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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
all 199
Movies 197
TV Shows 2

Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)

Days of Wine and Roses (1958)

Man of the West (1958)

Bombers B-52 (1957)

Looking for Danger (1957)

The Joker is Wild (1957)

Omar Khayyam (1957)

Hold That Hypnotist (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)

Witness to Murder (1954)

Montana Belle (1952)

Park Row (1952)

Three for Bedroom C (1952)

High Noon (1952)

Rancho Notorious (1952)

I Love Lucy (1951)

Fort Defiance (1951)

Flame Of Stamboul (1951)

Hunt the Man Down (1950)

Union Station (1950)

Across the Badlands (1950)

Bunco Squad (1950)

A Modern Marriage (1950)

Rock Island Trail (1950)

The Silver Bandit (1950)

Gun Crazy (1950)

Trail of the Yukon (1949)

Night Unto Night (1949)

Flamingo Road (1949)

Rose of the Yukon (1949)

Homicide for Three (1948)

Rusty Leads the Way (1948)

Singin' Spurs (1948)

The Sainted Sisters (1948)

Money Madness (1948)

Albuquerque (1948)

Slippy McGee (1948)

The Main Street Kid (1948)

Heading for Heaven (1947)

Driftwood (1947)

Singapore (1947)

Desperate (1947)

Thunder Mountain (1947)

For the Love of Rusty (1947)

A Likely Story (1947)

The Scooper Dooper (1947)

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

Ginger (1947)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Dangerous Money (1946)

High School Hero (1946)

The Dark Horse (1946)

Hot Cargo (1946)

She Wrote the Book (1946)

That Texas Jamboree (1946)

Rainbow Over Texas (1946)

Partners in Time (1946)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)

Abilene Town (1946)

Adventure (1945)

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Purity Squad (1945)

Star in the Night (1945)

You Drive Me Crazy (1945)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)

The Clock (1945)

Wife Decoy (1945)

Fall Guy (1945)

Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)

Main Street After Dark (1945)

Goin' to Town (1944)

When Strangers Marry (1944)

Show Business (1944)

Whispering Footsteps (1943)

Swing Out the Blues (1943)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Wintertime (1943)

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Nobody's Darling (1943)

Three Hearts for Julia (1943)

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)

After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Silver Skates (1943)

The Powers Girl (1943)

Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

Criminal Investigator (1942)

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)

Meet the Stewarts (1942)

Man From Headquarters (1942)

All Through the Night (1942)

Road to Happiness (1941)

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Three Girls About Town (1941)

Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)

Manpower (1941)

Sunset in Wyoming (1941)

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

Mr. District Attorney (1941)

A Man Betrayed (1941)

Back Street (1941)

Four Mothers (1941)

Li'l Abner (1940)

Melody Ranch (1940)

Up in the Air (1940)

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (1940)

I Love You Again (1940)

One Man's Law (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Florian (1940)

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

All Women Have Secrets (1939)

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Another Thin Man (1939)

Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)

I Stole a Million (1939)

Undercover Agent (1939)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

Sudden Money (1939)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Let Us Live (1939)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

Boy Trouble (1939)

Down on the Farm (1938)

Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)

Little Miss Broadway (1938)

Hide and Shriek (1938)

Prison Farm (1938)

Under Western Stars (1938)

Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)

Start Cheering (1938)

International Settlement (1938)

The Jury's Secret (1938)

Quick Money (1937)

Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Behind The Headlines (1937)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)

China Passage (1937)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)

Go West Young Man (1936)

The Big Game (1936)

High Tension (1936)

Educating Father (1936)

The Princess Comes Across (1936)

Silly Billies (1936)

Neighborhood House (1936)

Her Master's Voice (1936)

Dr. Socrates (1935)

Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)

Sprucin' Up (1935)

Break of Hearts (1935)

Helldorado (1935)

Shivers (1934)

We're Rich Again (1934)

The Merry Frinks (1934)

Woman Unafraid (1934)

Please (1933)

Stage Mother (1933)

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Central Airport (1933)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1886-04-30
Deathday1961-12-22 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsDick Elliot, Richard 'Dick' Elliott, Richard E. Elliott, Richard Elliott, Richard "Dick" Damon Elliott, Richard Damon Elliott
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