
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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Bad Manners
1984
No Man's Valley
1981
Piranha
1978
Getting Married
1978
Rabbit Test
1978
The Love Boat
1977
CHiPs
1977
Alice
1976
The Lost Saucer
1975
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Pet Set
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Lady in Cement
1968
Here's Lucy
1968
The Narco Men
1968
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Enter Laughing
1967
Rango
1967
Billie
1965
That Darn Cat!
1965
Get Smart
1965
Green Acres
1965
Dear Heart
1965
The Munsters
1964
The Patsy
1964
The Raiders
1963
The Birds
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
About Time
1962
Lover Come Back
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Mister Ed
1961
North to Alaska
1960
My Three Sons
1960
Guestward, Ho!
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
A Summer Place
1959
-30-
1959
The Untouchables
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Silent Kill
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Rifleman
1958
The Ed Wynn Show
1958
Kiss Them for Me
1957
My Man Godfrey
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
1957
The Thin Man
1957
The Hired Man
1957
Designing Woman
1957
Spring Reunion
1957
Affair in Reno
1957
Annette
1957
The Proud Ones
1956
Hot Blood
1956
My Sister Eileen
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Cry Vengeance
1954
Désirée
1954
December Bride
1954
Private Hell 36
1954
Them!
1954
Public Defender
1954




































































































































