Richard Deacon Movies

Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly...

A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight...

While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out...

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...

A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage.

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he...

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of...

An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

TV special featuring comedian Pudgy performing before a star-studded audience abroad RMS Queen Mary

A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a...

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of...