Acting credits
136
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Richard Deacon
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 75Series: 61
TMDB ID: 80206
IMDb ID: nm0212586
Known for: Acting
Born: May 14, 1922
Died: August 8, 1984
Age: 62
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 1984
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q1289785
Also known as
Richard Lewis 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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Deacon.
as City Councilman
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 • Movie
as Ticket Salesman
Bad Manners
1984 • Movie
The Awakening of Cassie
1982 • Movie
as Panda (voice)
No Man's Valley
1981 • Movie
as Joseph Rottman
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 • Movie
as Mr. Burnice
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980 • Movie
as Director
The Gossip Columnist
1980 • Movie
as King of Cey What
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 • Movie
as Earl Lyon
Piranha
1978 • Movie
as Wedding Director
Getting Married
1978 • Movie
as First Newscaster
Rabbit Test
1978 • Movie
as Charlie Strange
The Man from Clover Grove
1975 • Movie
as Mr. Witherspoon
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 • Movie
as Arnie Sherwin
Lady in Cement
1968 • Movie
as Records Clerk
The Narco Men
1968 • Movie
as Charlie Wrenn
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 • Movie
as Dean Wheaton
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 • Movie
as Swaine
The King's Pirate
1967 • Movie
as Ralph Yarby
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 • Movie
as Pike
Enter Laughing
1967 • Movie
as Survival Manual Narrator
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 • Movie
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 • Movie
as Principal Arnold Wilson
Billie
1965 • Movie
as Drive-in-Manager
That Darn Cat!
1965 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Deacon.
1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 • Series
as Dr. Yates • 1 eps
The Love Boat
1977 • Series
as Mr. Singleton • 1 eps
CHiPs
1977 • Series
1 eps
Alice
1976 • Series
as Mr. Bradford • 1 eps
What's Happening!!
1976 • Series
1 eps
The Lost Saucer
1975 • Series
1 eps
McMillan & Wife
1971 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Pet Set
1971 • Series
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") • 1 eps
Night Gallery
1970 • Series
as Charlie • 1 eps
Love, American Style
1969 • Series
as Harvey Hoople • 1 eps
Here's Lucy
1968 • Series
as Roger Buell • 26 eps
The Mothers-in-Law
1967 • Series
1 eps
Rango
1967 • Series
as Baldwin • 4 eps
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966 • Series
as Harley Z. Poof • 1 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 • Series
as Internship Doctor (uncredited) • 1 eps
Get Smart
1965 • Series
as Mr. Oglethorpe • 1 eps
Green Acres
1965 • Series
as Borden T. Pike • 1 eps
The Munsters
1964 • Series
as Mortimer Phelps • 1 eps
The Addams Family
1964 • Series
as Mr. Bentley • 1 eps
My Favorite Martian
1963 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 • Series
as Mel Cooley • 52 eps
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 • Series
as Martin • 1 eps
87th Precinct
1961 • Series