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)
Man from God's Country as Mayor (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses as Mr. Trayner

1957

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

1956

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

1955

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

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
Park Row as Jeff Hudson
Three for Bedroom C as Train Passenger

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
Bunco Squad as Thurman (uncredited)
The Silver Bandit as Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
A Modern Marriage as Jack
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle as Sheriff
Western Pacific Agent as Sheriff
Across the Badlands as Rufus Downey

1949

Act of Violence as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Flamingo Road as Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Night Unto Night as Auto Court Manager
Feudin' Rhythm as Charles Chester Upperworth
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)
The Sainted Sisters as Milt Freeman (uncredited)
Homicide for Three as Doorman at Atwood Towers
Rusty Leads the Way as Board Member (uncredited)
Money Madness as Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Main Street Kid as Sam Trotter
Singin' Spurs as Mr. Miggs
Slippy McGee as Fred Appelby

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

Start Cheering as Station Agent
Mr. Moto's Gamble as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway as Man Carrying Violin Case (uncredited)
Down on the Farm as Slicker
International Settlement as Ocean Liner Passenger
A Man to Remember as Hank
The Jury's Secret as Donald Graves
Next Time I Marry as Henry (uncredited)
Under Western Stars as Sen. William P. Scully
Prison Farm as The Glenby Judge
Tenth Avenue Kid as Gun salesman
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
China Passage as Philip Burton
Behind The Headlines as Bartender
Quick Money as Jeffrey Walker
The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Stumpy Carter

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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