Dick Elliott
Acting • Born 1886-04-29 – Died 1961-12-22
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.
Filmography
211 credits
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Drunk Texan (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Carl Cook
Rusty Leads the Way
Movie • 1948
Board Member (uncredited)
Fall Guy
Movie • 1945
Bail Bondsman (uncredited)
Hot Cargo
Movie • 1946
Frankie
Li'l Abner
Movie • 1940
Marryin' Sam
Doctor Jim
Movie • 1947
Edgar
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie • 1942
Mathew Quentin
Nobody's Darling
Movie • 1943
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Park Row
Movie • 1952
Jeff Hudson
Flamingo Road
Movie • 1949
Tom Coyne (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie • 1945
Judge Crothers
Double Jeopardy
Movie • 1955
Happy Harry
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Ward Heeler (uncredited)
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
Witness to Murder
Movie • 1954
Apartment Manager
Dangerous Money
Movie • 1946
P.T. Burke
Slippy McGee
Movie • 1948
Fred Appelby
Neighborhood House
Movie • 1936
Perkins - Charley's Boss
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Movie • 1943
Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace
The Clock
Movie • 1945
New Jersey Man at Penn Station
Helldorado
Movie • 1935
Waiter
Up in the Air
Movie • 1940
B. J. Hastings, Station Owner
Saratoga Trunk
Movie • 1945
Politician (uncredited)
Driftwood
Movie • 1947
Townsman
Back Street
Movie • 1941
Hotel desk clerk
Tenth Avenue Kid
Movie • 1938
Gun salesman
Western Pacific Agent
Movie • 1950
Sheriff
Homicide for Three
Movie • 1948
Doorman at Atwood Towers
Springtime in the Rockies
Movie • 1942
Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
Follow That Blonde
Movie • 1946
Judge
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Movie • 1945
Bascom, Hotel Guest
Criminal Investigator
Movie • 1942
Ed Brandt (uncredited)
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie • 1955
Lumber salesman
One Man's Law
Movie • 1940
Prendergast
Fort Defiance
Movie • 1951
Kincaid
Ladies Crave Excitement
Movie • 1935
Starke's Aide
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie • 1937
Stumpy Carter
Hide and Shriek
Movie • 1938
Haunted-house proprietor
Show Business
Movie • 1944
Binoculars Man
Stage Mother
Movie • 1933
Party Guest
A Man to Remember
Movie • 1938
Hank
Heading for Heaven
Movie • 1947
Roger Wingate
Desperate
Movie • 1947
Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie • 1942
Tim Miller
Singapore
Movie • 1947
Passenger (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
Movie • 1935
Photographer
We're Rich Again
Movie • 1934
Fred Green
The Big Game
Movie • 1936
Lowell
Undercover Agent
Movie • 1939
Garrison - Henchman
Three for Bedroom C
Movie • 1952
Train Passenger
Boy Trouble
Movie • 1939
Dr. Benshlager
Please
Movie • 1933
Sonny's Father
Man From Headquarters
Movie • 1942
Editor Elwin A. Jonas
Little Miss Broadway
Movie • 1938
Man Carrying Violin Case
Under Western Stars
Movie • 1938
Sen. William P. Scully
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie • 1941
Garvey
Omar Khayyam
Movie • 1957
Tavern Keeper
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Movie • 1947
Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night
Movie • 1941
Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
Rose of the Yukon
Movie • 1949
Doc Read
Three Hearts for Julia
Movie • 1943
Smith (uncredited)
The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)
Woman Unafraid
Movie • 1934
Tom Brady
Brilliant Marriage
Movie • 1936
Editor
Silent Partner
Movie • 1944
Pop
Behind The Headlines
Movie • 1937
Bartender
Vogues of 1938
Movie • 1937
Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker
Next Time I Marry
Movie • 1938
Henry (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
Movie • 1936
Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie • 1939
Druggist (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie • 1939
Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Quick Money
Movie • 1937
Jeffrey Walker
Up In Smoke
Movie • 1957
Mike
The Merry Frinks
Movie • 1934
Reporter
Start Cheering
Movie • 1938
Station Agent
Her Master's Voice
Movie • 1936
Police Captain
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Movie • 1943
J.P. McCluskey
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Movie • 1944
Matthews
Let Us Live
Movie • 1939
Rotarian Juror (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie • 1939
Man Laughing at Demo
Another Thin Man
Movie • 1939
Detective (uncredited)
That Texas Jamboree
Movie • 1946
Mayor Smith
Frontier Marshal
Movie • 1939
Drunk
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie • 1939
McKeever
Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie • 1939
Booking Agent
Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
Movie • 1940
Airport Agent
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Movie • 1955
Mayor
The Dark Horse
Movie • 1946
Ben Martin
Purity Squad
Movie • 1945
Judge Gilmenn
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Man on Porch (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Chap (uncredited)
International Settlement
Movie • 1938
Ocean Liner Passenger
A Likely Story
Movie • 1947
Conductor (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Movie • 1957
Shaving Man (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood
Movie • 1946
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Laugh Your Blues Away
Movie • 1942
Mr. Conklin
Wintertime
Movie • 1943
Husband (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Movie • 1950
Sheriff
Sunset in Wyoming
Movie • 1941
Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
Star in the Night
Movie • 1945
Traveler (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Bartender (archive footage)
