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).
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
City Councilman
Bad Manners
Ticket Salesman
The Awakening of Cassie
No Man's Valley
Panda (voice)
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Joseph Rottman
Murder Can Hurt You!
Mr. Burnice
The Gossip Columnist
Director
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
King of Cey What
Piranha
Earl Lyon
Getting Married
Wedding Director
Rabbit Test
First Newscaster
The Man from Clover Grove
Charlie Strange
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
Lady in Cement
Arnie Sherwin
The Narco Men
Records Clerk
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Charlie Wrenn
Blackbeard's Ghost
Dean Wheaton
The King's Pirate
Swaine
The Gnome-Mobile
Ralph Yarby
Enter Laughing
Pike
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Survival Manual Narrator
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Mr. Travis / Police Chief
Billie
Principal Arnold Wilson
That Darn Cat!
Drive-in-Manager
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Maginot
Dear Heart
Mr. Cruikshank
The Patsy
Sy Devore
The Raiders
Commissioner Mailer
Who's Minding the Store?
Tie Salesman
The Birds
Mitch's City Neighbor
Critic's Choice
Harvey Rittenhouse
That Touch of Mink
Mr. Miller
About Time
The Butler
Lover Come Back
Dr. Melnick
Everything's Ducky
Dr. Deckham
All in a Night's Work
Fur Salesman (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
A Summer Place
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
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Chapman
The Man Who Understood Women
Rossi (uncredited)
It Started with a Kiss
Capt. Porter (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
Michael Gilmore
The Young Philadelphians
George Archibald
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Sheriff
The Last Hurrah
Graves (uncredited)
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Milburn Schroeder
The High Cost of Loving
Obstetrician (uncredited)
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Shirt Salesman
Kiss Them for Me
Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
Reverend Zaron
My Man Godfrey
Farnsworth
The Hired Man
Harry Attwood
Designing Woman
Larry Musso (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Sidney (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
H.L. Denham
The Power and the Prize
Howard Carruthers
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Williams (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
Barber (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Big Trout
Hot Blood
Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited)
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Lay That Rifle Down
Glover Speckleton
This Island Earth
Spacecraft Pilot
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Semu
Blackboard Jungle
Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
Prince of Players
Theatre Manager
Cry Vengeance
Bartender at The Cameo Room
Désirée
Etienne Clary
Private Hell 36
Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Shield for Murder
The Professor
Them!
Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Invaders from Mars
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