Richard 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).
TV Shows(30)
Trapper John, M.D.
CHiPs
Mr. Singleton
The Love Boat
Dr. Yates
Alice
What's Happening!!
Mr. Bradford
The Lost Saucer
Honeymoon Suite
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife
Luther Dorfman
The Pet Set
Self
Night Gallery
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Love, American Style
Charlie
Love, American Style
Charles Furman
Love, American Style
Boyd Daniels
Here's Lucy
Harvey Hoople
Here's Lucy
Loan Officer
Rango
The Mothers-in-Law
Roger Buell
The Carol Channing Show
Leon Thatcher
The Pruitts of Southampton
Baldwin