Dick Elliott
Born: 1886-04-29 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1961-12-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1999
- Television: The First Fifty Years as Bartender (archive footage)
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mayor Pike
1959
- Rawhide as McTavish
- Go, Johnny, Go! as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
1958
- Man of the West as Willie (uncredited)
- Days of Wine and Roses as Mr. Trayner
- Man from God's Country as Mayor (uncredited)
1957
- Maverick as Poker Player (uncredited)
- Sugarfoot as Mr. Pomeroy (uncredited)
- Omar Khayyam as Tavern Keeper
- The Real McCoys as Mr. Tremantle
- Bombers B-52 as Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
- The Joker is Wild as Shaving Man (uncredited)
- Up In Smoke as Mike
- Looking for Danger as Mike Clancy
1956
- Don't Knock The Rock as Sheriff at End
1955
- Feathertop as Judge Gookin
- Last of the Desperados as Walter 'Wally' Stone
- The Twinkle In God's Eye as Lumber salesman
- Double Jeopardy as Happy Harry
- The Petrified Forest as Commander
- The Tilted Tenderfoot as Mayor
1954
- Witness to Murder as Apartment Manager
1952
- High Noon as Kibbee (uncredited)
- Montana Belle as Jeptha Rideout - Banker
- Rancho Notorious as Storyteller (uncredited)
- Park Row as Jeff Hudson
- Three for Bedroom C as Train Passenger
1951
- I Love Lucy as Male Spectator (uncredited)
- Flame Of Stamboul as Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
- Fort Defiance as Kincaid
1950
- Union Station as Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
- Gun Crazy as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
- Rock Island Trail as Martin, Railroad Conductor
- Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle as Sheriff
- Bunco Squad as Thurman (uncredited)
- Hunt the Man Down as Happy (uncredited)
- Western Pacific Agent as Sheriff
- The Silver Bandit as Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
- Across the Badlands as Rufus Downey
1949
- Feudin' Rhythm as Charles Chester Upperworth
- Flamingo Road as Tom Coyne (uncredited)
- Act of Violence as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
- Night Unto Night as Auto Court Manager
- Rose of the Yukon as Doc Read
- Trail of the Yukon as Editor Sullivan
1948
- Silver River as Man Waiting Hours at McComb's (uncredited)
- Albuquerque as Harvey (uncredited)
- Singin' Spurs as Mr. Miggs
- Rusty Leads the Way as Board Member (uncredited)
- The Main Street Kid as Sam Trotter
- Money Madness as Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
- The Sainted Sisters as Milt Freeman (uncredited)
- Homicide for Three as Doorman at Atwood Towers
- Slippy McGee as Fred Appelby
1947
- Driftwood as Townsman
- Singapore as Passenger (uncredited)
- Desperate as Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)
- Doctor Jim as Edgar
- Ginger as Mayor Hector Tillford
- The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
- Thunder Mountain as Dick (uncredited)
- Heading for Heaven as Roger Wingate
- The Scooper Dooper as Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor
- A Likely Story as Conductor (uncredited)
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as Man on Porch (uncredited)
- Abilene Town as Townsman (uncredited)
- Dangerous Money as P.T. Burke
- Deadline at Dawn as Chap (uncredited)
- Rainbow Over Texas as Yacht Captain Monroe
- That Texas Jamboree as Mayor Smith
- High School Hero as Mayor Whitehead
- The Dark Horse as Ben Martin
- Hot Cargo as Frankie
- She Wrote the Book as Party Guest
- Partners in Time as Squire Skimp
- Follow That Blonde as Judge
- Breakfast in Hollywood as Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
- Talk About a Lady as Baldwin
1945
- The Clock as New Jersey Man at Penn Station
- Christmas in Connecticut as Judge Crothers
- Adventure as George
- Fall Guy as Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
- Main Street After Dark as MacLean (uncredited)
- Girls of the Big House as Felton
- The Man Who Walked Alone as Mayor
- Star in the Night as Traveler (uncredited)
- Adventures of Kitty O'Day as Bascom, Hotel Guest
- Gangs of the Waterfront as Police Chief Davis
- Purity Squad as Judge Gilmenn
- Saratoga Trunk as Politician (uncredited)
- You Drive Me Crazy as Mr. Michaelson
1944
- When Strangers Marry as Sam Prescott
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Matthews
- Show Business as Binoculars Man
- Silent Partner as Pop
- Goin' to Town as Squire Skimp
- Hi, Beautiful as Passenger
1943
- Wintertime as Husband (uncredited)
- Whispering Footsteps as Chief Joe Charters
- Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour as J.P. McCluskey
- Silver Skates as Promoter
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace
- Three Hearts for Julia as Smith (uncredited)
