Richard Deacon
Birth date
May 14, 1922
Death date
August 8, 1984
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Acting
Age
62 years
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).
Also known as
Richard Lewis Deacon
