
Actor · 32 credits
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).

The Love Boat
1977
Dr. Yates

Night Gallery
1970
Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")

Love, American Style
1969
Charlie
Harvey Hoople

The Mothers-in-Law
1967
Roger Buell

Get Smart
1965
Internship Doctor (uncredited)

I Dream of Jeannie
1965
Harley Z. Poof

Green Acres
1965
Mr. Oglethorpe

The Munsters
1964
Borden T. Pike

The Addams Family
1964
Mortimer Phelps

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Mel Cooley

The Untouchables
1959
Bill Skidmore

Hawaiian Eye
1959
Funeral Director

The Twilight Zone
1959
Wallace V. Whipple

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Cecil Ellingboe

Bonanza
1959
Captain Shark

77 Sunset Strip
1958
Wallace Friend

The Donna Reed Show
1958
Mr. Heflin

Leave It to Beaver
1957
Fred Rutherford

Maverick
1957
Floyd Gimbel

Perry Mason
1957
Wilmer Beaslee

Gunsmoke
1955
Botkin

The Millionaire
1955
Jeweler

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Planter O'Toole

The Jack Benny Program
1950
Shirt Salesman