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