Richard Deacon

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).

Cast

The Birds

Mitch's City Neighbor

Critic's Choice

Harvey Rittenhouse

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Emergency Room Doctor, Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)

The Gnome-Mobile

Ralph Yarby

Piranha

Earl Lyon

Getting Married

Wedding Director

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Semu

Billie

Principal Arnold Wilson

Cry Vengeance

Bartender at The Cameo Room

Lady in Cement

Arnie Sherwin

Enter Laughing

Pike

The Young Philadelphians

George Archibald

Blackbeard's Ghost

Dean Wheaton

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title

Mr. Travis / Police Chief

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

Joseph Rottman

No Man's Valley

Panda (voice)

Good Morning, Miss Dove

Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)

Dear Heart

Mr. Cruikshank

Rabbit Test

First Newscaster

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

Milburn Schroeder

Spring Reunion

Sidney (uncredited)

It Started with a Kiss

Capt. Porter (uncredited)

Désirée

Etienne Clary

The King's Pirate

Swaine

My Man Godfrey

Farnsworth

Everything's Ducky

Dr. Deckham

That Touch of Mink

Mr. Miller

This Island Earth

Spacecraft Pilot

Lay That Rifle Down

Glover Speckleton

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Survival Manual Narrator

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Shirt Salesman

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

Charlie Wrenn

Bad Manners

Ticket Salesman

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

King of Cey What

Them!

Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference

The Awakening of Cassie

Unknown

Invaders from Mars

MP

Private Hell 36

Mr. Mace (uncredited)

The Last Hurrah

Graves (uncredited)

Murder Can Hurt You!

Mr. Burnice

Blackboard Jungle

Mr. Stanley (uncredited)

The Hired Man

Harry Attwood

The Silent Kill

Michael Gilmore

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Chapman

A Summer Place

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

Sheriff

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

City Councilman

Persecución hasta Valencia

Records Clerk

The Spirit of St. Louis

Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)

Decision at Sundown

Reverend Zaron

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Williams (uncredited)

The Man from Clover Grove

Charlie Strange

The Raiders

Commissioner Mailer

That Darn Cat!

Drive-in-Manager

Kiss Them for Me

Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)

Affair in Reno

H.L. Denham

Designing Woman

Larry Musso (uncredited)

The Gossip Columnist

Director

Who's Minding the Store?

Tie Salesman

Arsenic and Old Lace

Mr. Witherspoon

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Maginot

About Time

The Butler

The Kettles in the Ozarks

Big Trout

The Proud Ones

Barber (uncredited)

Hot Blood

Mr. Swift (uncredited)

North to Alaska

Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Patsy

Sy Devore

Shield for Murder

The Professor

Prince of Players

Theatre Manager

The Man Who Understood Women

Rossi (uncredited)

Lover Come Back

Dr. Melnick

The High Cost of Loving

Obstetrician (uncredited)

All in a Night's Work

Fur Salesman (uncredited)

The Power and the Prize

Howard Carruthers

My Sister Eileen

Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)