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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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FILM SCHOOLgreat, but not your thing
STANDING OVATIONgreat, and you loved it
WASTE OF POPCORNbad, and you hated it
GUILTY PLEASUREbad, and you loved it anyway
