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Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

Actor · 1922 – 1984 · 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).

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  • Movie7.5

    The Birds

    1963 · 4.6K votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie6.0

    Piranha

    1978 · 780 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Them!

    1954 · 485 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Blackbeard's Ghost

    1968 · 164 votes

  • Movie6.6

    That Darn Cat!

    1965 · 199 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    1957 · 150 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Désirée

    1954 · 52 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Gnome-Mobile

    1967 · 73 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Blackboard Jungle

    1955 · 164 votes

  • Movie6.0

    This Island Earth

    1955 · 240 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Who's Minding the Store?

    1963 · 93 votes

  • Movie6.5

    That Touch of Mink

    1962 · 191 votes

  • Movie5.9
  • Movie6.5

    North to Alaska

    1960 · 139 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Proud Ones

    1956 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Designing Woman

    1957 · 83 votes

  • Movie6.6

    A Summer Place

    1959 · 54 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Lady in Cement

    1968 · 66 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

    1966 · 31 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Kiss Them for Me

    1957 · 35 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Good Morning, Miss Dove

    1955 · 17 votes

  • Movie6.0

    All in a Night's Work

    1961 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Patsy

    1964 · 62 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Love Boat

    1977 · 199 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Merv Griffin Show

    1962 · 12 votes

  • TV7.5

    Bonanza

    1959 · 500 votes

  • TV7.0

    Maverick

    1957 · 43 votes

  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Rifleman

    1958 · 54 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Donna Reed Show

    1958 · 19 votes

  • TV7.0

    Alice

    1976 · 63 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    I Dream of Jeannie

    1965 · 842 votes

  • TV6.6

    My Three Sons

    1960 · 41 votes

  • TV5.9
  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    1961 · 110 votes

  • TV8.0

    The Untouchables

    1959 · 139 votes

  • TV6.6

    Trapper John, M.D.

    1979 · 23 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Bob Hope Show

    1950 · 5 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.8

    Night Gallery

    1970 · 112 votes

  • TV5.6

    Hawaiian Eye

    1959 · 10 votes

  • TV6.9

    Leave It to Beaver

    1957 · 90 votes

  • TV7.2

    Green Acres

    1965 · 80 votes