Acting credits
133
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Richard Deacon
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 75Series: 58
TMDB ID: 80206
IMDb ID: nm0212586
Known for: Acting
Born: May 14, 1922
Died: August 8, 1984
Age: 62
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 1984
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q1289785
Also known as
Richard Lewis 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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Deacon.
5.0
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as City Councilman
1984 Movie
5.6
Bad Manners
as Ticket Salesman
1984 Movie
The Awakening of Cassie
1982 Movie
6.0
No Man's Valley
as Panda (voice)
1981 Movie
3.4
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Joseph Rottman
1980 Movie
Murder Can Hurt You!
as Mr. Burnice
1980 Movie
7.5
The Gossip Columnist
as Director
1980 Movie
6.5
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as King of Cey What
1980 Movie
6.0
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
1978 Movie
4.0
Getting Married
as Wedding Director
1978 Movie
4.2
Rabbit Test
as First Newscaster
1978 Movie
The Man from Clover Grove
as Charlie Strange
1975 Movie
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mr. Witherspoon
1969 Movie
6.1
Lady in Cement
as Arnie Sherwin
1968 Movie
Persecución hasta Valencia
as Records Clerk
1968 Movie
6.0
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Charlie Wrenn
1968 Movie
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton
1968 Movie
6.5
The King's Pirate
as Swaine
1967 Movie
6.2
The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby
1967 Movie
3.8
Enter Laughing
as Pike
1967 Movie
5.6
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Survival Manual Narrator
1966 Movie
3.5
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
1966 Movie
4.7
Billie
as Principal Arnold Wilson
1965 Movie
6.6
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Deacon.
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
1979 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Dr. Yates • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.8
CHiPs
as Mr. Singleton • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
Alice
1 eps
1976 Series
5.0
The Lost Saucer
1 eps
1975 Series
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1 eps
1971 Series
5.5
The Pet Set
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.8
Night Gallery
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire") • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
as Charlie • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Harvey Hoople • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.8
The Mothers-in-Law
as Roger Buell • 26 eps
1967 Series
Rango
1 eps
1967 Series
5.3
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Baldwin • 4 eps
1966 Series
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as Harley Z. Poof • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
Get Smart
1 eps
1965 Series
7.3
Green Acres
as Mr. Oglethorpe • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
The Munsters
as Borden T. Pike • 1 eps
1964 Series
8.0
The Addams Family
as Mortimer Phelps • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.0
My Favorite Martian
as Mr. Bentley • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 eps
1962 Series
7.5
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mel Cooley • 42 eps
1961 Series
7.5
87th Precinct
as Martin • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.8
Mister Ed
4 eps
1961 Series