Dick Elliott
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard "Dick" Elliott (April 30, 1886 – December 22, 1961) was an American character actor who played in over 240 films from the 1930s until the time of his death. He was born Richard Damon Elliott in Boston, Massachusetts. Elliott played many different roles, typically as a somewhat blustery sort, such as a politician. A short, fat man, Elliott played Santa Claus on the Jimmy Durante, Red Skelton, and Jack Benny programs. Elliott had a couple of memorable lines in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), in which he scolded James Stewart, who was trying to say goodnight to Donna Reed, advising him to stop hemming and hawing and "just go ahead and kiss her". He also had a few memorable appearances in episodes of the Adventures of Superman television series. He appeared three times as Stanley on the CBS sitcom December Bride, as well as on two of ABC/Warner Brothers' western series, Sugarfoot and Maverick. He was cast as the prospector Peter Cooper and then as Sheriff Tiny Morris in two segments of CBS's Tales of the Texas Rangers. He appeared twice as Doc Thornton on ABC's The Real McCoys. Elliott is perhaps best known as Mayberry's Mayor Pike in early episodes of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show, one of his last screen works. In two of the eleven episodes featuring Elliot as mayor, actress Josie Lloyd portrayed his daughter. On December 22, 1961, Elliott died from heart illness.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Man on Porch (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
as Kibbee (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Carl Cook
Act of Violence (1949)
as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Gun Crazy (1950)
as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Man of the West (1958)
as Willie (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
as Storyteller (uncredited)
The Clock (1945)
as New Jersey Man at Penn Station
The Mortal Storm (1940)
as Passport Official on Train
Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Editor
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
as Judge Crothers
Another Thin Man (1939)
as Detective (uncredited)
Back Street (1941)
as Hotel desk clerk
Show Business (1944)
as Binoculars Man
Silver River (1948)
as Man Waiting Hours at McComb's (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Sunset in Wyoming (1941)
as Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
Double Jeopardy (1955)
as Happy Harry
I Love You Again (1940)
as Ranger Leader (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
All Through the Night (1942)
as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
Union Station (1950)
as Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Shaving Man (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Start Cheering (1938)
as Station Agent
Abilene Town (1946)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
as Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker
Undercover Agent (1939)
as Garrison - Henchman
Driftwood (1947)
as Townsman
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Flamingo Road (1949)
as Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Drunk
Night Unto Night (1949)
as Auto Court Manager
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as Staff Editor (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
as Bartender (archive footage)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
as Man Laughing at Demo
Parnell (1937)
as Middle Aged Man
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Man Carrying Violin Case (uncredited)
Desperate (1947)
as Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)
Montana Belle (1952)
as Jeptha Rideout - Banker
Let Us Live (1939)
as Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
Omar Khayyam (1957)
as Tavern Keeper
Man from God's Country (1958)
as Mayor (uncredited)
Central Airport (1933)
as Man Looking for Driver
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
Singapore (1947)
as Passenger (uncredited)
Witness to Murder (1954)
as Apartment Manager
Four Mothers (1941)
as Ed (uncredited)
Manpower (1941)
as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
as Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as MacLean (uncredited)
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Hank
Home Boner (1939)
Actor
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
as Broker
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Politician (uncredited)
Ginger (1947)
as Mayor Hector Tillford
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Talk About a Lady (1946)
as Baldwin
The Petrified Forest (1955)
as Commander
Days of Wine and Roses (1958)
as Mr. Trayner
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Chap (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
Break of Hearts (1935)
as Max - Florist (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Politician (uncredited)
Dillinger (1945)
as Man in Bar (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Druggist (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
as Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)
The Merry Frinks (1934)
as Reporter
Silent Partner (1944)
as Pop
Down on the Farm (1938)
as Slicker
So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942)
as Evans
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Tim Miller
So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Police Sergeant
Fall Guy (1945)
as Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Heading for Heaven (1947)
as Roger Wingate
Men of the Hour (1935)
as Theatre Manager
Rock Island Trail (1950)
as Martin, Railroad Conductor
Park Row (1952)
as Jeff Hudson
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as Detective in Café
Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
as Smith (uncredited)
Adventure (1945)
as George
Women Without Names (1940)
as Roomer
Her Master's Voice (1936)
as Police Captain
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Happy (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
as Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
Sprucin' Up (1935)
as Mr. Jones
Li'l Abner (1940)
as Marryin' Sam
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
as Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
The Powers Girl (1943)
as Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates (1935)
as Photographer
Albuquerque (1948)
as Harvey (uncredited)
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
as Milt Freeman (uncredited)
International Settlement (1938)
as Ocean Liner Passenger
When Strangers Marry (1944)
as Sam Prescott
The Twinkle In God's Eye (1955)
as Lumber salesman
High Tension (1936)
as Sundholm
Stage Mother (1933)
as Party Guest
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Magician Boarding Bus
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
as Starke's Aide
We're Rich Again (1934)
as Fred Green
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
as McKeever
Prison Farm (1938)
as The Glenby Judge
Dangerous Money (1946)
as P.T. Burke
Next Time I Marry (1938)
as Henry (uncredited)
Helldorado (1935)
as Waiter
Homicide for Three (1948)
as Doorman at Atwood Towers
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
as Mayor
You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
as Meeker (uncredited)
Fort Defiance (1951)
as Kincaid
The Silver Bandit (1950)
as Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
Feathertop (1955)
as Judge Gookin
Goin' to Town (1944)
as Squire Skimp
Behind the News (1940)
as Foster
Young Bill Hickok (1940)
as Elliott
Looking for Danger (1957)
as Mike Clancy
Under Western Stars (1938)
as Sen. William P. Scully
Melody Ranch (1940)
as Sheriff Barstow
Florian (1940)
as Auctioneer
Man From Headquarters (1942)
as Editor Elwin A. Jonas
China Passage (1937)
as Philip Burton
Boy Trouble (1939)
as Dr. Benshlager
Thunder Mountain (1947)
as Dick (uncredited)
Purity Squad (1945)
as Judge Gilmenn
Bunco Squad (1950)
as Thurman (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
as Mathew Quentin
Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
as Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
as Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Passenger
The Big Game (1936)
as Lowell
Go West Young Man (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Educating Father (1936)
as Townley (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House (1945)
as Felton
Whispering Footsteps (1943)
as Chief Joe Charters
High School Hero (1946)
as Mayor Whitehead
Up in the Air (1940)
as B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
One Man's Law (1940)
as Prendergast
Last of the Desperados (1955)
as Walter 'Wally' Stone
A Likely Story (1947)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Rainbow Over Texas (1946)
as Yacht Captain Monroe
Meet the O'Briens (1954)
as Mr. Beach
She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Party Guest
Sudden Money (1939)
as Gambler
Wintertime (1943)
as Husband (uncredited)
Quick Money (1937)
as Jeffrey Walker
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
as Booking Agent
Money Madness (1948)
as Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
Road to Happiness (1941)
as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
I'm from Missouri (1939)
as Mule Judge
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
as Board Member (uncredited)
All Women Have Secrets (1939)
as Justice of the Peace
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Donald Graves
That Texas Jamboree (1946)
as Mayor Smith
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
as J.P. McCluskey
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
as Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace
The Dark Horse (1946)
as Ben Martin
The Tilted Tenderfoot (1955)
as Mayor
A Modern Marriage (1950)
as Jack
Silly Billies (1936)
as Mayor Culpepper
Truth Aches (1939)
Actor
Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
as Bascom, Hotel Guest
Three for Bedroom C (1952)
as Train Passenger
Follow That Blonde (1946)
as Judge
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
as Stumpy Carter
Flame Of Stamboul (1951)
as Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
as Gun salesman
Don't Knock The Rock (1956)
as Sheriff at End
Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)
as Police Chief Davis
Shivers (1934)
Actor
Hot Cargo (1946)
as Frankie
Up In Smoke (1957)
as Mike
Behind The Headlines (1937)
as Bartender
Star in the Night (1945)
as Traveler (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
as Malcolm P. Carstairs
Western Pacific Agent (1950)
as Sheriff
Criminal Investigator (1942)
as Ed Brandt (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid (1948)
as Sam Trotter
Doctor Jim (1947)
as Edgar
Woman Unafraid (1934)
as Tom Brady
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)
as Airport Agent
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
as Garvey
Silver Skates (1943)
as Promoter
Trail of the Yukon (1949)
as Editor Sullivan
Rose of the Yukon (1949)
as Doc Read
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)
as Sheriff
Slippy McGee (1948)
as Fred Appelby
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)
as Matthews
Hide and Shriek (1938)
as Haunted-house proprietor
Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
as Mr. Conklin
Please (1933)
as Sonny's Father
Across the Badlands (1950)
as Rufus Downey
Singin' Spurs (1948)
as Mr. Miggs
Partners in Time (1946)
as Squire Skimp
The Scooper Dooper (1947)
as Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor
Neighborhood House (1936)
as Perkins - Charley's Boss
Feudin' Rhythm (1949)
as Charles Chester Upperworth
The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933)
as Mayor Rodney
You Drive Me Crazy (1945)
as Mr. Michaelson