Dick Elliott

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

200

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-04-29

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Dick Elliot