Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 29, 1886
Died
Dec 22, 1961
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
211 titles
Dick Elliott
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.
Known For
Filmography
Television: The First Fifty Years
Bartender (archive footage)
The Andy Griffith Show
Mayor Pike
Go, Johnny, Go!
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Rawhide
McTavish
Days of Wine and Roses
Mr. Trayner
Man of the West
Willie (uncredited)
Man from God's Country
Mayor (uncredited)
Up In Smoke
Mike
Bombers B-52
Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
Looking for Danger
Mike Clancy
The Real McCoys
Mr. Tremantle
The Joker is Wild
Shaving Man (uncredited)
Maverick
Poker Player (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
Mr. Pomeroy (uncredited)
Omar Khayyam
Tavern Keeper
Don't Knock The Rock
Sheriff at End
The Gale Storm Show
Bartlett
Feathertop
Judge Gookin
Last of the Desperados
Walter 'Wally' Stone
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Lumber salesman
Double Jeopardy
Happy Harry
The Petrified Forest
Commander
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Mayor
Meet the O'Briens
Mr. Beach
Witness to Murder
Apartment Manager
Montana Belle
Jeptha Rideout - Banker
Park Row
Jeff Hudson
Three for Bedroom C
Train Passenger
High Noon
Kibbee (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Storyteller (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
Male Spectator (uncredited)
Fort Defiance
Kincaid
The Red Skelton Show
Willie's Boss / Bartender
Flame Of Stamboul
Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Happy (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Sheriff
Union Station
Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
Across the Badlands
Rufus Downey
Bunco Squad
Thurman (uncredited)
Rock Island Trail
Martin, Railroad Conductor
Western Pacific Agent
Sheriff
The Silver Bandit
Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
Gun Crazy
Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Feudin' Rhythm
Charles Chester Upperworth
Trail of the Yukon
Editor Sullivan
Night Unto Night
Auto Court Manager
Flamingo Road
Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Act of Violence
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Rose of the Yukon
Doc Read
Homicide for Three
Doorman at Atwood Towers