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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)...
Actor. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:52. The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) 30 Videos. 31 Photos. 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.
Imposing, bald-pated, bespectacled character actor, best known for playing imperious authority figure types. In private life, a bookish man and a renowned gourmet chef. Was friends with Barbara Billingsley, and Dick Van Dyke. Lived in Binghamton, NY from the age of 10 until heading to the Army.
Aug 11, 1984 · Richard Deacon, an actor whose comically pompous roles included Lumpy Rutherford's father in the television series ''Leave It to Beaver'' and the overbearing producer Mel Cooley in ''The Dick...
Jun 28, 2019 · Richard Deacon was Mel Cooley, Brady’s brother-in-law and the show’s pompous, prissy—“unctuous”—producer. Mel Cooley kissed Alan Brady’s ass, while serving as the constant butt of jokes and insults by gag writer Buddy Sorrell (played by Morey Amsterdam). Mel Cooley was the perfect straight man. Richard Deacon was not.
Dec 13, 2023 · Richard Deacon as Mel Cooley. Character actor Richard Deacon, born May 14, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appeared in many TV shows and movies, but besides The Dick Van Dyke Show, he was seen ...
Sep 18, 2017 · Uncategorized. 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. Deacon’s first career choice was to become a doctor.
