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