Richard Lewis Deacon 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's The Birds (1963).
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Guest starring as Fred Zisk
- Episode 5x01: I Only Have Ice for You (Oct 2, 1983)
BJ and the Bear (1979)
Guest starring as Sheriff Masters
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers, Part 2 (Oct 6, 1979)
- Episode 2x01: Snow White and the Seven Lady Truckers, Part 1 (Sep 29, 1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Dr. Yates
- Episode 6x06: The Audition / The Groupies / Doc's Nephew (Nov 6, 1982)
Alice (1976)
Guest starring as R.J. Meyerson
- Episode 7x17: The Grass is Always Greener (May 1, 1983)
What's Happening!! (1976)
Guest starring as Mr. Bradford
- Episode 3x13: A Present for Dee (Feb 9, 1979)
The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)
Guest starring as Richard Deacon
- Episode 1x12: June 11-15, 1973 (Jun 11, 1973)
Love, American Style (1969)
Guest starring as Boyd Daniels
- Episode 1x14: Love and the Phonies (Oct 27, 1969)
Guest starring as Charlie
- Episode 3x51: Love and the Fountain of Youth (Dec 17, 1971)
The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
Guest starring as Witherspoon
- Episode 1x01: Instant Money (Sep 18, 1967)
The Mothers-In-Law (1967)
Starring as Roger Buell
(26 episodes)
- Episode 2x26: The Not-So-Grand Opera (Apr 13, 1969)
- Episode 2x25: The Charge of the Wife Brigade (Apr 6, 1969)
- Episode 2x24: Show Business is No Business (Mar 30, 1969)
- Episode 2x23: Take Her, He's Mine (Mar 23, 1969)
- Episode 2x22: Two on the Aisle (Mar 16, 1969)
- Episode 2x21: Every In-Law Wants to Get Into the Act (Mar 2, 1969)
- Episode 2x20: Guess Who's Coming Forever? (Feb 23, 1969)
- Episode 2x19: Void Where Prohibited by In-Laws (Feb 9, 1969)
- Episode 2x18: Double Trouble in the Nursery (Feb 2, 1969)
- Episode 2x17: Nanny Go Home (Jan 26, 1969)
- Episode 2x16: And Baby Makes Four (Jan 19, 1969)
- Episode 2x15: Haven't You Had That Baby Yet? (Jan 12, 1969)
- Episode 2x14: Make Room for Baby (Jan 5, 1969)
- Episode 2x13: Didn't You Use to Be Ozzie Snick? (Dec 22, 1968)
- Episode 2x12: Hail, Hail, the Gang's Still Here (Dec 15, 1968)
- Episode 2x11: Nome, Schnome, I'd Rather Have It at Home (Dec 8, 1968)
- Episode 2x10: The Birth of Everything but the Blues (Dec 1, 1968)
- Episode 2x09: The First Anniversary is the Hardest (Nov 24, 1968)
- Episode 2x08: It's a Dog's Life (Nov 10, 1968)
- Episode 2x07: The Matador Makes a Movie (Oct 27, 1968)
- Episode 2x06: Even Mothers-in-Law Have Mothers-in-Law (Oct 20, 1968)
- Episode 2x05: I Didn't Raise Myself to Be a Grandmother (Oct 13, 1968)
- Episode 2x04: Love Thy Neighbor, If You Can't Get Him to Move (Oct 6, 1968)
- Episode 2x03: A Little Pregnancy Goes a Long Way (Sep 29, 1968)
- Episode 2x02: The Match Game (Sep 22, 1968)
- Episode 2x01: Here Comes the Bride, Again (Sep 15, 1968)
The Pruitts of Southampton (1966)
Guest starring as Baldwin
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x27: My Sister-in-Law Phyllis (Mar 17, 1967)
- Episode 1x24: Phyllis the Bat Girl (Feb 24, 1967)
- Episode 1x22: How to Rob a Millionaire (Feb 10, 1967)
- Episode 1x16: Phyllis, Queen of the Road (Dec 27, 1966)
- Episode 1x09: Phyllis Entertains Royalty (Nov 1, 1966)
- Episode 1x01: Phyllis Goes Broke (Sep 6, 1966)
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Guest starring as Harley Z. Pool
