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).
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The Twilight Zone
The Man from Clover Grove
The Addams Family
Get Smart
The Munsters
Night Gallery
I Dream of Jeannie
The Jack Benny Program
Perry Mason
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Birds
Bonanza
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
What's Happening!!
The Young Philadelphians
Green Acres
The Last Hurrah
Alice
The Rifleman
McMillan & Wife
The King's Pirate
Lover Come Back
Leave It to Beaver
CHiPs
The Beverly Hillbillies
Maverick
Blackboard Jungle
Who's Minding the Store?
Them!
Blackbeard's Ghost
Here's Lucy
The Spirit of St. Louis
Designing Woman
Gunsmoke
Shield for Murder
The Life of Riley
The Pet Set
Lux Video Theatre
That Darn Cat!
My Three Sons
A Summer Place
My Sister Eileen
Désirée
Dear Heart
That Touch of Mink
North to Alaska
The Donna Reed Show
The Proud Ones
The Love Boat
The Gnome-Mobile