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Dick Elliott
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 unti…
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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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1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie Bartender (archive footage)
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Mayor Pike
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1959
Lock-Up
TV show Bartender
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1959
Go, Johnny, Go!
Movie Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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1959
Rawhide
TV show McTavish
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1958
Days of Wine and Roses
Movie Mr. Trayner
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1958
Man of the West
Movie Willie (uncredited)
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1958
Man from God's Country
Movie Mayor (uncredited)
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1957
Up In Smoke
Movie Mike
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1957
Bombers B-52
Movie Mr. Sampton (uncredited)
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1957
Looking for Danger
Movie Mike Clancy
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1957
The Real McCoys
TV show Mr. Tremantle
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1957
The Joker is Wild
Movie Shaving Man (uncredited)
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1957
Maverick
TV show Poker Player (uncredited)
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Mr. Pomeroy (uncredited)
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1957
Omar Khayyam
Movie Tavern Keeper
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1956
Don't Knock The Rock
Movie Sheriff at End
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1956
The Gale Storm Show
TV show Bartlett
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1955
Feathertop
Movie Judge Gookin
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1955
Last of the Desperados
Movie Walter 'Wally' Stone
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1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye
Movie Lumber salesman
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1955
Double Jeopardy
Movie Happy Harry
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1955
The Petrified Forest
Movie Commander
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1955
The Tilted Tenderfoot
Movie Mayor
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1954
Meet the O'Briens
Movie Mr. Beach
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1954
Witness to Murder
Movie Apartment Manager
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1952
Montana Belle
Movie Jeptha Rideout - Banker
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1952
Park Row
Movie Jeff Hudson
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1952
Three for Bedroom C
Movie Train Passenger
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1952
High Noon
Movie Kibbee (uncredited)
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1952
Rancho Notorious
Movie Storyteller (uncredited)
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1951
I Love Lucy
TV show Male Spectator (uncredited)
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1951
Fort Defiance
Movie Kincaid
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1951
The Red Skelton Show
TV show Willie's Boss / Bartender
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1951
Flame Of Stamboul
Movie Mr. Shirley (uncredited)
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1950
Hunt the Man Down
Movie Happy (uncredited)
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1950
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
Movie Sheriff
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1950
Union Station
Movie Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
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1950
Across the Badlands
Movie Rufus Downey
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1950
Bunco Squad
Movie Thurman (uncredited)
