Richard Deacon was the bald, bespectacled character actor most famous for playing television producer Mel Cooley on
The Dick Van Dyke Show 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, playing Lumpy Ruthrford's father Fred...See full bio »
1969-1972Love, American Style
(TV series)
Boyd Daniels (segment "Love and the Phonies")
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Charles Furman (segment "Love and the Oldly Weds")
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Charlie (segment 'Love and the Fountain of Youth')
(1966) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a sitcom pilot for CBS called "The Mouse That Roared" that had more to do with the 1959 movie starring Peter Sellers (
The Mouse That Roared) than the original novel by Leonard Wibberley. The pilot starred Sid Caesar in multiple roles.
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