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).
75 movies · 66 shows
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984·5.7
Bad Manners
1984·5.8
The Awakening of Cassie
1982·0.0
No Man's Valley
1981·7.0
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980·3.6
Murder Can Hurt You!
1980·0.0
The Gossip Columnist
1980·7.3
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980·7.0
Piranha
1978·6.0
Getting Married
1978·6.0
Rabbit Test
1978·4.5
The Man from Clover Grove
1975·8.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969·7.0
Lady in Cement
1968·6.2
The Narco Men
1968·0.0
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968·6.1
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968·6.7
The King's Pirate
1967·7.0
The Gnome-Mobile
1967·6.3
Enter Laughing
1967·4.8
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966·5.8
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966·5.3
Billie
1965·5.0
That Darn Cat!
1965·6.6
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965·3.8
Dear Heart
1965·6.5
The Patsy
1964·6.2
The Raiders
1963·4.8
Who's Minding the Store?
1963·6.8
The Birds
1963·7.5
Critic's Choice
1963·5.6
That Touch of Mink
1962·6.5
About Time
1962·10.0
Everything's Ducky
1961·6.5
Lover Come Back
1961·7.0
All in a Night's Work
1961·6.0
North to Alaska
1960·6.5
A Summer Place
1959·6.6
-30-
1959·6.0
The Man Who Understood Women
1959·3.9
It Started with a Kiss
1959·5.5
The Silent Kill
1959·0.0
The Young Philadelphians
1959·7.4
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959·7.1
The Last Hurrah
1958·7.2
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958·4.8
The High Cost of Loving
1958·6.6
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
1957·0.0
Kiss Them for Me
1957·5.6
Decision at Sundown
1957·6.3
My Man Godfrey
1957·6.5
The Hired Man
1957·0.0
Designing Woman
1957·6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957·6.7
Spring Reunion
1957·6.2
Affair in Reno
1957·5.0
The Power and the Prize
1956·6.3
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956·6.2
The Proud Ones
1956·6.5
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956·7.1
Hot Blood
1956·5.7
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956·7.5
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955·7.0
My Sister Eileen
1955·6.6
Lay That Rifle Down
1955·6.0
This Island Earth
1955·6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955·6.0
Blackboard Jungle
1955·6.9
Prince of Players
1955·5.5
Cry Vengeance
1954·6.0
Désirée
1954·6.6
Private Hell 36
1954·6.3
Shield for Murder
1954·6.7
Them!
1954·6.8
Invaders from Mars
1953·5.9