Richard Deacon Movies

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...

Arthur is asked to pick up a bird for Thanksgiving dinner, so he brings home a 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcome her with open...

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...

Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates.

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 crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

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

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and...

In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police...

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe....

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

Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.

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

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

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

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

While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon...

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