- Episode 3x08: Who Are You Calling a Genie? (Nov 7, 1967)
Get Smart (1965)
Guest starring as Internship Doctor
- Episode 5x08: And Baby Makes Four (2) (Nov 14, 1969) [Uncredited]
The Addams Family (1964)
Guest starring as Mortimer Phelps
- Episode 1x32: Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor (May 7, 1965)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Guest starring as Richard Deacon
- Episode 2x03: Have Girls Will Travel (Oct 16, 1964)
My Favorite Martian (1963)
Guest starring as Mr. Bentley
- Episode 1x20: My Nephew the Artist (Feb 23, 1964)
Guest starring as James J. Jackson
- Episode 1x04: Russians R in Season (Oct 20, 1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Richard Deacon
- Episode 1970-01-23: Jan 23, 1970 (Jan 23, 1970)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Guest starring as Dr. Klingner
- Episode 9x09: Farm in the Ocean (Nov 24, 1970)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Richard Deacon
- Episode 12x62: Nov 28, 1972 (Nov 28, 1972)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Guest starring as Melvin 'Mel' Cooley
(82 episodes)
- Episode 5x32: The Last Chapter (Jun 1, 1966)
- Episode 5x31: The Gunslinger (May 25, 1966)
- Episode 5x26: Obnoxious, Offensive Egomaniac Etc. (Apr 13, 1966)
- Episode 5x25: A Day in the Life of Alan Brady (Apr 6, 1966)
- Episode 5x24: Talk to the Snail (Mar 23, 1966)
- Episode 5x22: Buddy Sorrell Man and Boy (Mar 2, 1966)
- Episode 5x21: Dear Sally Rogers (Feb 23, 1966)
- Episode 5x19: The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart (Feb 9, 1966)
- Episode 5x15: Who Stole My Watch (Jan 5, 1966)
- Episode 5x14: Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work (Dec 29, 1965)
- Episode 5x08: Odd But True (Nov 3, 1965)
- Episode 5x04: The Ugliest Dog in the World (Oct 6, 1965)
- Episode 5x03: Uhny Uftz (Sep 29, 1965)
- Episode 5x01: Coast to Coast Big Mouth (Sep 15, 1965)
- Episode 4x30: One Hundred Terrible Hours (May 5, 1965) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x29: Baby Fat (Apr 21, 1965)
- Episode 4x28: Show of Hands (Apr 14, 1965)
- Episode 4x22: Young Man With A Shoehorn (Feb 24, 1965)
- Episode 4x20: The Redcoats Are Coming (Feb 10, 1965)
- Episode 4x19: Boy #1, Boy #2 (Feb 3, 1965)
- Episode 4x16: The Impractical Joke (Jan 13, 1965)
- Episode 4x15: Brother, Can You Spare $2500? (Jan 6, 1965)
- Episode 4x13: My Two Showoffs and Me (Dec 16, 1964)
- Episode 4x11: It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise (Dec 2, 1964)
- Episode 4x09: Three Letters from One Wife (Nov 18, 1964)
- Episode 4x07: 4½ (Nov 4, 1964) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x06: Romances, Roses and Rye Bread (Oct 28, 1964) [Co-Star]
- Episode 4x04: A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat (Oct 14, 1964)
- Episode 4x02: The Ghost of A. Chantz (Sep 30, 1964)
- Episode 3x31: I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All (Apr 29, 1964)
- Episode 3x28: October Eve (Apr 8, 1964)
- Episode 3x27: The Return of Edwin Carp (Apr 1, 1964)
- Episode 3x26: Scratch My Car and Die (Mar 25, 1964)
- Episode 3x24: How to Spank a Star (Mar 11, 1964) [Co-Star]
- Episode 3x22: My Part-Time Wife (Feb 26, 1964) [Credit Only]
- Episode 3x21: The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth (Feb 19, 1964)
- Episode 3x17: The Life and Love of Joe Coogan (Jan 22, 1964)
