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Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American television and motion picture actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver, and The Jack Benny Program, along with minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock ...
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.
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...
Jun 28, 2019 · An intriguing answer brings us back to Charles Pierce, the “male actress” known for his Bette Davis and Joan Crawford impersonations, and social connections to Richard Deacon, Roger C. Carmel, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, and other 1960s television stars caught in the lavender closet.
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.
Sep 18, 2017 · Everything I read about Richard Deacon painted him as a gracious, friendly, very funny man who was caring and kind. He had an amazing career, with 180 acting credits within a 30-year period. The legacy he left was a rich and full acting life.
Born in Philadelphia, Richard Deacon was one of the most prominent character actors on television during the 1960s. After a long string of bit parts in movies and TV shows in the early '50s, many of which were uncredited, Deacon finally began to get substantial recurring roles, most notably on...
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Aug 10, 1984 · Deacon, best known for his role as the grumpy Mel Cooley in the 1960s television series, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' had been an actor for 40 years, playing in more than 100 feature movies...
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Aug 9, 1984 · LOS ANGELES -- Actor Richard Deacon, best known for his role as the grumpy boss in the 1960s television series, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' died of an apparent heart attack, friends said...
With more than 160 screen credits to his name, Deacon was never inactive for long, and, when he died of a heart attack in '84, he was still regularly appearing on television. Born in Philadelphia, Richard Deacon was one of the most prominent character actors on television during the 1960s.
