Dick Elliott
Born
29 April 1886 (139)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Dick Elliot, Richard '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 memorab...
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 (40)
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
Man of the West
1958
Man from God's Country
1958
Up In Smoke
1957
Bombers B-52
1957
Looking for Danger
1957
The Joker is Wild
1957
Omar Khayyam
1957
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
Feathertop
1955
Last of the Desperados
1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye
1955
Double Jeopardy
1955
The Petrified Forest
1955
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
Meet the O'Briens
1954
Witness to Murder
1954
Montana Belle
1952
Park Row
1952
Three for Bedroom C
1952
High Noon
1952
Rancho Notorious
1952
Fort Defiance
1951
Flame Of Stamboul
1951
Hunt the Man Down
1950
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
1950
Union Station
1950
Across the Badlands
1950
Bunco Squad
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
Western Pacific Agent
1950
The Silver Bandit
1950
Gun Crazy
1950
Feudin' Rhythm
1949
Trail of the Yukon
1949
Night Unto Night
1949
Flamingo Road
1949
Act of Violence
1949