
Dick Elliott
Born April 29, 1886 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble

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Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

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Flamingo Road

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

A Man to Remember

Union Station

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

The Twinkle In God's Eye

Driftwood

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Two Girls on Broadway

Springtime in the Rockies

Three Hearts for Julia

Brilliant Marriage

Back Street

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Three Girls About Town

Double Jeopardy

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

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Abilene Town

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Days of Wine and Roses

Star in the Night

Man from God's Country

The Amazing Mr. Williams

So's Your Aunt Emma!

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The Jury's Secret

Next Time I Marry

Dr. Socrates

The Man Who Walked Alone

Break of Hearts

Up in the Air

Last of the Desperados

You Can't Escape Forever

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Let Us Live

Silver River

Montana Belle

Ginger

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

One Man's Law

Saratoga Trunk

Down on the Farm

Omar Khayyam

International Settlement

Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

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Deadline at Dawn

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Go West Young Man

Her Master's Voice

Meet the Stewarts

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Girls of the Big House

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A Man Betrayed

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She Wrote the Book

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Little Miss Broadway

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Rose of the Yukon

The Petrified Forest

Bunco Squad

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I'm from Missouri

Swing Out the Blues

Rock Island Trail

Dillinger

Melody Ranch

Trail of the Yukon

Singapore

Florian

The Powers Girl

The Main Street Kid

Desperate

Breakfast in Hollywood

Go, Johnny, Go!

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Fort Defiance

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The Worst Woman in Paris?

Road to Happiness

Albuquerque

Heading for Heaven

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Fall Guy

The Merry Frinks

Homicide for Three

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Stage Mother

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The Big Game

China Passage

Mr. District Attorney

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Dangerous Money

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Prison Farm

Silent Partner

High Tension

Money Madness

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Helldorado

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Tenth Avenue Kid

Wintertime

Women Without Names

Rainbow Over Texas

Young Bill Hickok

Goin' to Town

Hi, Beautiful

Nobody's Darling

High School Hero

Up In Smoke

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Man From Headquarters

Feudin' Rhythm

You Drive Me Crazy

Partners in Time

Looking for Danger

Woman Unafraid

Sunset in Wyoming

Boy Trouble

Silly Billies

The Tilted Tenderfoot

Western Pacific Agent

Follow That Blonde

Educating Father

Neighborhood House

Quick Money

Slippy McGee

Flame Of Stamboul

A Modern Marriage

The Dark Horse

Hot Cargo

Silver Skates

Behind The Headlines

That Texas Jamboree

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Please

Hide and Shriek

Across the Badlands

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