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
1984Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
1982The Awakening of Cassie
1981No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What
1980Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
1980The Gossip Columnist
Director
1978Piranha
Earl Lyon
1978Getting Married
Wedding Director
1978Rabbit Test
First Newscaster
1975The Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange
1969Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
1968Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
1968Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn
1968The Narco Men
Records Clerk
1967The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
1967Enter Laughing
Pike
1967The King's Pirate
Swaine
1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
1965Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
1965Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank