| Deacon Palmer | |
|---|---|
 Deacon Palmer, Doug's best friend, as played by Victor Williams | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupation/ Career: |
Delivery driver and parcel inventory man at IPS Packaging Shift Supervisor at IPS Packaging (Former) |
| Family and Personal | |
| Spouse(s): | Kelly |
| Related to: | sons Kirby Palmer and Major Palmer |
| Character information | |
| Appeared on: | The King of Queens |
| Episodes appeared in: | 174 in series, Seasons 1-9 |
| Character played by: | Victor Williams |
Deacon John Palmer is a delivery driver for IPS. Deacon was already there when he met Doug, who at the time was unemployed and is trying to impress Carrie, whom he has dated for about a month, and happened to enter into the IPS building. Doug proceeds to put it on Deacon’s uniform leading them to start chatting. At first Deacon hates Doug, later on they become best friends.
In Season 3, Deacon has dinner with a classmate a few times secretly but gets found out by Doug, and Carrie gets the information out of Doug. Under Carrie's threat to tell Kelly, Doug convinces Deacon that since he hadn't done anything physical, he hadn't cheated, but both Kelly and Carrie disagrees which leads to Deacon being thrown out and moving in with Spence, they reconcile, but break up more seriously later.
About Deacon[]
Doug's best friend and co-worker. Towering in height and athletic, Deacon is a year and a few weeks younger than Doug, but the more mature of the two, in addition to being the classic "family man". Deacon and his wife Kelly have two sons, named Major and Kirby. He is often seen hanging out with Doug, whether it is on their lunch break, over the weekend, or for a family gathering. Although he often experiences relationship problems, Deacon always has time to relax and have fun. He will often help Doug plan elaborate schemes to fool Carrie, but he rarely likes to get involved in the scheme himself.
Deacon attended St. John's University in Queens, where he received two bachelor's degrees, one in art history and one in music. In the Season 1 episode "Best Man" (#13), Deacon mentions having served in the National Guard. He also volunteers as a Big Brother.