Richard Deacon
at Lisson Gallery Shanghai, 2022
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Guys, wake up, new Acedia villain dropped: The Human Fly, Richard Deacon, based on the Dark-Edged Bee-Fly!
He spits acid in one of 2 ways: globs for a quick and heavy hit or a long distance reaching stream of acid. The acid is strong enough to nearly melt through titanium.
He also has an acidic touch that he can activate at will by rubbing his hands together. The gloves he wears protect him from the acid and help to generate the acidic substance so he doesn't have to rely on his spit so much.
His rapier is very sharp, and he is quite the classy and skilled swordsman. Using it to aid himself in battle.
The wings on his back are biological, they're a part of him. He can fly surprisingly well.
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TV Guide - August 3 - 9, 1963
Moritz "Morey" Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 28, 1996) was an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He played Buddy Sorrell on CBS's The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966.
The Morey Amsterdam Show aired on CBS radio from July 10, 1948, to February 15, 1949. For three months, it was on both radio and television with different scripts for the same premise and cast.
In 1950, he briefly hosted the comedy-variety show Broadway Open House, TV's first late-night entertainment show, on NBC. One of the pioneering TV creations of NBC president Pat Weaver, it demonstrated the potential for late-night programming and led to the later development of The Tonight Show.
In February 1952, Amsterdam made his dramatic TV debut on an episode of the DuMont Television Network series Not for Publication. Also in 1952, he was host of Breakfast With Music, a 9 a.m. Monday-Friday program on WNBT-TV in New York City.
In 1958, he appeared as saloon manager Lucien Bellingham in an episode of the CBS western series Have Gun, Will Travel entitled "The Moor's Revenge". He later guest-starred on the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.
Other TV series he appeared in were The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna, December Bride, The O. Henry Playhouse, How to Marry a Millionaire, Matinee Theatre, The Danny Thomas Show, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Gunsmoke, Schlitz Playhouse, Dragnet, The Phil Silvers Show, The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, Daktari, The Hollywood Squares, That's Life, Love, American Style, The Partridge Family, Alice, Vega$, The Love Boat, Project U.F.O., Fantasy Island, Hail to the Chief, Brothers, Crazy Like a Fox, The Young and the Restless, 1st & Ten, Herman's Head, Cybill and Caroline in the City. (Wikipedia)
Richard Deacon (May 14, 1921 – August 8, 1984) 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
His best-known roles are milksop Mel Cooley (producer of “The Alan Brady Show”) on CBS’s The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966) and Fred Rutherford on Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963). (Wikipedia)
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30 Days of Classic Queer Hollywood
Day 22: Richard Deacon (1922 - 1984)
Richard Deacon was an American character actor best known for his role as Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He often played pompous, bald-headed characters, which became his signature look. Deacon also appeared in numerous other television series and films, including Leave It to Beaver and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Deacon was a closeted gay man. In the 1970s, he was interviewed about his experiences by Boze Hadleigh for the book "Hollywood Gays". In the interview, he shares his perspective on queerness in Hollywood and his experience playing "the straight man" as a gay man.
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Remembering Richard Deacon on his birthday #botd
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