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.
Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Manpower
Carl Cook
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Board Member (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way
Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Fall Guy
Frankie
Hot Cargo
Marryin' Sam
Li'l Abner
Edgar
Doctor Jim
Mathew Quentin
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling
Jeff Hudson
Park Row
Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Judge Crothers
Christmas in Connecticut
Happy Harry
Double Jeopardy
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Apartment Manager
Witness to Murder
P.T. Burke
Dangerous Money
Fred Appelby
Slippy McGee
Perkins - Charley's Boss
Neighborhood House
Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
New Jersey Man at Penn Station
The Clock
Waiter
Helldorado
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
Up in the Air
Politician (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Townsman
Driftwood
Hotel desk clerk
Back Street
Gun salesman
Tenth Avenue Kid
Sheriff
Western Pacific Agent
Doorman at Atwood Towers
Homicide for Three
Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies
Judge
Follow That Blonde
Bascom, Hotel Guest
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Lumber salesman
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Ed Brandt (uncredited)
Criminal Investigator
Prendergast
One Man's Law
Kincaid
Fort Defiance
Starke's Aide
Ladies Crave Excitement
Stumpy Carter
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Haunted-house proprietor
Hide and Shriek
Binoculars Man
Show Business
Party Guest
Stage Mother
Hank
A Man to Remember
Roger Wingate
Heading for Heaven
Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)
Desperate
Tim Miller
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Passenger (uncredited)
Singapore
Photographer
Dr. Socrates
Fred Green
We're Rich Again
Lowell
The Big Game
Garrison - Henchman
Undercover Agent
Train Passenger
Three for Bedroom C
Dr. Benshlager
Boy Trouble
Sonny's Father
Please
Editor Elwin A. Jonas
Man From Headquarters
Man Carrying Violin Case
Little Miss Broadway
Sen. William P. Scully
Under Western Stars
Garvey
The Pittsburgh Kid
Tavern Keeper
Omar Khayyam
Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night
Doc Read
Rose of the Yukon
Smith (uncredited)
Three Hearts for Julia
Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Tom Brady
Woman Unafraid
Editor
Brilliant Marriage
Pop
Silent Partner
Bartender
Behind The Headlines
Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker
Vogues of 1938
Henry (uncredited)
Next Time I Marry
Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
Druggist (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Jeffrey Walker
Quick Money
Mike
Up In Smoke
Reporter
The Merry Frinks
Station Agent
Start Cheering
Police Captain
Her Master's Voice
J.P. McCluskey
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Matthews
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Man Laughing at Demo
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Detective (uncredited)
Another Thin Man
Mayor Smith
That Texas Jamboree
Drunk
Frontier Marshal
McKeever
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Booking Agent
Pack Up Your Troubles
Airport Agent
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Mayor
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Ben Martin
The Dark Horse
Judge Gilmenn
Purity Squad
Man on Porch (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
Chap (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Conductor (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Ocean Liner Passenger
International Settlement
Shaving Man (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood
Mr. Conklin
Laugh Your Blues Away
Husband (uncredited)
Wintertime
Sheriff
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
Sunset in Wyoming
Traveler (uncredited)
Star in the Night
Bartender (archive footage)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Willie (uncredited)
Man of the West
Shivers
Politician (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Sundholm
High Tension
Malcolm P. Carstairs
Swing Out the Blues
Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
Sam Prescott
When Strangers Marry
Kibbee (uncredited)
High Noon
Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
Money Madness
Elliott
Young Bill Hickok
Baldwin
Talk About a Lady
The Glenby Judge
Prison Farm
Passport Official on Train
The Mortal Storm
Ranger Leader (uncredited)
I Love You Again
Auctioneer
Florian
Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
Foster
Behind the News
Sheriff Barstow
Melody Ranch
Roomer
Women Without Names
Editor Sullivan
Trail of the Yukon
Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Martin, Railroad Conductor
Rock Island Trail
Sam Trotter
The Main Street Kid
Felton
Girls of the Big House
Mayor Culpepper
Silly Billies
Mike Clancy
Looking for Danger
Milt Freeman (uncredited)
The Sainted Sisters
Rufus Downey
Across the Badlands
Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
Magician Boarding Bus
Three Girls About Town
Ed (uncredited)
Four Mothers
Justice of the Peace
All Women Have Secrets
Yacht Captain Monroe
Rainbow Over Texas
Mr. Miggs
Singin' Spurs
Evans
So's Your Aunt Emma!
Walter 'Wally' Stone
Last of the Desperados
Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
The Silver Bandit
George
Adventure
Philip Burton
China Passage
Auto Court Manager
Night Unto Night
Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Gambler
Sudden Money
Detective in Café
Mr. District Attorney
Max - Florist (uncredited)
Break of Hearts
Mayor Whitehead
High School Hero
Broker
She Knew All the Answers
Jeptha Rideout - Banker
Montana Belle
Man Looking for Driver
Central Airport
Storyteller (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Slicker
Down on the Farm
Promoter
Silver Skates
Police Sergeant
So's Your Uncle
Chief Joe Charters
Whispering Footsteps
Donald Graves
The Jury's Secret
Thurman (uncredited)
Bunco Squad
Townsman (uncredited)
Abilene Town
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Townley (uncredited)
Educating Father
Happy (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Squire Skimp
Goin' to Town
Mayor Hector Tillford
Ginger
Mr. Michaelson
You Drive Me Crazy
Squire Skimp
Partners in Time
Staff Editor (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
Mayor
The Man Who Walked Alone
Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Gun Crazy
Harvey (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Party Guest
She Wrote the Book
Reporter (uncredited)
Go West Young Man
Police Chief Davis
Gangs of the Waterfront
Meeker (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
Commander
The Petrified Forest
Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
Union Station
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Go, Johnny, Go!
Sheriff at End
Don't Knock The Rock
Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
MacLean (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark
Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor
The Scooper Dooper
Mr. Trayner
Days of Wine and Roses
Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Jones
Sprucin' Up
Dick (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain
Judge Gookin
Feathertop
Middle Aged Man
Parnell
Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
Flame Of Stamboul
Mayor Rodney
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Mayor (uncredited)
Man from God's Country
Charles Chester Upperworth
Feudin' Rhythm
Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Truth Aches
Home Boner
Passenger
Hi, Beautiful
Mule Judge
I'm from Missouri
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Act of Violence
Man Waiting Hours at McComb's (uncredited)
Silver River
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
200
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-04-29
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Dick Elliot