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Richard Deacon
Acting
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).
BODY OF WORK
Richard Deacon's Filmography
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as City Councilman
Bad Manners
as Ticket Salesman
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
as Himself
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
as Panda (voice)
Murder Can Hurt You!
as Mr. Burnice
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
as Joseph Rottman
The Gossip Columnist
as Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as King of Cey What
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
Getting Married
as Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
as First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
as Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
as Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men
as Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
as Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
as Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
as Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
as Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
as Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
as Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Maginot
Dear Heart
as Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy
as Sy Devore
The Raiders
as Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
as Tie Salesman
The Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
as Harvey Rittenhouse
That Touch of Mink
as Mr. Miller
About Time
as The Butler
Lover Come Back
as Dr. Melnick
Everything's Ducky
as Dr. Deckham
All in a Night's Work
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
A Summer Place
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
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as Chapman
The Man Who Understood Women
as Rossi (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
as Captain Porter (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
as Michael Gilmore
The Young Philadelphians
as George Archibald
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Sheriff
The Last Hurrah
as Graves (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Milburn Schroeder
The High Cost of Loving
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Shirt Salesman
Kiss Them for Me
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron
My Man Godfrey
as Farnsworth
The Hired Man
as Harry Attwood
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
as Sidney (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
as H.L. Denham
The Power and the Prize
as Howard Carruthers
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Williams (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
as Barber (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Big Trout
Hot Blood
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Lay That Rifle Down
as Glover Speckleton
This Island Earth
as Pilot (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Semu
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Prince of Players
as Theatre Manager
Cry Vengeance
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
Désirée
as Etienne Clary
Private Hell 36
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Shield for Murder
as The Professor
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Invaders from Mars
as MP