Dick Elliott
Acting
- Born:
- 1886-04-29
- Died:
- 1961-12-22
- Place of birth:
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Television: The First Fifty Years
The Andy Griffith Show
Lock-Up
Go, Johnny, Go!
Rawhide
Days of Wine and Roses
Man of the West
Man from God's Country
Up In Smoke
Bombers B-52
Looking for Danger
The Real McCoys
The Joker is Wild
Maverick
Sugarfoot
Omar Khayyam
Don't Knock The Rock
The Gale Storm Show
Feathertop
Last of the Desperados
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Double Jeopardy
The Petrified Forest
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Meet the O'Briens
Witness to Murder
Montana Belle
Park Row
Three for Bedroom C
High Noon
Rancho Notorious
I Love Lucy
Fort Defiance
The Red Skelton Show
Flame Of Stamboul
Hunt the Man Down
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Union Station
Across the Badlands
Bunco Squad
A Modern Marriage
Rock Island Trail
Western Pacific Agent
The Silver Bandit
Gun Crazy
Feudin' Rhythm
Trail of the Yukon
Night Unto Night
Flamingo Road
Act of Violence
Rose of the Yukon
Homicide for Three
Rusty Leads the Way
Singin' Spurs
The Arkansas Swing
Silver River
The Sainted Sisters
Money Madness
Albuquerque
Slippy McGee
The Main Street Kid
Heading for Heaven
Driftwood
Singapore
Desperate
Thunder Mountain
A Likely Story
The Scooper Dooper
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Ginger
Doctor Jim
It's a Wonderful Life
Dangerous Money
Follow That Blonde
High School Hero
The Dark Horse
Hot Cargo
She Wrote the Book
That Texas Jamboree
Rainbow Over Texas
Partners in Time
Talk About a Lady
Deadline at Dawn
Breakfast in Hollywood
Abilene Town
Adventure
Saratoga Trunk
Purity Squad
Girls of the Big House
Star in the Night
You Drive Me Crazy
Christmas in Connecticut
Gangs of the Waterfront
The Clock
Dillinger
Fall Guy
The Man Who Walked Alone
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Main Street After Dark
Hi, Beautiful
Goin' to Town
When Strangers Marry
Silent Partner
Show Business
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Whispering Footsteps
Swing Out the Blues
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Wintertime
So's Your Uncle
Nobody's Darling
Three Hearts for Julia
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Silver Skates
The Powers Girl
Laugh Your Blues Away
Springtime in the Rockies
Criminal Investigator
You Can't Escape Forever
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Meet the Stewarts
So's Your Aunt Emma!
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Man From Headquarters
All Through the Night
Road to Happiness
One Foot in Heaven
Three Girls About Town
The Pittsburgh Kid
Manpower
Sunset in Wyoming
She Knew All the Answers
The Wagons Roll at Night
Mr. District Attorney
A Man Betrayed
Back Street
Four Mothers
Behind the News
Li'l Abner
Young Bill Hickok
Melody Ranch
Up in the Air
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
I Love You Again
One Man's Law
The Mortal Storm
Florian
Two Girls on Broadway
Women Without Names
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
All Women Have Secrets
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Another Thin Man
Truth Aches
Pack Up Your Troubles
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
I Stole a Million
Frontier Marshal
Undercover Agent
I'm from Missouri
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Sudden Money
Let Us Live
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Home Boner
Boy Trouble
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Next Time I Marry
A Man to Remember
Down on the Farm
Tenth Avenue Kid
Little Miss Broadway
Hide and Shriek
Prison Farm
Under Western Stars
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Start Cheering
International Settlement
The Jury's Secret
Quick Money
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Parnell
Behind The Headlines
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
China Passage
You Only Live Once
Wanted: Jane Turner
Go West Young Man
The Big Game
High Tension
Educating Father
The Princess Comes Across
Brilliant Marriage
Silly Billies
Neighborhood House
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Her Master's Voice
Dr. Socrates
Ladies Crave Excitement
Sprucin' Up
Break of Hearts
Men of the Hour
Helldorado
Shivers
We're Rich Again
The Merry Frinks
Woman Unafraid
Please
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Stage Mother
Picture Snatcher
Central Airport