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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 Dec 1911
- Died
- 2 Jan 1998
- Works
- 64
Top works
- The wicked city
- The identity of Jack the ripper [Book]
- The wicked village
- The unseen killer; a study of suicide, its history, causes and cures
- The Health Business
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
Known for
- Bad Manners — Ticket Salesman1984
- The Hoboken Chicken Emergency — City Councilman1984
- The Unpredictable Pudgy! — Himself1983
- The Awakening of Cassie1982
- No Man's Valley — Panda (voice)1981
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood — Joseph Rottman1980
- Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty — King of Cey What1980
- Murder Can Hurt You! — Mr. Burnice1980
- The Gossip Columnist — Director1980
- Trapper John, M.D.1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- Bennington College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Richard Deacon in 1962.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-05-14
- date of death
- 1984-08-08
- cause of death
- disease
- Commons category
- Richard Deacon (actor)
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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