
Dick Elliott
Born: 1886-04-29
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

It's a Wonderful Life

Behind the News

High Noon

Deadline at Dawn

Road to Happiness

The Joker is Wild

Adventure

Bunco Squad

Prison Farm

The Man Who Walked Alone

Singin' Spurs

Four Mothers

Woman Unafraid

Park Row

Dangerous Money

Boy Trouble

She Knew All the Answers

Show Business

Desperate

Sprucin' Up

Silver River

Scattergood Survives a Murder

High Tension

Silver Skates

Flamingo Road

The Clock

Albuquerque

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Start Cheering

Neighborhood House

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Parnell

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Undercover Agent

Up In Smoke

Back Street

Sudden Money

Florian

Abilene Town

Gun Crazy

Manpower

Meet the Stewarts

The Mortal Storm

Whispering Footsteps

Act of Violence

Omar Khayyam

Rock Island Trail

Gangs of the Waterfront

Montana Belle

Hot Cargo

Little Miss Broadway

Driftwood

Please

Singapore

Feathertop

Wintertime

Union Station

Feudin' Rhythm

I Love You Again

Helldorado

Double Jeopardy

Fall Guy

Purity Squad

Young Bill Hickok

Central Airport

Rose of the Yukon

Ginger

Picture Snatcher

Night Unto Night

Days of Wine and Roses

Another Thin Man

Brilliant Marriage

Man of the West

Ladies Crave Excitement

Christmas in Connecticut

Down on the Farm

High School Hero

Rancho Notorious

The Amazing Mr. Williams

All Through the Night

Mr. District Attorney

Nobody's Darling

One Foot in Heaven

Breakfast in Hollywood

Silent Partner

Witness to Murder

Partners in Time

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Silver Bandit

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Mr. Moto's Gamble

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

The Dark Horse

Sunset in Wyoming

Follow That Blonde

Heading for Heaven

Vogues of 1938

Women Without Names

That Texas Jamboree

Under Western Stars

Saratoga Trunk

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Money Madness

Fort Defiance

Let Us Live

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Three Girls About Town

The Wagons Roll at Night

You Only Live Once

Talk About a Lady

Girls of the Big House

A Man Betrayed

So's Your Uncle

Bombers B-52

The Merry Frinks

Go, Johnny, Go!

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Tilted Tenderfoot

All Women Have Secrets

The Powers Girl

Her Master's Voice

I'm from Missouri

Frontier Marshal

The Pittsburgh Kid

So's Your Aunt Emma!

The Big Game

Looking for Danger

A Man to Remember

Dr. Socrates

Don't Knock The Rock

Star in the Night

Hide and Shriek

Break of Hearts

I Stole a Million

Stage Mother

Rainbow Over Texas

The Petrified Forest

Goin' to Town

The Princess Comes Across

Springtime in the Rockies

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Flame Of Stamboul

Homicide for Three

International Settlement

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

Pack Up Your Troubles

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Man from God's Country

Man From Headquarters

China Passage

When Strangers Marry

A Likely Story

Melody Ranch

Up in the Air

We're Rich Again

Two Girls on Broadway

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

You Drive Me Crazy

She Wrote the Book

The Sainted Sisters

Western Pacific Agent

Educating Father

Main Street After Dark

Hi, Beautiful

Behind The Headlines

Hunt the Man Down

The Twinkle In God's Eye

The Main Street Kid

Li'l Abner

Three Hearts for Julia

Go West Young Man

Criminal Investigator

You Can't Escape Forever

Thunder Mountain

Quick Money

Last of the Desperados

Wanted: Jane Turner

Laugh Your Blues Away

Three for Bedroom C

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

Next Time I Marry

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Swing Out the Blues

Trail of the Yukon

The Jury's Secret

Tenth Avenue Kid

Slippy McGee

Silly Billies

The Worst Woman in Paris?

Across the Badlands
