Richard Deacon
Birthday: 1922-05-14
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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).
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The Birds
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attac...
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Critic's Choice
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver...
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless ali...
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The Gnome-Mobile
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes wh...
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Piranha
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests becom...
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Getting Married
A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy....
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Billie
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend w...
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Cry Vengeance
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, fra...
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Lady in Cement
While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde...
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Enter Laughing
A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman....
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The Young Philadelphians
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climb...
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Blackbeard's Ghost
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains ...
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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evad...
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The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film vers...
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No Man's Valley
Elliot, a rare California condor, must find a hideaway for endangered animals before man drives them...
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Good Morning, Miss Dove
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of...
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Dear Heart
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' co...
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Rabbit Test
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world...
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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank...
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Spring Reunion
A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class...
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It Started with a Kiss
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a cha...
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Désirée
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napol...
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The King's Pirate
Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirate...
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My Man Godfrey
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfre...
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Everything's Ducky
Everything's Ducky is a 1961 film directed by Don Taylor and starring Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, ...
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That Touch of Mink
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne co...
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This Island Earth
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-...
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Lay That Rifle Down
A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life....
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Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deser...
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Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with...
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The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The eleven members of the Bower family move to Dakota Territory....
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Bad Manners
Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, th...
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Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbin...
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Them!
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southw...
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The Awakening of Cassie
Cassie is a young, pretty, free-spirited artist. She meets Mark, a handsome art gallery owner, and e...
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Invaders from Mars
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants....
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Private Hell 36
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bill...
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The Last Hurrah
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo...
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Murder Can Hurt You!
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta...
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Blackboard Jungle
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupi...
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The Hired Man
The LA County sheriff's department is on the hunt for a man who approaches his victims as a prospect...
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The Silent Kill
Retired football player and current P. I. Brock Callahan (Ken Clark) is hired to investigate the dea...
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A Summer Place
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children beg...
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combin...
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken nam...
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The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Pa...
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Decision at Sundown
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the forme...
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a l...
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The Man from Clover Grove
A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the chi...
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The Raiders
Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad....
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That Darn Cat!
A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, t...
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Kiss Them for Me
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage ...
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Affair in Reno
The story of a PR man hired by a millionaire to go to Reno to prevent his daughter from marrying an ...
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Designing Woman
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, althoug...
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The Gossip Columnist
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on am...
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Who's Minding the Store?
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend...
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Arsenic and Old Lace
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and th...
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by...
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The Kettles in the Ozarks
Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkans...
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The Proud Ones
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia...
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Hot Blood
Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie...
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North to Alaska
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fia...
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The Patsy
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased e...
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Prince of Players
This biopic follows the story of Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth and his rise to fame. Edwin's caree...
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Shield for Murder
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money....
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The Man Who Understood Women
A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems....
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Lover Come Back
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike e...
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The High Cost of Loving
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut...
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All in a Night's Work
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine a...
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The Power and the Prize
An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee....
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My Sister Eileen
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune...
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless ali...
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