Man of the West
Movie • 1958
Willie (uncredited)
Shivers
Movie • 1934
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Politician (uncredited)
High Tension
Movie • 1936
Sundholm
Swing Out the Blues
Movie • 1943
Malcolm P. Carstairs
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)
The Princess Comes Across
Movie • 1936
Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
Movie • 1944
Sam Prescott
High Noon
Movie • 1952
Kibbee (uncredited)
Money Madness
Movie • 1948
Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)
Young Bill Hickok
Movie • 1940
Elliott
Talk About a Lady
Movie • 1946
Baldwin
Prison Farm
Movie • 1938
The Glenby Judge
The Mortal Storm
Movie • 1940
Passport Official on Train
I Love You Again
Movie • 1940
Ranger Leader (uncredited)
Florian
Movie • 1940
Auctioneer
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie • 1940
Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)
Behind the News
Movie • 1940
Foster
Melody Ranch
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Barstow
Women Without Names
Movie • 1940
Roomer
Trail of the Yukon
Movie • 1949
Editor Sullivan
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie • 1943
Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Rock Island Trail
Movie • 1950
Martin, Railroad Conductor
The Main Street Kid
Movie • 1948
Sam Trotter
Girls of the Big House
Movie • 1945
Felton
Silly Billies
Movie • 1936
Mayor Culpepper
Looking for Danger
Movie • 1957
Mike Clancy
The Sainted Sisters
Movie • 1948
Milt Freeman (uncredited)
Across the Badlands
Movie • 1950
Rufus Downey
Road to Happiness
Movie • 1941
Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Magician Boarding Bus
Four Mothers
Movie • 1941
Ed (uncredited)
All Women Have Secrets
Movie • 1939
Justice of the Peace
Rainbow Over Texas
Movie • 1946
Yacht Captain Monroe
Singin' Spurs
Movie • 1948
Mr. Miggs
So's Your Aunt Emma!
Movie • 1942
Evans
Last of the Desperados
Movie • 1955
Walter 'Wally' Stone
The Silver Bandit
Movie • 1950
Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)
Adventure
Movie • 1945
George
China Passage
Movie • 1937
Philip Burton
Night Unto Night
Movie • 1949
Auto Court Manager
I Stole a Million
Movie • 1939
Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Movie • 1957
Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
Sudden Money
Movie • 1939
Gambler
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1941
Detective in Café
Break of Hearts
Movie • 1935
Max - Florist (uncredited)
High School Hero
Movie • 1946
Mayor Whitehead
She Knew All the Answers
Movie • 1941
Broker
Montana Belle
Movie • 1952
Jeptha Rideout - Banker
Central Airport
Movie • 1933
Man Looking for Driver
Rancho Notorious
Movie • 1952
Storyteller (uncredited)
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1938
Slicker
Silver Skates
Movie • 1943
Promoter
So's Your Uncle
Movie • 1943
Police Sergeant
Whispering Footsteps
Movie • 1943
Chief Joe Charters
The Jury's Secret
Movie • 1938
Donald Graves
Bunco Squad
Movie • 1950
Thurman (uncredited)
Abilene Town
Movie • 1946
Townsman (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Movie • 1937
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Educating Father
Movie • 1936
Townley (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Movie • 1950
Happy (uncredited)
Goin' to Town
Movie • 1944
Squire Skimp
Ginger
Movie • 1947
Mayor Hector Tillford
You Drive Me Crazy
Movie • 1945
Mr. Michaelson
Partners in Time
Movie • 1946
Squire Skimp
Picture Snatcher
Movie • 1933
Staff Editor (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone
Movie • 1945
Mayor
Gun Crazy
Movie • 1950
Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Movie • 1948
Harvey (uncredited)
She Wrote the Book
Movie • 1946
Party Guest
Go West Young Man
Movie • 1936
Reporter (uncredited)
Gangs of the Waterfront
Movie • 1945
Police Chief Davis
You Can't Escape Forever
Movie • 1942
Meeker (uncredited)
The Petrified Forest
Movie • 1955
Commander
Union Station
Movie • 1950
Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
Go, Johnny, Go!
Movie • 1959
Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Don't Knock The Rock
Movie • 1956
Sheriff at End
One Foot in Heaven
Movie • 1941
Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
Main Street After Dark
Movie • 1945
MacLean (uncredited)
The Scooper Dooper
Movie • 1947
Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie • 1958
Mr. Trayner
Meet the Stewarts
Movie • 1942
Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
Sprucin' Up
Movie • 1935
Mr. Jones
Thunder Mountain
Movie • 1947
Dick (uncredited)
Feathertop
Movie • 1955
Judge Gookin
Parnell
Movie • 1937
Middle Aged Man
Flame Of Stamboul
Movie • 1951
Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Movie • 1933
Mayor Rodney
Man from God's Country
Movie • 1958
Mayor (uncredited)
Feudin' Rhythm
Movie • 1949
Charles Chester Upperworth
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Truth Aches
Movie • 1939
Home Boner
Movie • 1939
Hi, Beautiful
Movie • 1944
Passenger
I'm from Missouri
Movie • 1939
Mule Judge
Act of Violence
Movie • 1949
Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Man Waiting Hours at McComb's (uncredited)
Men of the Hour
Movie • 1935
Theatre Manager
Dillinger
Movie • 1945
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Meet the O'Briens
Movie • 1954
Mr. Beach
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Mayor Pike
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Male Spectator (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Henry
Rawhide
TV • 1959
McTavish
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Mr. Pomeroy (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
Mr. Tremantle
Maverick
TV • 1957
Poker Player (uncredited)
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Willie's Boss/Bartender