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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1886-04-29

Died: 1961-12-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	Central Airport	Man Looking for Driver	61
2	1933	Picture Snatcher	Staff Editor (uncredited)	70
3	1933	Stage Mother	Party Guest	50
4	1933	The Worst Woman in Paris?	Mayor Rodney	0
5	1933	Please	Sonny's Father	0
6	1934	Woman Unafraid	Tom Brady	50
7	1934	The Merry Frinks	Reporter	37
8	1934	We're Rich Again	Fred Green	40
9	1934	Shivers		0
10	1935	Helldorado	Waiter	0
11	1935	Break of Hearts	Max - Florist (uncredited)	55
12	1935	Sprucin' Up	Mr. Jones	66
13	1935	Ladies Crave Excitement	Starke's Aide	45
14	1935	Dr. Socrates	Photographer	64
15	1936	Her Master's Voice	Police Captain	60
16	1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Actor at Ford's Theatre	68
17	1936	Neighborhood House	Perkins - Charley's Boss	0
18	1936	Silly Billies	Mayor Culpepper	80
19	1936	Brilliant Marriage	Editor	45
20	1936	The Princess Comes Across	Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)	61
21	1936	Educating Father	Townley (uncredited)	0
22	1936	High Tension	Sundholm	54
23	1936	The Big Game	Lowell	58
24	1936	Go West Young Man	Reporter (uncredited)	53
25	1936	Wanted: Jane Turner	Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)	53
26	1937	You Only Live Once	Newspaper Editor (uncredited)	71
27	1937	China Passage	Philip Burton	55
28	1937	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Stumpy Carter	60
29	1937	Behind The Headlines	Bartender	62
30	1937	Parnell	Middle Aged Man	46
31	1937	Vogues of 1938	Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker	53
32	1937	Quick Money	Jeffrey Walker	40
33	1938	The Jury's Secret	Donald Graves	45
34	1938	International Settlement	Ocean Liner Passenger	50
35	1938	Start Cheering	Station Agent	70
36	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)	62
37	1938	Under Western Stars	Sen. William P. Scully	56
38	1938	Prison Farm	The Glenby Judge	57
39	1938	Hide and Shriek	Haunted-house proprietor	70
40	1938	Little Miss Broadway	Man Carrying Violin Case	65
41	1938	Tenth Avenue Kid	Gun salesman	50
42	1938	Down on the Farm	Slicker	0
43	1938	A Man to Remember	Hank	65
44	1938	Next Time I Marry	Henry	68
45	1939	Boy Trouble	Dr. Benshlager	50
46	1939	The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt	Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)	66
47	1939	Home Boner		0
48	1939	Let Us Live	Rotarian Juror (uncredited)	68
49	1939	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Train Conductor (uncredited)	69
50	1939	Sudden Money	Gambler	50
51	1939	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	Man Laughing at Demo	60
52	1939	I'm from Missouri	Mule Judge	0
53	1939	Undercover Agent	Garrison - Henchman	39
54	1939	Frontier Marshal	Drunk	61
55	1939	I Stole a Million	Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)	60
56	1939	Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	McKeever	68
57	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Carl Cook	79
58	1939	Pack Up Your Troubles	Booking Agent	62
59	1939	Truth Aches		0
60	1939	Another Thin Man	Detective (uncredited)	71
61	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Druggist (uncredited)	58
62	1939	All Women Have Secrets	Justice of the Peace	50
63	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Politician (uncredited)	70
64	1940	Women Without Names	Roomer	48
65	1940	Two Girls on Broadway	Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)	66
66	1940	Florian	Auctioneer	10
67	1940	The Mortal Storm	Passport Official on Train	72
