Dick Elliott
Known for: Acting
Born: April 29, 1886
Died: December 22, 1961
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Filmography
204 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.4
Lock-Up
1959
6.8
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
6.6
Man of the West
1958
5.0
Man from God's Country
1958
6.0
Up In Smoke
1957
5.8
Bombers B-52
1957
5.8
Looking for Danger
1957
5.9
The Real McCoys
1957
8.1
The Joker is Wild
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
5.8
Omar Khayyam
1957
5.8
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
6.7
The Gale Storm Show
1956
NR
Feathertop
1955
7.5
Last of the Desperados
1955
7.5
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
5.2
Double Jeopardy
1955
6.8
The Petrified Forest
1955
8.0
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
NR
Meet the O'Briens
1954
6.3
Witness to Murder
1954
6.3
Montana Belle
1952
6.7
Park Row
1952
10.0
Three for Bedroom C
1952
7.7
High Noon
1952
6.5
Rancho Notorious
1952
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
6.5
Fort Defiance
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
5.3
Flame Of Stamboul
1951
6.3
Hunt the Man Down
1950
8.0
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
1950
6.5
Union Station
1950
7.0
Across the Badlands
1950
6.1
Bunco Squad
1950
7.0
A Modern Marriage
1950
6.3
Rock Island Trail
1950
6.2
Western Pacific Agent
1950
9.0
The Silver Bandit
1950
7.4
Gun Crazy
1950
7.0
Feudin' Rhythm
1949
7.5
Trail of the Yukon
1949
5.4
Night Unto Night
1949
7.0
Flamingo Road
1949
6.9
Act of Violence
1949
7.0
Rose of the Yukon
1949
5.7
Homicide for Three
1948
8.0
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
7.0
Singin' Spurs
1948
6.2
Silver River
1948
7.3
The Sainted Sisters
1948
4.7
Money Madness
1948
6.8
Albuquerque
1948
7.0
Slippy McGee
1948
10.0
The Main Street Kid
1948
5.6
Heading for Heaven
1947
6.8
Driftwood
1947
6.1
Singapore
1947
6.5
Desperate
1947
6.0
Thunder Mountain
1947
4.8
A Likely Story
194710.0
The Scooper Dooper
1947
6.6
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
9.0
Ginger
19478.0
Doctor Jim
1947
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
5.9
Dangerous Money
1946
9.0
Follow That Blonde
1946
6.5
High School Hero
1946
7.0
The Dark Horse
1946
8.0
Hot Cargo
1946
6.5
She Wrote the Book
1946
8.0
That Texas Jamboree
1946
7.3
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
7.0
Partners in Time
1946
5.0
Talk About a Lady
1946
6.2
Deadline at Dawn
1946
6.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
5.4
Abilene Town
1946
6.4
Adventure
1945
6.1
Saratoga Trunk
1945
7.7
Purity Squad
1945
7.5
Girls of the Big House
1945
7.5
Star in the Night
1945
9.0
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
7.0
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
7.5
Gangs of the Waterfront
1945
7.1
The Clock
1945
5.9
Dillinger
1945
8.0
Fall Guy
1945
5.9
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
5.5
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945
4.5
Main Street After Dark
1945
9.8
Hi, Beautiful
1944
9.0
Goin' to Town
1944
6.2
When Strangers Marry
1944
7.0
Silent Partner
1944
5.6
Show Business
1944
10.0
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
5.3
Whispering Footsteps
1943
4.8
Swing Out the Blues
1943
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
5.3
Wintertime
1943
6.0
So's Your Uncle
1943
8.0
Nobody's Darling
1943
6.5
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
7.0
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
5.9
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
6.3
Silver Skates
1943
7.0
The Powers Girl
1943
10.0
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
6.9
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
6.0
Criminal Investigator
1942
6.0
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
5.9
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942
6.7
So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942
6.4
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
6.3
Man From Headquarters
1942
6.7
All Through the Night
1942
5.7
Road to Happiness
1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
6.5
Three Girls About Town
1941
7.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
6.5
Manpower
1941
7.0
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
6.6
She Knew All the Answers
1941
6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
5.8
Mr. District Attorney
1941
5.5
A Man Betrayed
1941
7.3
Back Street
1941
6.8
Four Mothers
1941
8.0
Behind the News
1940
6.1
Li'l Abner
1940
5.4
Young Bill Hickok
1940
6.2
Melody Ranch
1940
5.8
Up in the Air
1940
5.5
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
10.0
One Man's Law
1940
7.3
The Mortal Storm
1940
4.5
Florian
1940
7.0
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
4.7
Women Without Names
1940
6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.0
All Women Have Secrets
1939
6.0
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
7.1
Another Thin Man
19397.0
Truth Aches
1939
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
6.8
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939
6.3
Frontier Marshal
1939
4.2
Undercover Agent
1939
7.0
I'm from Missouri
1939
6.3
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
7.0
Sudden Money
1939
6.8
Let Us Live
1939
7.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
19399.0
Home Boner
1939
6.0
Boy Trouble
1939
6.6
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
7.2
Next Time I Marry
1938
6.7
A Man to Remember
1938
10.0
Down on the Farm
1938
7.5
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
6.9
Hide and Shriek
1938
6.8
Prison Farm
1938
5.8
Under Western Stars
1938
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
6.9
Start Cheering
1938
6.0
International Settlement
1938
5.0
The Jury's Secret
1938
5.5
Quick Money
1937
5.5
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937
4.6
Parnell
1937
6.6
Behind The Headlines
1937
6.3
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
6.3
China Passage
1937
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
6.0
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
5.5
Go West Young Man
1936
6.6
The Big Game
1936
5.8
High Tension
1936
9.0
Educating Father
1936
6.2
The Princess Comes Across
1936
5.8
Brilliant Marriage
1936
8.5
Silly Billies
1936
9.0
Neighborhood House
1936
6.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
6.5
Her Master's Voice
1936
6.6
Dr. Socrates
1935
5.7
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
6.8
Sprucin' Up
1935
5.5
Break of Hearts
1935
8.0
Men of the Hour
1935
9.0
Helldorado
193510.0
Shivers
1934
6.2
We're Rich Again
1934
4.8
The Merry Frinks
1934
6.7
Woman Unafraid
1934
9.0
Please
1933
9.0
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
6.3
Stage Mother
1933
6.9
Picture Snatcher
1933
6.0
Central Airport
1933