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Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 [2] [3] – August 8, 1984) was an American television and motion picture actor, [4] best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, [5] Leave It to Beaver, [6] and The Jack Benny Program, [7] along with minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) [8] and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Richard Deacon. Actor: The Birds. Richard Deacon was the bald, bespectacled character actor most famous for playing television producer Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) from 1961 to 1966. In the first season of that show he also continued to appear on the series he was already appearing on, Leave It to Beaver (1957), playing Lumpy Rutherford's father Fred. Born on May 14, 1922, in ...
- May 14, 1922
- August 8, 1984
Jun 28, 2019 · Deacon was still in the Beaver cast when he stepped into his career-defining role on The Dick Van Dyke Show in October 1961. Van Dyke played Rob Petrie, head writer of a comedy-variety series called The Alan Brady Show. Richard Deacon was Mel Cooley, Brady’s brother-in-law and the show’s pompous, prissy—“unctuous”—producer.
Richard Deacon. Actor: The Birds. Richard Deacon was the bald, bespectacled character actor most famous for playing television producer Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) from 1961 to 1966.
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sep 18, 2017 · The Amazing, But Much Too Short, Career of Richard Deacon. September 18, 2017September 12, 2021 / thewritelife61. Richard Deacon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921, but most of his adolescence was spent in Binghamton, New York. When he was only 11, he contracted polio. He took up dancing to build up his leg muscles.
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Aug 8, 2023 · Richard Deacon is a 63 years old actor from United States of America from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Richard Deacon was born on May 14, 1921 (died on August 08, 1984, he was 63 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
