Richard Deacon
Actor

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon is credited on 44 movies and 34 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for The Birds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Twilight Zone.

Born May 14, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died August 8, 1984.

Filmography · 60 titles

The 60 best known of 78 credits on TMDB, by votes.

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About Richard Deacon

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...

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