- Episode 3x15: My Husband is the Best One (Jan 8, 1964)
- Episode 3x14: The Third One from the Left (Jan 1, 1964)
- Episode 3x13: The Alan Brady Show Presents (Dec 18, 1963)
- Episode 3x08: Uncle George (Nov 13, 1963)
- Episode 3x07: Who and Where Was Antonio Stradivarius? (Nov 6, 1963)
- Episode 3x06: Too Many Stars (Oct 30, 1963)
- Episode 3x04: Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice (2) (Oct 16, 1963)
- Episode 3x01: That's My Boy?? (Sep 25, 1963)
- Episode 2x32: When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen (May 8, 1963)
- Episode 2x31: Jilting the Jilter (May 1, 1963) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x30: A Surprise Surprise is a Surprise (Apr 24, 1963)
- Episode 2x29: It's a Shame She Married Me (Apr 17, 1963)
- Episode 2x27: Racy Tracy Rattigan (Apr 3, 1963)
- Episode 2x26: I'm No Henry Walden (Mar 27, 1963) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x25: The Square Triangle (Mar 20, 1963) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x24: The Sam Pomerantz Scandals (Mar 6, 1963) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x20: It May Look Like a Walnut! (Feb 6, 1963)
- Episode 2x19: I Was a Teenage Head Writer (Jan 30, 1963)
- Episode 2x16: The Foul Weather Girl (Jan 9, 1963) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x13: A Man's Teeth Are Not His Own (Dec 19, 1962)
- Episode 2x10: The Secret Life of Buddy and Sally (Nov 28, 1962)
- Episode 2x08: Like a Sister (Nov 14, 1962)
- Episode 2x07: What's in a Middle Name? (Nov 7, 1962)
- Episode 2x06: My Husband is Not a Drunk (Oct 31, 1962)
- Episode 2x05: Hustling the Hustler (Oct 24, 1962)
- Episode 2x01: Never Name a Duck (Sep 26, 1962)
- Episode 1x30: The Return of Happy Spangler (Apr 18, 1962)
- Episode 1x27: The Sleeping Brother (Mar 28, 1962)
- Episode 1x26: I Am My Brother's Keeper (Mar 21, 1962)
- Episode 1x25: Where You Been, Fassbinder? (Mar 14, 1962)
- Episode 1x23: The Twizzle (Feb 28, 1962)
- Episode 1x22: Father of the Week (Feb 21, 1962) [Credit Only]
- Episode 1x20: A Word a Day (Feb 7, 1962)
- Episode 1x19: The Talented Neighborhood (Jan 31, 1962)
- Episode 1x18: Who Owes Who What? (Jan 24, 1962)
- Episode 1x15: Where Did I Come From? (Jan 3, 1962)
- Episode 1x14: Buddy, Can You Spare a Job? (Dec 26, 1961)
- Episode 1x13: Sally is a Girl (Dec 19, 1961)
- Episode 1x12: Empress Carlotta's Necklace (Dec 12, 1961)
- Episode 1x11: Forty-Four Tickets (Dec 5, 1961)
- Episode 1x10: The Meershatz Pipe (Nov 28, 1961)
- Episode 1x08: To Tell or Not to Tell (Nov 14, 1961)
- Episode 1x07: Jealousy! (Nov 7, 1961)
- Episode 1x04: Washington vs. the Bunny (Oct 24, 1961)
- Episode 1x01: The Sick Boy and the Sitter (Oct 3, 1961)
Shotgun Slade (1959)
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 1x13: The Safe Crackers (aka The Peterman) (Dec 26, 1959)
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Bill Skidmore
- Episode 1x20: The Unhired Assassin (1) (Feb 25, 1960)
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Guest starring as Funeral Director
- Episode 3x11: Two for the Money (Dec 6, 1961)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Guest starring as Wallace V. Whipple
- Episode 5x33: The Brain Center at Whipple's (May 15, 1964)
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Guest starring as Wallace Friend
