Richard Deacon
Acting
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).
Born: May 14, 1922
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Its original network title was The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the first season, and The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Presents The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show for the following seasons. It was the successor to the classic comedy, I Love Lucy, and featured the same major cast members. The production schedule avoided the grind of a regular weekly series. Desilu produced the show, which was mostly filmed at their Los Angeles studios with occasional on-location shoots at Lake Arrowhead, Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho. CBS reran the show under the "Lucy-Desi" title during the summers of 1962-1967, after which it went into syndication.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Addams Family
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
The Munsters
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.
I Dream of Jeannie
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Night Gallery
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
The Jack Benny Program
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
The Jack Benny Program
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
Filmography
as City Councilman
as Ticket Salesman
as Panda (voice)
as Joseph Rottman
as Mr. Burnice
as Director
as King of Cey What
as Earl Lyon
as Wedding Director
as First Newscaster
as Dr. Yates
as Mr. Singleton
as Charlie Strange
as Luther Dorfman
as Self
as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
as Charlie
as Charles Furman
as Boyd Daniels
as Mr. Witherspoon
as Arnie Sherwin
as Harvey Hoople
as Loan Officer
as Records Clerk
as Charlie Wrenn
as Dean Wheaton
as Roger Buell
as Swaine
as Ralph Yarby
as Pike
as Baldwin
as Survival Manual Narrator
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
as Principal Arnold Wilson
as Drive-in-Manager
as Harley Z. Poof
as Mr. Oglethorpe
as Maginot
as Mr. Cruikshank
as Borden T. Pike
as Mortimer Phelps
as Sy Devore
as Commissioner Mailer
as Tie Salesman
as Mr. Bentley
as Mitch's City Neighbor
as Harvey Rittenhouse
as Self
as Mr. Brubaker
as Mr. Miller
as The Butler
as Dr. Melnick
as Dr. Deckham
as Mel Cooley
as Martin
as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
as Dr. Baker
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
as Chapman
as Bill Skidmore
as Funeral Director
as Wallace V. Whipple
as Rossi (uncredited)
as Cecil Ellingboe
as Captain Shark
as Capt. Porter (uncredited)
as Michael Gilmore
as George Archibald
as Sheriff
as Graves (uncredited)
as Milburn Schroeder
as Wallace Friend
as Conway
as Obstetrician (uncredited)
as Shirt Salesman
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
as Reverend Zaron
as Winslow (uncredited)
as Farnsworth
as Fred Rutherford
as Mr. Laidlaw
as Floyd Gimbel
as Wilmer Beaslee
as Harry Attwood
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
as Sidney (uncredited)
as H.L. Denham
as Uncle Archie McCleod
as Howard Carruthers
as Williams (uncredited)
as Barber (uncredited)
as Big Trout
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
as Emergency Room Doctor
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Paul Erickson
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
as Botkin
as Glover Speckleton
as Spacecraft Pilot
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
as Jeweler
as Foundation Rep. Gibson
as Theatre Manager
as District Attorney
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
as Etienne Clary
as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
as The Professor
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
as Truant Officer
as MP
as Chauffeur
as Planter O'Toole
as Dr. Thomas Gregory
as Shirt Salesman
as Self