
Richard Deacon
Acting
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).
Known For

1957
Perry Mason
1957 · tv

1959
Bonanza
1959 · tv

1977
The Love Boat
1977 · tv

1969
Love, American Style
1969 · tv

1957
Maverick
1957 · tv

1965
Get Smart
1965 · tv

1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · tv

1958
The Rifleman
1958 · tv

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · tv

1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · tv

1959
The Untouchables
1959 · tv

1957
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · tv

1960
My Three Sons
1960 · tv

1965
Green Acres
1965 · tv

1965
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · tv

1976
Alice
1976 · tv

1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · tv

1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · tv

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · tv

1970
Night Gallery
1970 · tv

1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · tv

1968
Here's Lucy
1968 · tv

1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · tv

1964
The Munsters
1964 · tv

1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · tv

1957
The Real McCoys
1957 · tv

1964
The Addams Family
1964 · tv

1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · tv

1961
Mister Ed
1961 · tv

1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · tv