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