68	1940	One Man's Law	Prendergast	0
69	1940	I Love You Again	Ranger Leader (uncredited)	72
70	1940	Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride	Airport Agent	40
71	1940	Up in the Air	B. J. Hastings, Station Owner	55
72	1940	Melody Ranch	Sheriff Barstow	58
73	1940	Young Bill Hickok	Elliott	45
74	1940	Li'l Abner	Marryin' Sam	58
75	1940	Behind the News	Foster	70
76	1941	Four Mothers	Ed (uncredited)	62
77	1941	Back Street	Hotel desk clerk	72
78	1941	A Man Betrayed	Ward Heeler (uncredited)	54
79	1941	Mr. District Attorney	Detective in Café	54
80	1941	The Wagons Roll at Night	Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)	65
81	1941	She Knew All the Answers	Broker	63
82	1941	Sunset in Wyoming	Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody	0
83	1941	Manpower	Drunk Texan (uncredited)	67
84	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Garvey	0
85	1941	Three Girls About Town	Magician Boarding Bus	53
86	1941	One Foot in Heaven	Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)	66
87	1941	Road to Happiness	Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)	55
88	1942	All Through the Night	Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)	70
89	1942	Man From Headquarters	Editor Elwin A. Jonas	60
90	1942	The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine	Tim Miller	60
91	1942	So's Your Aunt Emma!	Evans	65
92	1942	Meet the Stewarts	Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)	43
93	1942	Scattergood Survives a Murder	Mathew Quentin	45
94	1942	You Can't Escape Forever	Meeker (uncredited)	54
95	1942	Criminal Investigator	Ed Brandt (uncredited)	40
96	1942	Springtime in the Rockies	Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)	67
97	1942	Laugh Your Blues Away	Mr. Conklin	0
98	1943	The Powers Girl	Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)	65
99	1943	Silver Skates	Promoter	50
100	1943	After Midnight with Boston Blackie	Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace	56
101	1943	Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour	J.P. McCluskey	60
102	1943	Three Hearts for Julia	Smith (uncredited)	60
103	1943	Nobody's Darling	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)	0
104	1943	So's Your Uncle	Police Sergeant	50
105	1943	Wintertime	Husband (uncredited)	35
106	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)	61
107	1943	Swing Out the Blues	Malcolm P. Carstairs	45
108	1943	Whispering Footsteps	Chief Joe Charters	53
109	1944	Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid	Matthews	0
110	1944	Show Business	Binoculars Man	50
111	1944	Silent Partner	Pop	0
112	1944	When Strangers Marry	Sam Prescott	61
113	1944	Goin' to Town	Squire Skimp	0
114	1944	Hi, Beautiful	Passenger	95
115	1945	Main Street After Dark	MacLean (uncredited)	48
116	1945	Adventures of Kitty O'Day	Bascom, Hotel Guest	48
117	1945	The Man Who Walked Alone	Mayor	55
118	1945	Fall Guy	Bail Bondsman (uncredited)	80
119	1945	The Clock	New Jersey Man at Penn Station	72
120	1945	Gangs of the Waterfront	Police Chief Davis	60
121	1945	Christmas in Connecticut	Judge Crothers	69
122	1945	You Drive Me Crazy	Mr. Michaelson	0
123	1945	Star in the Night	Traveler (uncredited)	74
124	1945	Girls of the Big House	Felton	60
125	1945	Purity Squad	Judge Gilmenn	70
126	1945	Saratoga Trunk	Politician (uncredited)	57
127	1945	Adventure	George	62
128	1946	Abilene Town	Townsman (uncredited)	53
129	1946	Breakfast in Hollywood	Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)	50
130	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Chap (uncredited)	63
131	1946	Talk About a Lady	Baldwin	30
132	1946	Partners in Time	Squire Skimp	60
