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).

Filmography

• 1984Bad Manners — Ticket Salesman
• 1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency — City Councilman
• 1982The Awakening of Cassie
• 1981No Man's Valley — Panda (voice)
• 1980Murder Can Hurt You! — Mr. Burnice
• 1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty — King of Cey What
• 1980The Gossip Columnist — Director
• 1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood — Joseph Rottman
• Trapper John, M.D.
• 1978Getting Married — Wedding Director
• 1978Piranha — Earl Lyon
• 1978Rabbit Test — First Newscaster
• CHiPs — Mr. Singleton
• The Love Boat — Dr. Yates
• Alice
• What's Happening!! — Mr. Bradford
• The Lost Saucer
• 1975The Man from Clover Grove — Charlie Strange
• Honeymoon Suite
• McMillan & Wife — Luther Dorfman
• Night Gallery — Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
• 1969Arsenic and Old Lace — Mr. Witherspoon
• Love, American Style — Charlie, Charles Furman, Boyd Daniels
• 1968Blackbeard's Ghost — Dean Wheaton
• Here's Lucy — Harvey Hoople, Loan Officer
• 1968Lady in Cement — Arnie Sherwin
• 1968The Narco Men — Records Clerk
• 1968The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band — Charlie Wrenn
• 1967Enter Laughing — Pike
• Rango
• 1967The Gnome-Mobile — Ralph Yarby
• 1967The King's Pirate — Swaine
• The Mothers-in-Law — Roger Buell
• 1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title — Mr. Travis / Police Chief
• 1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. — Survival Manual Narrator
• The Carol Channing Show — Leon Thatcher
• The Pruitts of Southampton — Baldwin
• 1965Billie — Principal Arnold Wilson
• 1965Dear Heart — Mr. Cruikshank
• Get Smart — Internship Doctor (uncredited)
• Green Acres — Mr. Oglethorpe
• I Dream of Jeannie — Harley Z. Poof
• 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! — Maginot
• 1965That Darn Cat! — Drive-in-Manager
• The Addams Family — Mortimer Phelps
• The Munsters — Borden T. Pike
• 1964The Patsy — Sy Devore
• 1963Critic's Choice — Harvey Rittenhouse
• My Favorite Martian — Mr. Bentley
• 1963The Birds — Mitch's City Neighbor
• 1963The Raiders — Commissioner Mailer
• 1963Who's Minding the Store? — Tie Salesman
• 1962About Time — The Butler
• 1962That Touch of Mink — Mr. Miller
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Mr. Brubaker
• 87th Precinct — Martin
• 1961All in a Night's Work — Fur Salesman (uncredited)
• 1961Everything's Ducky — Dr. Deckham
• 1961Lover Come Back — Dr. Melnick
• Mister Ed — Tatti (voice) (uncredited), Dr. Baker
• The Dick Van Dyke Show — Mel Cooley
• Guestward, Ho!
• My Three Sons
• 1960North to Alaska — Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Pete and Gladys
• 1959-30- — Chapman
• 1959A Summer Place — Pawnbroker (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Captain Shark
• Bourbon Street Beat
• Hawaiian Eye — Funeral Director
• 1959It Started with a Kiss — Captain Porter (uncredited)
• 1959The Man Who Understood Women — Rossi (uncredited)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Cecil Ellingboe
• 1959The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker — Sheriff
• 1959The Silent Kill — Michael Gilmore
• The Twilight Zone — Wallace V. Whipple
• The Untouchables — Bill Skidmore
• 1959The Young Philadelphians — George Archibald
• 77 Sunset Strip — Wallace Friend
• 1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed — Milburn Schroeder
• The Donna Reed Show — Mr. Heflin, Mr. Conroy
• The Ed Wynn Show — Conway
• 1958The High Cost of Loving — Obstetrician (uncredited)
• 1958The Last Hurrah — Graves (uncredited)
• The Rifleman
• 1957Affair in Reno — H.L. Denham
• Annette — Uncle Archie McCleod
• Date with the Angels
• 1957Decision at Sundown — Reverend Zaron
• 1957Designing Woman — Larry Musso (uncredited)
• 1957Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show — Shirt Salesman
• 1957Kiss Them for Me — Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
• Leave It to Beaver — Fred Rutherford
• Maverick — Floyd Gimbel
• 1957My Man Godfrey — Farnsworth
• Perry Mason — Wilmer Beaslee
• 1957Spring Reunion — Sidney (uncredited)
• 1957The Hired Man — Harry Attwood
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour — Winslow (uncredited)
• The Real McCoys — Mr. Laidlaw
• 1957The Spirit of St. Louis — Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
• The Thin Man
• 1956Hot Blood — Mr. Swift (uncredited)
• 1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers — Emergency Room Doctor (uncredited), Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
• 1956The Kettles in the Ozarks — Big Trout
• 1956The Power and the Prize — Howard Carruthers
• 1956The Proud Ones — Barber (uncredited)
• 1956The Solid Gold Cadillac — Williams (uncredited)
• 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy — Semu
• 1955Blackboard Jungle — Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
• 1955Good Morning, Miss Dove — Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Botkin
• 1955Lay That Rifle Down — Glover Speckleton
• 1955My Sister Eileen — Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
• Navy Log
• 1955Prince of Players — Theatre Manager
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Paul Erickson
• The Bob Cummings Show — District Attorney
• The Great Gildersleeve
• The Millionaire — Jeweler, Foundation Rep. Gibson
• 1955This Island Earth — Pilot (uncredited)
• 1954Cry Vengeance — Bartender at The Cameo Room
• December Bride — James, Desi Arnaz's Butler, Bud Hodges
• 1954Désirée — Etienne Clary
• 1954Private Hell 36 — Mr. Mace (uncredited)
• Public Defender — Truant Officer
• 1954Shield for Murder — The Professor
• 1954Them! — Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
• 1953Invaders from Mars — MP
• The Danny Thomas Show — John Savich
• The Life Of Riley — Chauffeur
• The Ford Television Theatre — Planter O'Toole
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Dr. Thomas Gregory
• Lux Video Theatre — Sheldon, Norton
• The Jack Benny Program — Shirt Salesman
• Ford Theatre

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 1983The Unpredictable Pudgy! — Himself
• The Pet Set — Self
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Bob Hope Show — Self