Actor

Richard Deacon

1953–present1922–1984ComedyRomanceDramaCrime

Comic Visionary

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Known For

76 acting credits

as Mitch's City Neighbor

The Birds

as Mitch's City Neighbor

1963

The Birds

as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)

1956

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Filmography

1984Bad MannersTicket Salesman5.8 1984The Hoboken Chicken EmergencyCity Councilman5.7 1982The Awakening of Cassie 1981No Man's ValleyPanda (voice)7.0 1980The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodJoseph Rottman3.6 1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not PrettyKing of Cey What6.7

About

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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