Person
Richard Deacon
Born 14 May 1922 Died 8 August 1984, aged 62 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA TMDB ↗
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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26age in their first credit on record (1948)
36years on screen and counting
18credits in 1957, their busiest year
151dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 62 The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984as City Councilman
Age: 62 Bad Manners
1984as Ticket Salesman
Age: 59 The Awakening of Cassie
1982
Age: 59 No Man's Valley
1981as Panda (voice)
Age: 58 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980as Joseph Rottman
Age: 58 Murder Can Hurt You!
1980as Mr. Burnice
Age: 57 The Gossip Columnist
1980as Director
Age: 57 Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980as King of Cey What
Age: 56 Piranha
1978as Earl Lyon
Age: 56 Getting Married
1978as Wedding Director
Age: 55 Rabbit Test
1978as First Newscaster
Age: 53 The Man from Clover Grove
1975as Charlie Strange
Age: 46 Arsenic and Old Lace
1969as Mr. Witherspoon
Age: 46 Lady in Cement
1968as Arnie Sherwin
Age: 46 The Narco Men
1968as Records Clerk
Age: 45 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968as Charlie Wrenn
Age: 45 Blackbeard's Ghost
1968as Dean Wheaton
Age: 45 The King's Pirate
1967as Swaine
Age: 45 The Gnome-Mobile
1967as Ralph Yarby
Age: 44 Enter Laughing
1967as Pike
Age: 44 Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966as Survival Manual Narrator
Age: 43 Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Age: 43 Billie
1965as Principal Arnold Wilson
Age: 43 That Darn Cat!
1965as Drive-in-Manager
Age: 42 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965as Maginot
Age: 42 Dear Heart
1965as Mr. Cruikshank
Age: 42 The Patsy
1964as Sy Devore
Age: 41 The Raiders
1963as Commissioner Mailer
Age: 41 Who's Minding the Store?
1963as Tie Salesman
Age: 40 The Birds
1963as Mitch's City Neighbor
Age: 40 Critic's Choice
1963as Harvey Rittenhouse
Age: 40 That Touch of Mink
1962as Mr. Miller
Age: 39 About Time
1962as The Butler
Age: 39 Everything's Ducky
1961as Dr. Deckham
Age: 39 Lover Come Back
1961as Dr. Melnick
Age: 38 All in a Night's Work
1961as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
Age: 38 North to Alaska
1960as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 37 A Summer Place
1959as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Age: 37 -30-
1959as Chapman
Age: 37 The Man Who Understood Women
1959as Rossi (uncredited)
Age: 37 It Started with a Kiss
1959as Capt. Porter (uncredited)
Age: 37 The Silent Kill
1959as Michael Gilmore
Age: 37 The Young Philadelphians
1959as George Archibald
Age: 36 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959as Sheriff
Age: 36 The Last Hurrah
1958as Graves (uncredited)
Age: 36 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958as Milburn Schroeder
Age: 36 The High Cost of Loving
1958as Obstetrician (uncredited)
Age: 35 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957as Shirt Salesman
Age: 35 Kiss Them for Me
1957as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Age: 35 Decision at Sundown
1957as Reverend Zaron
Age: 35 My Man Godfrey
1957as Farnsworth
Age: 35 The Hired Man
1957as Harry Attwood
Age: 35 Designing Woman
1957as Larry Musso (uncredited)
Age: 34 The Spirit of St. Louis
1957as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Age: 34 Spring Reunion
1957as Sidney (uncredited)
Age: 34 Affair in Reno
1957as H.L. Denham
Age: 34 The Power and the Prize
1956as Howard Carruthers
Age: 34 The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956as Williams (uncredited)
Age: 34 The Proud Ones
1956as Barber (uncredited)
Age: 33 The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956as Big Trout
Age: 33 Hot Blood
1956as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Age: 33 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 33 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Age: 33 Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
Age: 33 My Sister Eileen
1955as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Age: 33 Lay That Rifle Down
1955as Glover Speckleton
Age: 33 This Island Earth
1955as Pilot (uncredited)
Age: 32 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955as Semu
Age: 32 Blackboard Jungle
1955as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Age: 32 Prince of Players
1955as Theatre Manager
Age: 32 Cry Vengeance
1954as Bartender at The Cameo Room
Age: 32 Désirée
1954as Etienne Clary
Age: 32 Private Hell 36
1954as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Age: 32 Shield for Murder
1954as The Professor
Age: 32 Them!