- So's Your Uncle as Police Sergeant
- Nobody's Darling as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- The Powers Girl as Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
- Swing Out the Blues as Malcolm P. Carstairs
1942
- Meet the Stewarts as Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
- Scattergood Survives a Murder as Mathew Quentin
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Tim Miller
- Springtime in the Rockies as Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
- Laugh Your Blues Away as Mr. Conklin
- You Can't Escape Forever as Meeker (uncredited)
- So's Your Aunt Emma! as Evans
- All Through the Night as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
- Criminal Investigator as Ed Brandt (uncredited)
- Man From Headquarters as Editor Elwin A. Jonas
1941
- Four Mothers as Ed (uncredited)
- Back Street as Hotel desk clerk
- Manpower as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
- A Man Betrayed as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
- She Knew All the Answers as Broker
- One Foot in Heaven as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
- Road to Happiness as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
- The Wagons Roll at Night as Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
- Sunset in Wyoming as Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
- The Pittsburgh Kid as Garvey
- Mr. District Attorney as Detective in Café
- Three Girls About Town as Magician Boarding Bus
1940
- Florian as Auctioneer
- The Mortal Storm as Passport Official on Train
- Women Without Names as Roomer
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Politician (uncredited)
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Airport Agent
- Melody Ranch as Sheriff Barstow
- Behind the News as Foster
- Up in the Air as B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
- I Love You Again as Ranger Leader (uncredited)
- Young Bill Hickok as Elliott
- One Man's Law as Prendergast
- Li'l Abner as Marryin' Sam
- Two Girls on Broadway as Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)
1939
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Man Laughing at Demo
- Sudden Money as Gambler
- Boy Trouble as Dr. Benshlager
- The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
- Another Thin Man as Detective (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Carl Cook
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as McKeever
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Druggist (uncredited)
- Frontier Marshal as Drunk
- I'm from Missouri as Mule Judge
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Undercover Agent as Garrison - Henchman
- Let Us Live as Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
- All Women Have Secrets as Justice of the Peace
- Home Boner
- Truth Aches
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Booking Agent
1938
- Prison Farm as The Glenby Judge
- A Man to Remember as Hank
- Little Miss Broadway as Man Carrying Violin Case
- The Jury's Secret as Donald Graves
- Under Western Stars as Sen. William P. Scully
- Next Time I Marry as Henry (uncredited)
- Down on the Farm as Slicker
- Start Cheering as Station Agent
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
- Hide and Shriek as Haunted-house proprietor
- International Settlement as Ocean Liner Passenger
- Tenth Avenue Kid as Gun salesman
1937
- China Passage as Philip Burton
- Behind The Headlines as Bartender
- You Only Live Once as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- Parnell as Middle Aged Man
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Stumpy Carter
- Vogues of 1938 as Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker
- Quick Money as Jeffrey Walker
1936
- High Tension as Sundholm
- Brilliant Marriage as Editor
- The Princess Comes Across as Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)
- Silly Billies as Mayor Culpepper
- The Big Game as Lowell
- The Prisoner of Shark Island as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
- Neighborhood House as Perkins - Charley's Boss
- Her Master's Voice as Police Captain
- Wanted: Jane Turner as Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)
- Go West Young Man as Reporter (uncredited)
- Educating Father as Townley (uncredited)
1935
- Break of Hearts as Max - Florist (uncredited)
- Dr. Socrates as Photographer
- Sprucin' Up as Mr. Jones
- Ladies Crave Excitement as Starke's Aide
- Helldorado as Waiter
1934
- Woman Unafraid as Tom Brady
- We're Rich Again as Fred Green
- The Merry Frinks as Reporter
- Shivers
1933
- Please as Sonny's Father
- Picture Snatcher as Staff Editor (uncredited)
- Stage Mother as Party Guest
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Mayor Rodney
- Central Airport as Man Looking for Driver