Richard Deacon
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).
Movies
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
Persecución hasta Valencia
Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Maginot
Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy
Sy Devore
The Raiders
Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
Harvey Rittenhouse
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
About Time
The Butler
Everything's Ducky
Dr. Deckham
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
All in a Night's Work
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
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Chapman
The Man Who Understood Women
Rossi (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
Capt. Porter (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
Michael Gilmore
The Young Philadelphians
George Archibald
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Sheriff
The Last Hurrah
Graves (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Milburn Schroeder
The High Cost of Loving
Obstetrician (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Shirt Salesman
Kiss Them for Me
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
Reverend Zaron
My Man Godfrey
Farnsworth
The Hired Man
Harry Attwood
Designing Woman
Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Sidney (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
H.L. Denham
The Power and the Prize
Howard Carruthers
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Williams (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
Barber (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Big Trout
Hot Blood
Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Lay That Rifle Down
Glover Speckleton
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Semu
This Island Earth
Spacecraft Pilot
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Prince of Players
Theatre Manager
Cry Vengeance
Bartender at The Cameo Room
Désirée
Etienne Clary
Private Hell 36
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Shield for Murder
The Professor
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Invaders from Mars
MP
TV Series
Trapper John, M.D.
1 Episode
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
1 Episode
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
1 Episode
Alice
1 Episode
The Lost Saucer
1 Episode
Honeymoon Suite
1 Episode
McMillan & Wife
1 Episode
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
1 Episode
Love, American Style
Charlie
1 Episode
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople
1 Episode
The Mothers-in-Law
Roger Buell
26 Episodes
Rango
1 Episode
The Pruitts of Southampton
Baldwin
4 Episodes
The Carol Channing Show
Leon Thatcher
1 Episode
Get Smart
1 Episode
I Dream of Jeannie
Harley Z. Poof
1 Episode
Green Acres
Mr. Oglethorpe
1 Episode
The Munsters
Borden T. Pike
1 Episode
The Addams Family
Mortimer Phelps
1 Episode
My Favorite Martian
Mr. Bentley
1 Episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 Episode
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mel Cooley
42 Episodes
87th Precinct
Martin
1 Episode
Mister Ed
4 Episodes
My Three Sons
1 Episode
Guestward, Ho!
1 Episode
Pete and Gladys
2 Episodes
The Untouchables
Bill Skidmore
1 Episode
Hawaiian Eye
Funeral Director
1 Episode
Bourbon Street Beat
1 Episode
The Twilight Zone
Wallace V. Whipple
1 Episode
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Cecil Ellingboe
1 Episode
Bonanza
Captain Shark
1 Episode
77 Sunset Strip
Wallace Friend
1 Episode
The Rifleman
1 Episode
The Ed Wynn Show
Conway
1 Episode
The Donna Reed Show
3 Episodes
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Winslow (uncredited)
1 Episode
Leave It to Beaver
Fred Rutherford
5 Episodes
The Real McCoys
1 Episode
Maverick
Floyd Gimbel
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Wilmer Beaslee
1 Episode
The Thin Man
1 Episode
Date with the Angels
60 Episodes
Annette
Uncle Archie McCleod
20 Episodes
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Paul Erickson
1 Episode
Screen Director's Playhouse
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1 Episode
Navy Log
2 Episodes
The Great Gildersleeve
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Botkin
1 Episode
The Millionaire
Jeweler
1 Episode
The Bob Cummings Show
District Attorney
1 Episode
December Bride
1 Episode
Public Defender
Truant Officer
1 Episode
The Life Of Riley
Chauffeur
1 Episode
The Ford Television Theatre
Planter O'Toole
1 Episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Thomas Gregory
1 Episode
The Jack Benny Program
Shirt Salesman
2 Episodes
Lux Video Theatre
Sheldon
1 Episode
Ford Theatre
1 Episode