Richard Deacon
Actor
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).
Filmography
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited) 1956
Piranha
as Earl Lyon 1978
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference 1954
This Island Earth
as Spacecraft Pilot 1955
Invaders from Mars
as MP 1953
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager 1965
That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller 1962
Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick 1961
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited) 1955
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton 1968
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited) 1957
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) 1960
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Semu 1955
Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman 1963
Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron 1957