Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 14, 1922
Died
August 8, 1984 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Lewis Deacon
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).
Known For
Acting
5.6
Bad Manners
1984
3.4
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.0
Piranha
1978
4.2
Rabbit Test
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.8
CHiPs
1977
7.1
Alice
1976
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1971
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
6.1
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Love, American Style
1969
6.1
Lady in Cement
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.0
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
6.2
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
5.6
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
4.7
Billie
1965
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
7.9
Get Smart
1965