- Episode 3x10: The Duncan Shrine (Nov 18, 1960)
The Rifleman (1958)
Guest starring as Col. Jebediah Sims
- Episode 2x36: The Hangman (May 31, 1960) [Uncredited]
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Guest starring as Mr. Moorehead
- Episode 5x11: The Baby Buggy (Nov 29, 1962)
Guest starring as Mr. Heflin
- Episode 4x09: The Electrical Storm (Nov 9, 1961)
Annette (1958)
Guest starring as Uncle Archie
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x19: The Mystery Is Solved (Mar 7, 1958)
- Episode 1x18: Mike to the Rescue (Mar 6, 1958)
- Episode 1x17: The Farewell Letter (Mar 5, 1958)
- Episode 1x16: The Fight (Mar 4, 1958)
- Episode 1x01: The Newcomer (Feb 11, 1958)
Zorro (1957)
Guest starring as Father Ignacio
- Episode 2x38: Senor China Boy (Jun 25, 1959) [Uncredited]
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Guest starring as Fred Rutherford
(9 episodes)
- Episode 6x35: Wally's Practical Joke (May 23, 1963)
- Episode 6x24: Lumpy's Scholarship (Mar 7, 1963)
- Episode 6x22: Beaver on TV (Feb 21, 1963)
- Episode 6x17: The Parking Attendants (Jan 17, 1963)
- Episode 2x34: Wally's Haircomb (May 21, 1959)
- Episode 2x21: The Tooth (Feb 19, 1959)
- Episode 1x29: Tenting Tonight (Apr 30, 1958)
- Episode 1x16: Lumpy Rutherford (Jan 24, 1958)
- Episode 1x03: The Black Eye (Oct 18, 1957)
Guest starring as Mr. Baxter
- Episode S01 Special: It's a Small World (Pilot Episode) (Apr 23, 1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Wilmer Beaslee
- Episode 4x11: The Case of the Red Riding Boots (Dec 10, 1960)
The Thin Man (1957)
Guest starring as Mr. Peabody
- Episode 2x18: Black Wind and Lightning (Feb 27, 1959)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Mayor Hadden
- Episode 6x03: The Madame Sagittarius Story (Oct 3, 1962) [Co-Star]
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Paul Erickson
- Episode 2x17: The Great American Hoax (May 15, 1957)
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
Guest starring as Hotel Clerk
- Episode 1x06: The Life of Vernon Hathaway (Nov 9, 1955) [Uncredited]
December Bride (1954)
Guest starring as James
- Episode 2x20: Sunken Den (Feb 20, 1956)
Guest starring as Bud Hodges
- Episode 2x30: Lily the Matchmaker (May 7, 1956)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Guest starring as Dr. Constanti
- Episode 2x23: Meet McGraw: Long Count (Feb 25, 1954)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
Guest starring as Melvyn
- Episode 11x28: How to Think Up a Television Title Without Being Sued (Apr 24, 1962)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Guest starring as General Manager Thomas
- Episode 11x22: Las Vegas Show (Mar 19, 1961)
Guest starring as Shirt Salesman
- Episode 5x06: Jack Does Christmas Shopping (Dec 12, 1954)
Guest starring as Shirt Salesman
- Episode 11x09: Christmas Show (Dec 18, 1960)
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 12x14: Jack Gets a Passport (Jan 21, 1962)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
Guest starring as Mr. Dayton
- Episode 6x38: The Triple Surprise Party (Jun 18, 1956)
Guest starring as The 1st Man
- Episode 5x04: Gracie Gives a Baby Shower for Virginia Beasley (Oct 25, 1954)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
Guest starring as Richard Deacon
(2 episodes)
- Episode 20x01: Sep 22, 1969 (Sep 22, 1969)
- Episode 18x03: Shoot-In At NBC (Nov 8, 1967)