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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 films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).

Filmography

1963
The Birds

as Mitch's City Neighbor

Movie
1958
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

as Milburn Schroeder

Movie