Acting
Richard Deacon
Also Known As: Richard Lewis Deacon
Birth Date
May 14, 1922
Death Date
August 8, 1984
(passed away at 62)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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).
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Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
1957 • 1 episode
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
1977 • 1 episode
Alice
1976 • 1 episode
The Donna Reed Show
Mr. Heflin
1958 • 3 episodes
The Rifleman
1958 • 1 episode
Bonanza
Captain Shark
1959 • 1 episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mel Cooley
1961 • 52 episodes
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962 • 1 episode
Get Smart
Internship Doctor (uncredited)
1965 • 1 episode
Love, American Style
Charlie
1969 • 1 episode
Maverick
Floyd Gimbel
1957 • 1 episode
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
1959 • 1 episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 • 1 episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Self
1963 • 1 episode
The Untouchables
Bill Skidmore
1959 • 1 episode
My Three Sons
1960 • 1 episode
Green Acres
Mr. Oglethorpe
1965 • 1 episode
Leave It to Beaver
Fred Rutherford
1957 • 5 episodes
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
1965 • 1 episode
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
1970 • 1 episode