The best Richard Deacon’s comedy movies on YouTube

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

14/05/1921- 08/08/1984
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Piranha

Piranha
5.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 03/08/1978
  • Character: Earl Lyon
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost
6.8/10
Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester (Stowecroft). The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker (Jones) gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.

North to Alaska

North to Alaska
6.9/10
Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink
6.6/10
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
6.2/10
When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.

Lover Come Back

Lover Come Back
7.1/10
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.

The Patsy

The Patsy
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 24/06/1964
  • Character: Sy Devore
When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big TV show (a Patsy). But the man chosen, bellboy Stanley Belt (Lewis), can't do anything right. The TV show is getting closer, and Stanley is getting worse.

Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 28/11/1963
  • Character: Tie Salesman
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?

Designing Woman

Designing Woman
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 16/05/1957
  • Character: Larry Musso (uncredited)
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

The Gnome-Mobile

The Gnome-Mobile
6.4/10
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.

The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Solid Gold Cadillac
7.5/10
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/04/1963
  • Character: Harvey Rittenhouse
Bob Hope is a New York theater critic and his wife (Lucille Ball in their final motion picture pairing) writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Hope must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage. Based on the Broadway play by Ira Levin.

All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1961
  • Character: Fur Salon Clerk
Tony Ryder takes over the magazine of his late uncle, who supposedly died while spending time with a mistress. Worried that the news will besmirch his magazine's wholesome reputation, Tony hires a detective to find out who the mistress is.

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