
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).
Filmography

About Time
1962 · 10.0

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · 8.6

The Twilight Zone
1959 · 8.5

The Untouchables
1959 · 8.1
Ford Theatre
1948 · 8.0
The Carol Channing Show
1966 · 8.0

The Man from Clover Grove
1975 · 8.0

The Addams Family
1964 · 8.0

Get Smart
1965 · 8.0

The Munsters
1964 · 7.9

Night Gallery
1970 · 7.9

I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · 7.8

The Jack Benny Program
1950 · 7.8

The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · 7.8

87th Precinct
1961 · 7.8

Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · 7.6

The Thin Man
1957 · 7.6

The Birds
1963 · 7.5

Bonanza
1959 · 7.5

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · 7.5

The Young Philadelphians
1959 · 7.4

What's Happening!!
1976 · 7.3

The Gossip Columnist
1980 · 7.3

Green Acres
1965 · 7.2

77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2

The Last Hurrah
1958 · 7.2

The Rifleman
1958 · 7.1

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · 7.1

Maverick
1957 · 7.0

Alice
1976 · 7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · 7.0

The Ed Wynn Show
1958 · 7.0

The King's Pirate
1967 · 7.0

Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · 7.0

Lover Come Back
1961 · 7.0

Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · 7.0

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · 7.0

No Man's Valley
1981 · 7.0

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · 6.9

Leave It to Beaver
1957 · 6.9

McMillan & Wife
1971 · 6.9

Blackboard Jungle
1955 · 6.9

Them!
1954 · 6.8

CHiPs
1977 · 6.8

Who's Minding the Store?
1963 · 6.8

Here's Lucy
1968 · 6.7

Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7

Mister Ed
1961 · 6.7

The Life Of Riley
1953 · 6.7

Lux Video Theatre
1950 · 6.7

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · 6.7

The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · 6.7

Designing Woman
1957 · 6.7

Shield for Murder
1954 · 6.7

My Three Sons
1960 · 6.6

Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6

A Summer Place
1959 · 6.6

Désirée
1954 · 6.6

My Sister Eileen
1955 · 6.6

The High Cost of Loving
1958 · 6.6

That Darn Cat!
1965 · 6.6

The Donna Reed Show
1958 · 6.5

Guestward, Ho!
1960 · 6.5

The Pruitts of Southampton
1966 · 6.5

That Touch of Mink
1962 · 6.5

North to Alaska
1960 · 6.5

My Man Godfrey
1957 · 6.5

The Proud Ones
1956 · 6.5

Dear Heart
1965 · 6.5

Everything's Ducky
1961 · 6.5

Decision at Sundown
1957 · 6.4

The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 · 6.4

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · 6.3

Annette
1957 · 6.3

The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956 · 6.3

Private Hell 36
1954 · 6.3

The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · 6.3

The Love Boat
1977 · 6.2

Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2

December Bride
1954 · 6.2

The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · 6.2

My Favorite Martian
1963 · 6.2

The Bob Cummings Show
1955 · 6.2

Public Defender
1954 · 6.2

Pete and Gladys
1960 · 6.2

Date with the Angels
1957 · 6.2

Spring Reunion
1957 · 6.2

The Patsy
1964 · 6.2

The Power and the Prize
1956 · 6.2

Lady in Cement
1968 · 6.1

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · 6.1

Cry Vengeance
1954 · 6.1

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · 6.0

The Mothers-in-Law
1967 · 6.0

Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · 6.0

-30-
1959 · 6.0

All in a Night's Work
1961 · 6.0

Lay That Rifle Down
1955 · 6.0

Getting Married
1978 · 6.0

This Island Earth
1955 · 6.0

Piranha
1978 · 6.0

Invaders from Mars
1953 · 5.9

The Real McCoys
1957 · 5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · 5.9

Bad Manners
1984 · 5.9

The Millionaire
1955 · 5.8

The Lost Saucer
1975 · 5.7

Hot Blood
1956 · 5.7

Kiss Them for Me
1957 · 5.7

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 · 5.7

It Started with a Kiss
1959 · 5.7

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984 · 5.7

Hawaiian Eye
1959 · 5.6

Critic's Choice
1963 · 5.6

Prince of Players
1955 · 5.5

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966 · 5.3

Navy Log
1955 · 5.2

Billie
1965 · 5.0

Affair in Reno
1957 · 5.0

The Raiders
1963 · 4.8

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 · 4.8

Enter Laughing
1967 · 4.8

Rabbit Test
1978 · 4.5

The Man Who Understood Women
1959 · 3.9

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · 3.8

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 · 3.5

Rango
1967 · 0.0
The Great Gildersleeve
1955 · 0.0

Murder Can Hurt You!
1980 · 0.0
Honeymoon Suite
1972 · 0.0

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957 · 0.0

The Hired Man
1957 · 0.0

The Silent Kill
1959 · 0.0

The Awakening of Cassie
1982 · 0.0

The Narco Men
1968 · 0.0