Dick Elliott
Born April 29, 1886 (Age: 139)
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Go, Johnny, Go!
1959
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as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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Age: 73
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
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as Mr. Trayner
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Age: 72
Feathertop
1955
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as Judge Gookin
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Age: 69
Last of the Desperados
1955
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as Walter 'Wally' Stone
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Age: 69
The Petrified Forest
1955
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as Commander
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Age: 69
The Tilted Tenderfoot
1955
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as Mayor
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Age: 69
Meet the O'Briens
1954
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as Mr. Beach
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Age: 68
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
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as Judge Crothers
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Age: 59
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
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as Mr. Conklin
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Age: 56
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
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as Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Criminal Investigator
1942
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as Ed Brandt (uncredited)
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Age: 56
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
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as Meeker (uncredited)
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Age: 56
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
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as Mathew Quentin
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Age: 56
Meet the Stewarts
1942
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as Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)
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Age: 56
So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942
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as Evans
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Age: 55
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
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as Tim Miller
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Age: 55
Man From Headquarters
1942
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as Editor Elwin A. Jonas
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Age: 55
All Through the Night
1942
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as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Road to Happiness
1941
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as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
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Age: 55
One Foot in Heaven
1941
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as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Three Girls About Town
1941
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as Magician Boarding Bus
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Age: 55
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
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as Garvey
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Age: 55
Manpower
1941
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as Drunk Texan (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
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as Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody
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Age: 55
She Knew All the Answers
1941
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as Broker
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Age: 55
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
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as Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Mr. District Attorney
1941
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as Detective in Café
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Age: 54
A Man Betrayed
1941
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as Ward Heeler (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Four Mothers
1941
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as Ed (uncredited)
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Age: 54