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Deacon, Richard, 1922-1984

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Personal name headingDeacon, Richard, 1922-1984
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Birth date1922-05-14
Death date1984-08-08
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityActing
Profession or occupationActors Comedians
Special noteSome sources erroneously give year of birth as 1921.
Found inHis Microwave oven cookbook, 1974.
Leave it to Beaver. The complete first season [VR] 2005: credits (Richard Deacon, cast)
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 viewed December 13, 2021 via Ancestry.com (Richard Lewis Deacon; born May 14, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 viewed December 13, 2021 via Ancestry.com (Richard Deacon; born May 14, 1922 in Pennsylvania; died, August 8, 1984 in Los Angeles, California)
New York times, August 11, 1984, viewed December 13, 2021 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers p. 28 (Richard Deacon; comic film and television actor; age 62; died, Wednesday (August 8), 1984 in Los Angeles, California; appeared in Leave it to Beaver and as Mel Cooley in The Dick Van Dyke show; also authored a microwave cookbook and had a television cooking show in Canada)
Internet movie database, Dec. 21, 2004 (Richard Deacon, b. May 14, 1921 in Philadelphia, Penn.; d. Aug. 8, 1984 in Los Angeles, Calif.; actor)
Information from 678 field, converted Aug. 17, 2014 (comedian, dramatic actor)
Associated languageeng