1954as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Age: 30 Invaders from Mars
1953as MP
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TV credits
Age: 57 Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Age: 55 The Love Boat
1977as Dr. Yates
Age: 55 CHiPs
1977as Mr. Singleton
Age: 54 Alice
1976
Age: 54 What's Happening!!
1976as Mr. Bradford
Age: 53 The Lost Saucer
1975No poster
Age: 50 Honeymoon Suite
1972
Age: 49 McMillan & Wife
1971 Age: 49 McMillan & Wife
1971as Luther Dorfman
Age: 48 Night Gallery
1970as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
Age: 47 Love, American Style
1969as Charlie
Age: 47 Love, American Style
1969as Charles Furman
Age: 47 Love, American Style
1969as Boyd Daniels
Age: 46 Here's Lucy
1968as Harvey Hoople
Age: 46 Here's Lucy
1968as Loan Officer
Age: 45 The Mothers-in-Law
1967as Roger Buell
Age: 44 Rango
1967
Age: 44 The Pruitts of Southampton
1966as Baldwin
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Age: 43 The Carol Channing Show
1966as Leon Thatcher
Age: 43 I Dream of Jeannie
1965as Harley Z. Poof
Age: 43 Get Smart
1965as Internship Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 43 Green Acres
1965as Mr. Oglethorpe
Age: 42 The Munsters
1964as Borden T. Pike
Age: 42 The Addams Family
1964as Mortimer Phelps
Age: 41 My Favorite Martian
1963as Mr. Bentley
Age: 40 The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 Age: 40 The Beverly Hillbillies
1962as Mr. Brubaker
Age: 39 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961as Mel Cooley
Age: 39 87th Precinct
1961as Martin
Age: 38 Mister Ed
1961 Age: 38 Mister Ed
1961as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 38 Mister Ed
1961as Dr. Baker
Age: 38 My Three Sons
1960
Age: 38 Guestward, Ho!
1960
Age: 38 Pete and Gladys
1960
Age: 37 The Untouchables
1959as Bill Skidmore
Age: 37 Hawaiian Eye
1959as Funeral Director
Age: 37 Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Age: 37 The Twilight Zone
1959as Wallace V. Whipple
Age: 37 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959as Cecil Ellingboe
Age: 37 Bonanza
1959as Captain Shark
Age: 36 77 Sunset Strip
1958as Wallace Friend
Age: 36 The Rifleman
1958
Age: 36 The Ed Wynn Show
1958as Conway
Age: 36 The Donna Reed Show
1958 Age: 36 The Donna Reed Show
1958as Mr. Conroy
Age: 35 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957as Winslow (uncredited)
Age: 35 Leave It to Beaver
1957as Fred Rutherford
Age: 35 The Real McCoys
1957 Age: 35 The Real McCoys
1957as Mr. Laidlaw
Age: 35 Maverick
1957as Floyd Gimbel
Age: 35 Perry Mason
1957as Wilmer Beaslee
Age: 35 The Thin Man
1957
Age: 34 Date with the Angels
1957
Age: 34 Annette
1957as Uncle Archie McCleod
Age: 33 The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955as Paul Erickson
Age: 33 Screen Director's Playhouse
1955as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 33 Navy Log
1955No poster
Age: 33 The Great Gildersleeve
1955
Age: 33 Gunsmoke
1955as Botkin
Age: 32 The Millionaire
1955as Jeweler
Age: 32 The Millionaire
1955as Foundation Rep. Gibson
Age: 32 The Bob Cummings Show
1955as District Attorney
Age: 32 December Bride
1954as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
Age: 32 December Bride
1954as Bud Hodges
Age: 31 Public Defender
1954as Truant Officer
Age: 31 The Danny Thomas Show
1953as John Savich
Age: 30 The Life Of Riley
1953as Chauffeur
Age: 30 The Ford Television Theatre
1952as Planter O'Toole
Age: 29 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951as Dr. Thomas Gregory
Age: 28 The Jack Benny Program
1950as Shirt Salesman
Age: 28 The Jack Benny Program
1950No poster
Age: 28 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Sheldon
No poster
Age: 28 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Norton
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Age: 26