Richard Deacon
Acting
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).
Known for
The Birds
1963
Them!
1954
Billie
1965
Spring Reunion
1957
Piranha
1978
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
A Summer Place
1959
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1959
My Man Godfrey
1957
North to Alaska
1960
Hot Blood
1956
That Darn Cat!
1965
Désirée
1954
My Sister Eileen
1955
The Patsy
1964