133	1946	Rainbow Over Texas	Yacht Captain Monroe	40
134	1946	That Texas Jamboree	Mayor Smith	0
135	1946	She Wrote the Book	Party Guest	60
136	1946	Hot Cargo	Frankie	0
137	1946	The Dark Horse	Ben Martin	0
138	1946	High School Hero	Mayor Whitehead	50
139	1946	Follow That Blonde	Judge	0
140	1946	Dangerous Money	P.T. Burke	57
141	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Man on Porch (uncredited)	83
142	1947	Doctor Jim	Edgar	0
143	1947	Ginger	Mayor Hector Tillford	0
144	1947	The Devil Thumbs a Ride	Mack Wilkins (uncredited)	65
145	1947	The Scooper Dooper	Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor	0
146	1947	A Likely Story	Conductor (uncredited)	42
147	1947	Thunder Mountain	Dick (uncredited)	50
148	1947	Desperate	Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)	65
149	1947	Singapore	Passenger (uncredited)	61
150	1947	Driftwood	Townsman	61
151	1947	Heading for Heaven	Roger Wingate	49
152	1948	The Main Street Kid	Sam Trotter	0
153	1948	Slippy McGee	Fred Appelby	0
154	1948	Albuquerque	Harvey (uncredited)	68
155	1948	Money Madness	Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)	42
156	1948	The Sainted Sisters	Milt Freeman (uncredited)	70
157	1948	Singin' Spurs	Mr. Miggs	0
158	1948	Rusty Leads the Way	Board Member (uncredited)	60
159	1948	Homicide for Three	Doorman at Atwood Towers	50
160	1949	Rose of the Yukon	Doc Read	0
161	1949	Flamingo Road	Tom Coyne (uncredited)	70
162	1949	Night Unto Night	Auto Court Manager	51
163	1949	Trail of the Yukon	Editor Sullivan	60
164	1949	Feudin' Rhythm	Charles Chester Upperworth	0
165	1950	Gun Crazy	Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)	74
166	1950	The Silver Bandit	Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)	0
167	1950	Western Pacific Agent	Sheriff	57
168	1950	Rock Island Trail	Martin, Railroad Conductor	60
169	1950	Bunco Squad	Thurman (uncredited)	59
170	1950	Across the Badlands	Rufus Downey	0
171	1950	Union Station	Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)	64
172	1950	Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle	Sheriff	0
173	1950	Hunt the Man Down	Happy (uncredited)	62
174	1951	Flame Of Stamboul	Mr. Shirley (uncredited)	45
175	1951	Fort Defiance	Kincaid	63
176	1952	Rancho Notorious	Storyteller (uncredited)	65
177	1952	High Noon	Kibbee (uncredited)	77
178	1952	Three for Bedroom C	Train Passenger	0
179	1952	Park Row	Jeff Hudson	67
180	1952	Montana Belle	Jeptha Rideout - Banker	59
181	1954	Witness to Murder	Apartment Manager	62
182	1955	The Tilted Tenderfoot	Mayor	0
183	1955	The Petrified Forest	Commander	68
184	1955	Double Jeopardy	Happy Harry	54
185	1955	The Twinkle In God's Eye	Lumber salesman	70
186	1955	Last of the Desperados	Walter 'Wally' Stone	60
187	1955	Feathertop	Judge Gookin	0
188	1956	Don't Knock The Rock	Sheriff at End	57
189	1957	Omar Khayyam	Tavern Keeper	50
190	1957	The Joker is Wild	Shaving Man (uncredited)	80
191	1957	Looking for Danger	Mike Clancy	50
192	1957	Bombers B-52	Mr. Sampton (uncredited)	56
193	1957	Up In Smoke	Mike	55
194	1958	Man from God's Country	Mayor (uncredited)	48
195	1958	Man of the West	Willie (uncredited)	66
196	1958	Days of Wine and Roses	Mr. Trayner	70
197	1959	Go, Johnny, Go!	Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)	58
198	1999	Television: The First Fifty Years	Bartender (archive footage)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	I Love Lucy	Male Spectator (uncredited)	79
2	1951	I Love Lucy	Henry	79
3	1959	Rawhide	McTavish	72
4	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mayor Pike	76

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