TV Series1971
7.8
Night Gallery
TV Series1970
6.2
Love, American Style
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie1969
6.2
Lady in Cement
Movie1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
TV Series1968
No Backdrop
0.0
The Narco Men
Movie1968
6.1
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Movie1968
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie1968
6.0
The Mothers-in-Law
TV Series1967
7.0
The King's Pirate
Movie1967
6.3
The Gnome-Mobile
Movie1967
4.8
Enter Laughing
Movie1967
0.0
Rango
TV Series1967
6.5
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV Series1966
5.8
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Movie1966
No Backdrop
5.3
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Movie1966
5.0
Billie
Movie1965
6.6
That Darn Cat!
Movie1965
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
TV Series1965
7.9
Get Smart
TV Series1965
7.2
Green Acres
TV Series1965
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie1965
6.5
Dear Heart
Movie1965
7.9
The Munsters
TV Series1964
8.0
The Addams Family
TV Series1964
6.2
The Patsy
Movie1964
4.8
The Raiders
Movie1963
6.8
Who's Minding the Store?
Movie1963
6.1
My Favorite Martian
TV Series1963
7.5
The Birds
Movie1963
5.6
Critic's Choice
Movie1963
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV Series1962
6.5
That Touch of Mink
Movie1962
No Backdrop
10.0
About Time
Movie1962
6.5
Everything's Ducky
Movie1961
7.0
Lover Come Back
Movie1961
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV Series1961
7.8
87th Precinct
TV Series1961
6.0
All in a Night's Work
Movie1961
6.7
Mister Ed
TV Series1961
6.5
North to Alaska
Movie1960
6.6
My Three Sons
TV Series1960
No Backdrop
6.5
Guestward, Ho!
TV Series1960
6.3
Pete and Gladys
TV Series1960
6.6
A Summer Place
Movie1959
6.0
-30-
Movie1959
8.0
The Untouchables
TV Series1959
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
TV Series1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
TV Series1959
3.9
The Man Who Understood Women
Movie1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV Series1959
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
5.5
It Started with a Kiss
Movie1959
0.0
The Silent Kill
Movie1959
7.4
The Young Philadelphians
Movie1959
7.1
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Movie1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
Movie1958
4.8
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Movie1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV Series1958
7.1
The Rifleman
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
7.0
The Ed Wynn Show
TV Series1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
TV Series1958
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie1957
5.6
Kiss Them for Me
Movie1957
6.3
Decision at Sundown
Movie1957
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV Series1957
6.5
My Man Godfrey
Movie1957
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
TV Series1957
5.9
The Real McCoys
TV Series1957
6.9
Maverick
TV Series1957
7.7
Perry Mason
TV Series1957
7.6
The Thin Man
TV Series1957
0.0
The Hired Man
Movie1957
6.7
Designing Woman
Movie1957
6.3
Date with the Angels
TV Series1957
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie1957
6.2
Spring Reunion
Movie1957
5.0
Affair in Reno
Movie1957
6.3
Annette
TV Series1957
6.3
The Power and the Prize
Movie1956
6.2
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Movie1956
6.5
The Proud Ones
Movie1956
7.1
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Movie1956
5.7
Hot Blood
Movie1956
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie1956
7.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Movie1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV Series1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV Series1955
6.6
My Sister Eileen
Movie1955
No Backdrop
5.2
Navy Log
TV Series1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
TV Series1955
6.0
Lay That Rifle Down
Movie1955
6.0
This Island Earth
Movie1955
6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie1955
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
Movie1955
No Backdrop
5.8
The Millionaire
TV Series1955
5.5
Prince of Players
Movie1955
No Backdrop
6.3
The Bob Cummings Show
TV Series1955
6.0
Cry Vengeance
Movie1954
6.6
Désirée
Movie1954
No Backdrop
6.3
December Bride
TV Series1954
6.3
Private Hell 36
Movie1954
6.7
Shield for Murder
Movie1954
6.8
Them!
Movie1954
No Backdrop
6.3
Public Defender
TV Series1954
6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
TV Series1953
5.9
Invaders from Mars
Movie1953
6.7
The Life Of Riley
TV Series1953
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
TV Series1952
No Backdrop
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV Series1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
TV Series1950
No Backdrop
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
TV Series1950