Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 14, 1922
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Lewis Deacon
Richard Deacon
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).
Known For - Movies
The Birds
as Mitch's City Neighbor
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Piranha
as Earl Lyon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
A Summer Place
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Désirée
as Etienne Clary
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
