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Richard Deacon
Born: 1922-05-14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Rated Filmography (70)
Sorted by Score10.0
About Time
1962
8.0
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
7.5
The Birds
1963
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
7.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
7.4
The Young Philadelphians
1959
7.3
The Gossip Columnist
1980
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
7.1
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
7.0
No Man's Valley
1981
7.0
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955
7.0
The King's Pirate
1967
7.0
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
7.0
Lover Come Back
1961
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
1955
6.9
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
6.8
Them!
1954
6.7
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
6.7
Designing Woman
1957
6.7
Shield for Murder
1954
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
6.6
A Summer Place
1959
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
6.6
My Sister Eileen
1955
6.6
Désirée
1954
6.5
The Proud Ones
1956
6.5
Dear Heart
1965
6.5
My Man Godfrey
1957
6.5
Everything's Ducky
1961
6.5
That Touch of Mink
1962
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
6.3
Private Hell 36
1954
6.3
Decision at Sundown
1957
6.3
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
6.3
The Power and the Prize
1956
6.2
Lady in Cement
1968
6.2
Spring Reunion
1957
6.2
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
6.2
The Patsy
1964
6.1
Cry Vengeance
1954
6.1
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
6.0
This Island Earth
1955
6.0
Getting Married
1978
6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
6.0
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
6.0
All in a Night's Work
1961
6.0
-30-
1959
6.0
Piranha
1978
5.9
Invaders from Mars
1953
5.9
Bad Manners
1984
5.7
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
5.7
Hot Blood
1956
5.7
Kiss Them for Me
1957
5.7
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1984
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
5.5
Prince of Players
1955
5.5
It Started with a Kiss
1959
5.3
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
1966
5.0
Affair in Reno
1957
5.0
Billie
1965
4.8
Enter Laughing
1967
4.8
The Raiders
1963
4.8
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
3.9
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
3.8
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
3.5
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980