May 14, 1922 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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| Movie | 1963 | The Birds | Mitch's City Neighbor | |
| Movie | 1963 | Critic's Choice | Harvey Rittenhouse | |
| Movie | 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Emergency Room Doctor | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Ralph Yarby | |
| Movie | 1978 | Piranha | Earl Lyon | |
| Movie | 1978 | Getting Married | Wedding Director | |
| Movie | 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Semu | |
| Movie | 1965 | Billie | Principal Arnold Wilson | |
| Movie | 1954 | Cry Vengeance | Bartender at The Cameo Room | |
| Movie | 1968 | Lady in Cement | Arnie Sherwin | |
| Movie | 1967 | Enter Laughing | Pike | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | George Archibald | |
| Movie | 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Dean Wheaton | |
| Movie | 1966 | Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title | Mr. Travis / Police Chief | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | Joseph Rottman | |
| Movie | 1981 | No Man's Valley | Panda (voice) | |
| Movie | 1955 | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Mr. Spivvy (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1965 | Dear Heart | Mr. Cruikshank | |
| Movie | 1978 | Rabbit Test | First Newscaster | |
| Movie | 1958 | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Milburn Schroeder | |
| Movie | 1957 | Spring Reunion | Sidney (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1959 | It Started with a Kiss | Capt. Porter | |
| Movie | 1954 | Désirée | Etienne Clary | |
| Movie | 1967 | The King's Pirate | Swaine | |
| Movie | 1957 | My Man Godfrey | Farnsworth | |
| Movie | 1961 | Everything's Ducky | Dr. Deckham | |
| Movie | 1962 | That Touch of Mink | Mr. Miller | |
| Movie | 1955 | This Island Earth | Spacecraft Pilot | |
| Movie | 1955 | Lay That Rifle Down | Glover Speckleton | |
| Movie | 1966 | Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. | Survival Manual Narrator | |
| Movie | 1957 | Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show | Shirt Salesman | |
| Movie | 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Charlie Wrenn | |
| Movie | 1984 | Bad Manners | Ticket Salesman | |
| Movie | 1980 | Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty | King of Cey What | |
| Movie | 1954 | Them! | Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Awakening of Cassie | ||
| Movie | 1953 | Invaders from Mars | MP | |
| Movie | 1954 | Private Hell 36 | Mr. Mace (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Graves (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | Murder Can Hurt You! | Mr. Burnice | |
| Movie | 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Mr. Stanley (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Hired Man | Harry Attwood | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Silent Kill | Michael Gilmore | |
| Movie | 1959 | -30- | Chapman | |
| Movie | 1959 | A Summer Place | Pawnbroker (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | Sheriff | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | City Councilman | |
| Movie | 1968 | Persecución hasta Valencia | Records Clerk | |
| Movie | 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Decision at Sundown | Reverend Zaron | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Solid Gold Cadillac | Williams (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1975 | The Man from Clover Grove | Charlie Strange | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Raiders | Commissioner Mailer | |
| Movie | 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Drive-in-Manager | |
| Movie | 1957 | Kiss Them for Me | Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1957 | Affair in Reno | H.L. Denham | |
| Movie | 1957 | Designing Woman | Larry Musso (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Director | |
| Movie | 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Tie Salesman | |
| Movie | 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Mr. Witherspoon | |
| Movie | 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Maginot | |
| Movie | 1962 | About Time | The Butler | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Big Trout | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Proud Ones | Barber (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Hot Blood | Mr. Swift (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1960 | North to Alaska | Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1964 | The Patsy | Sy Devore | |
| Movie | 1955 | Prince of Players | Theatre Manager | |
| Movie | 1954 | Shield for Murder | The Professor | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Man Who Understood Women | Rossi (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1961 | Lover Come Back | Dr. Melnick | |
| Movie | 1958 | The High Cost of Loving | Obstetrician (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Fur Salesman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Howard Carruthers | |
| Movie | 1955 | My Sister Eileen | Baker's Receptionist (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited) | |
| TV Show | 1961 | Mister Ed | 5 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Alice | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | CHiPs | Mr. Singleton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | Green Acres | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1968 | Here's Lucy | Harvey Hoople | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | December Bride | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | My Three Sons | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | The Munsters | Borden T. Pike | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mel Cooley | 41 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | Annette | Uncle Archie McCleod | 20 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Gunsmoke | Botkin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Perry Mason | Wilmer Beaslee | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Night Gallery | Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | The Lost Saucer | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | Get Smart | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Wallace V. Whipple | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Leave It to Beaver | Fred Rutherford | 5 |
| TV Show | 1971 | McMillan & Wife | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Millionaire | Jeweler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Dr. Thomas Gregory | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Thin Man | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Real McCoys | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | Pete and Gladys | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1948 | Ford Theatre | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | Navy Log | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Rifleman | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1964 | The Addams Family | Mortimer Phelps | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Carol Channing Show | Leon Thatcher | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Date with the Angels | 60 | |
| TV Show | 1967 | Rango | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Charlie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Shirt Salesman | 2 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Honeymoon Suite | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Great Gildersleeve | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | My Favorite Martian | Mr. Bentley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Ed Wynn Show | Conway | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | District Attorney | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sheldon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Norton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Charles Furman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Paul Erickson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Untouchables | Bill Skidmore | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Luther Dorfman | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | The Millionaire | Foundation Rep. Gibson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Boyd Daniels | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Dr. Yates | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Here's Lucy | Loan Officer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Bonanza | Captain Shark | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | Mister Ed | Tatti (voice) (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1961 | 87th Precinct | Martin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Wallace Friend | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Cecil Ellingboe | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Public Defender | Truant Officer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Planter O'Toole | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | December Bride | James, Desi Arnaz's Butler | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Pruitts of Southampton | Baldwin | 4 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Roger Buell | 26 |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Winslow (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1971 | The Pet Set | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Harley Z. Poof | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Life Of Riley | Chauffeur | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Maverick | Floyd Gimbel | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Real McCoys | Mr. Laidlaw | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Funeral Director | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Mr. Brubaker | 1 |
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