The Story Behind ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Star Richard Deacon’s Secret Regret

Quite frequently, we the viewers assume that an actor or an actress has many of the same attributes, qualities, and characteristics as the characters that they play on TV shows and in movies. It really is hard to avoid, but it’s often untrue. Case in point, Richard Deacon, who was famous for playing annoying and difficult characters on TV, but in real life, was anything but. And his one regret was that he didn’t take greater pains to get the TV viewers of the world to see that.