Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/14/1922
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Richard Deacon
Biography
Known For
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
Dear Heart
as Mr. Cruikshank
Bad Manners
as Ticket Salesman
Rabbit Test
as First Newscaster
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Power and the Prize
as Howard Carruthers
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
About Time
as The Butler
Désirée
as Etienne Clary
The Patsy
as Sy Devore
The Raiders
as Commissioner Mailer
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
as Charlie Wrenn
North to Alaska
as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Williams (uncredited)
The Young Philadelphians
as George Archibald
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Maginot
The Man Who Understood Women
as Rossi (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Farnsworth
Hot Blood
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Career Timeline
1980
1978
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
A Summer Place
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
-30-
as Chapman
The Untouchables
as Bill Skidmore
Hawaiian Eye
as Funeral Director
Bourbon Street Beat
Role unknown
The Man Who Understood Women
as Rossi (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
as Wallace V. Whipple
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Cecil Ellingboe
Bonanza
as Captain Shark
It Started with a Kiss
as Capt. Porter (uncredited)
The Silent Kill
as Michael Gilmore
The Young Philadelphians
as George Archibald
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Sheriff
1958
1957
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
as Shirt Salesman
Kiss Them for Me
as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
Decision at Sundown
as Reverend Zaron
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Winslow (uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
as Farnsworth
Leave It to Beaver
as Fred Rutherford
The Real McCoys
Role unknown
The Real McCoys
as Mr. Laidlaw
Maverick
as Floyd Gimbel
Perry Mason
as Wilmer Beaslee
The Thin Man
Role unknown
The Hired Man
as Harry Attwood
Designing Woman
as Larry Musso (uncredited)
Date with the Angels
Role unknown
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
as Sidney (uncredited)
Affair in Reno
as H.L. Denham
Annette
as Uncle Archie McCleod
1956
The Power and the Prize
as Howard Carruthers
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Williams (uncredited)
The Proud Ones
as Barber (uncredited)
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Big Trout
Hot Blood
as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Doctor
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Paul Erickson
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Navy Log
Role unknown
The Great Gildersleeve
Role unknown
Gunsmoke
as Botkin
Lay That Rifle Down
as Glover Speckleton
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Semu
This Island Earth
as Spacecraft Pilot
Blackboard Jungle
as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
The Millionaire
as Jeweler
The Millionaire
as Foundation Rep. Gibson
Prince of Players
as Theatre Manager
The Bob Cummings Show
as District Attorney
1954
Cry Vengeance
as Bartender at The Cameo Room
Désirée
as Etienne Clary
December Bride
Role unknown
December Bride
as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
Private Hell 36
as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
Shield for Murder
as The Professor
Them!
as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
Public Defender
as Truant Officer