Dick Elliott
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.
211 acting credits
Acting · 211
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Maverick
1957
Rawhide
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Sugarfoot
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
The Gale Storm Show
1956
High Noon
1952
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Gun Crazy
1950
Man of the West
1958
The Mortal Storm
1940
Manpower
1941
Another Thin Man
1939
Rancho Notorious
1952
Silver River
1948
Act of Violence
1949
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
Stage Mother
1933
Adventure
1945
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
You Only Live Once
1937
Hunt the Man Down
1950
Bombers B-52
1957
Dillinger
1945
Let Us Live
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Deadline at Dawn
1946
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
Desperate
1947
Driftwood
1947
Abilene Town
1946
All Through the Night
1942
Montana Belle
1952
Saratoga Trunk
1945
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Boy Trouble
1939
The Clock
1945
Singapore
1947
Albuquerque
1948
Dr. Socrates
1935
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Road to Happiness
1941
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Four Mothers
1941
China Passage
1937
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
Union Station
1950
Melody Ranch
1940
Frontier Marshal
1939
Flamingo Road
1949
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Park Row
1952
I Love You Again
1940
Omar Khayyam
1957
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Silly Billies
1936
The Jury's Secret
1938
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
A Man Betrayed
1941
Go West Young Man
1936
Picture Snatcher
1933
Back Street
1941
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
Dangerous Money
1946
International Settlement
1938
When Strangers Marry
1944
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Up in the Air
1940
Parnell
1937
Bunco Squad
1950
Next Time I Marry
1938
Witness to Murder
1954
A Likely Story
1947
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Rock Island Trail
1950
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
I'm from Missouri
1939
The Joker is Wild
1957
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
Night Unto Night
1949
She Knew All the Answers
1941
Central Airport
1933
The Sainted Sisters
1948
Man from God's Country
1958
Helldorado
1935
Hi, Beautiful
1944
Meet the Stewarts
1942
Start Cheering
1938
Thunder Mountain
1947
Double Jeopardy
1955
Under Western Stars
1938
Main Street After Dark
1945
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Girls of the Big House
1945
Li'l Abner
1940
The Petrified Forest
1955
Florian
1940
Silent Partner
1944
Talk About a Lady
1946
Behind The Headlines
1937
Fort Defiance
1951
Her Master's Voice
1936
I Stole a Million
1939
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
We're Rich Again
1934
Sudden Money
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
Money Madness
1948
Break of Hearts
1935
Criminal Investigator
1942
Heading for Heaven
1947
Quick Money
1937
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
Down on the Farm
1938
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
The Powers Girl
1943
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
Star in the Night
1945
The Big Game
1936
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
Prison Farm
1938
She Wrote the Book
1946
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1937
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
Last of the Desperados
1955
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
1950
So's Your Uncle
1943
Behind the News
1940
That Texas Jamboree
1946
Vogues of 1938
1937
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
High School Hero
1946
Partners in Time
1946
Rose of the Yukon
1949
Brilliant Marriage
1936
Undercover Agent
1939
Homicide for Three
1948
Women Without Names
1940
The Dark Horse
1946
A Man to Remember
1938
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
Gangs of the Waterfront
1945
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
1940
Wintertime
1943
Whispering Footsteps
1943
Purity Squad
1945
One Foot in Heaven
1941
Ginger
1947
All Women Have Secrets
1939
High Tension
1936
Silver Skates
1943
Fall Guy
1945
Three Girls About Town
1941
Looking for Danger
1957
Hide and Shriek
1938
Across the Badlands
1950
Rainbow Over Texas
1946
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
Mr. District Attorney
1941
Woman Unafraid
1934
Swing Out the Blues
1943
Home Boner
1939
Hot Cargo
1946
The Scooper Dooper
1947
Men of the Hour
1935
The Merry Frinks
1934
Nobody's Darling
1943
Goin' to Town
1944
The Main Street Kid
1948
You Drive Me Crazy
1945
Show Business
1944
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
Trail of the Yukon
1949
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945
Man From Headquarters
1942
Young Bill Hickok
1940
So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942
Slippy McGee
1948
Flame Of Stamboul
1951
Singin' Spurs
1948
Feudin' Rhythm
1949
One Man's Law
1940
Doctor Jim
1947
Up In Smoke
1957
Educating Father
1936
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
Western Pacific Agent
1950
Shivers
1934
Please
1933
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
Feathertop
1955
Sprucin' Up
1935
Follow That Blonde
1946
The Silver Bandit
1950
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
Neighborhood House
1936
Truth Aches
1939
Three for Bedroom C
1952
Meet the O'Briens
1954