Richard Deacon
Birthday: 1922-05-14
Deathday: 1984-08-08
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as: Richard Lewis Deacon
imdb_id: nm0212586
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).