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
Lock-Up as Bartender
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)
The Real McCoys as Mr. Tremantle
Sugarfoot as Mr. Pomeroy (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild as Shaving Man (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 as Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
Omar Khayyam as Tavern Keeper
Up In Smoke as Mike
Looking for Danger as Mike Clancy

1956

The Gale Storm Show as Bartlett
Don't Knock The Rock as Sheriff at End

1955

Feathertop as Judge Gookin
Double Jeopardy as Happy Harry
The Twinkle In God's Eye as Lumber salesman
Last of the Desperados as Walter 'Wally' Stone
The Petrified Forest as Commander
The Tilted Tenderfoot as Mayor

1954

Witness to Murder as Apartment Manager
Meet the O'Briens as Mr. Beach

1952

High Noon as Kibbee (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious as Storyteller (uncredited)
Montana Belle as Jeptha Rideout - Banker
Three for Bedroom C as Train Passenger
Park Row as Jeff Hudson

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Willie's Boss / Bartender
I Love Lucy as Male Spectator (uncredited)
Fort Defiance as Kincaid
Flame Of Stamboul as Mr. Shirley (uncredited)

1950

Gun Crazy as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Union Station as Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down as Happy (uncredited)
Rock Island Trail as Martin, Railroad Conductor
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle as Sheriff
Bunco Squad as Thurman (uncredited)
A Modern Marriage as Jack
The Silver Bandit as Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
Western Pacific Agent as Sheriff
Across the Badlands as Rufus Downey

1949

Night Unto Night as Auto Court Manager
Flamingo Road as Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Act of Violence as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Rose of the Yukon as Doc Read
Trail of the Yukon as Editor Sullivan
Feudin' Rhythm as Charles Chester Upperworth

1948

Rusty Leads the Way as Board Member (uncredited)
Silver River as Man Waiting Hours at McComb's (uncredited)
Albuquerque as Harvey (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid as Sam Trotter
Homicide for Three as Doorman at Atwood Towers
The Sainted Sisters as Milt Freeman (uncredited)
Money Madness as Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
Singin' Spurs as Mr. Miggs
Slippy McGee as Fred Appelby

1947

The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
Thunder Mountain as Dick (uncredited)
Driftwood as Townsman
Ginger as Mayor Hector Tillford
Desperate as Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)
Singapore as Passenger (uncredited)
Heading for Heaven as Roger Wingate
A Likely Story as Conductor (uncredited)
The Scooper Dooper as Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor
Doctor Jim as Edgar

1946

It's a Wonderful Life as Man on Porch (uncredited)
Talk About a Lady as Baldwin
Abilene Town as Townsman (uncredited)
She Wrote the Book as Party Guest
Deadline at Dawn as Chap (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood as Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Partners in Time as Squire Skimp
Dangerous Money as P.T. Burke
High School Hero as Mayor Whitehead
Follow That Blonde as Judge
Rainbow Over Texas as Yacht Captain Monroe
The Dark Horse as Ben Martin
That Texas Jamboree as Mayor Smith
Hot Cargo as Frankie

1945

The Clock as New Jersey Man at Penn Station
Adventure as George
Purity Squad as Judge Gilmenn
Main Street After Dark as MacLean (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut as Judge Crothers
Star in the Night as Traveler (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House as Felton
Fall Guy as Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Adventures of Kitty O'Day as Bascom, Hotel Guest
Saratoga Trunk as Politician (uncredited)
Dillinger as Man in Bar (uncredited)
Gangs of the Waterfront as Police Chief Davis
The Man Who Walked Alone as Mayor
You Drive Me Crazy as Mr. Michaelson

1944

Show Business as Binoculars Man
Silent Partner as Pop
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid as Matthews
When Strangers Marry as Sam Prescott
Hi, Beautiful as Passenger
Goin' to Town as Squire Skimp

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars as Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle as Police Sergeant
Three Hearts for Julia as Smith (uncredited)
After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace
Swing Out the Blues as Malcolm P. Carstairs
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour as J.P. McCluskey
The Powers Girl as Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)
Wintertime as Husband (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Silver Skates as Promoter
Whispering Footsteps as Chief Joe Charters

1942

All Through the Night as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
So's Your Aunt Emma! as Evans
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Tim Miller
You Can't Escape Forever as Meeker (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts as Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
Springtime in the Rockies as Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder as Mathew Quentin
Laugh Your Blues Away as Mr. Conklin
Man From Headquarters as Editor Elwin A. Jonas
Criminal Investigator as Ed Brandt (uncredited)

1941

One Foot in Heaven as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers as Broker
Three Girls About Town as Magician Boarding Bus
Back Street as Hotel desk clerk
The Wagons Roll at Night as Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney as Detective in Café
Four Mothers as Ed (uncredited)
Road to Happiness as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
Manpower as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
Sunset in Wyoming as Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
The Pittsburgh Kid as Garvey

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Politician (uncredited)
I Love You Again as Ranger Leader (uncredited)
The Mortal Storm as Passport Official on Train
Behind the News as Foster
Two Girls on Broadway as Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)
Up in the Air as B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
Florian as Auctioneer
One Man's Law as Prendergast
Li'l Abner as Marryin' Sam
Melody Ranch as Sheriff Barstow
Women Without Names as Roomer
Young Bill Hickok as Elliott
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Airport Agent

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Carl Cook
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Man Laughing at Demo
Another Thin Man as Detective (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams as Druggist (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal as Drunk
I Stole a Million as Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)
All Women Have Secrets as Justice of the Peace
Undercover Agent as Garrison - Henchman
I'm from Missouri as Mule Judge
Pack Up Your Troubles as Booking Agent
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as McKeever
Home Boner
Sudden Money as Gambler
Let Us Live as Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
Boy Trouble as Dr. Benshlager
Truth Aches

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
Start Cheering as Station Agent
A Man to Remember as Hank
Next Time I Marry as Henry (uncredited)
Down on the Farm as Slicker
Little Miss Broadway as Man Carrying Violin Case (uncredited)
The Jury's Secret as Donald Graves
International Settlement as Ocean Liner Passenger
Prison Farm as The Glenby Judge
Tenth Avenue Kid as Gun salesman
Under Western Stars as Sen. William P. Scully
Hide and Shriek as Haunted-house proprietor

1937

You Only Live Once as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 as Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker
Parnell as Middle Aged Man
The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Stumpy Carter
Quick Money as Jeffrey Walker
Behind The Headlines as Bartender
China Passage as Philip Burton

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across as Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage as Editor
Her Master's Voice as Police Captain
Wanted: Jane Turner as Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)
Go West Young Man as Reporter (uncredited)
High Tension as Sundholm
The Big Game as Lowell
Silly Billies as Mayor Culpepper
Educating Father as Townley (uncredited)
Neighborhood House as Perkins - Charley's Boss

1935

Men of the Hour as Theatre Manager
Sprucin' Up as Mr. Jones
Dr. Socrates as Photographer
Break of Hearts as Max - Florist (uncredited)
Ladies Crave Excitement as Starke's Aide
Helldorado as Waiter

1934

We're Rich Again as Fred Green
Shivers
The Merry Frinks as Reporter
Woman Unafraid as Tom Brady

1933

Picture Snatcher as Staff Editor (uncredited)
Central Airport as Man Looking for Driver
Stage Mother as Party Guest
The Worst Woman in Paris? as Mayor Rodney
Please as Sonny's Father