Dick Elliott
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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.
Acting
Movie
It's a Wonderful Life
as Man on Porch (uncredited)
1946
Movie
High Noon
as Kibbee (uncredited)
1952
Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Carl Cook
1939
Movie
Gun Crazy
as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)
1950
TV
I Love Lucy
as Male Spectator (uncredited)
1951
TV
I Love Lucy
as Henry
1951
Movie
Man of the West
as Willie (uncredited)
1958
Movie
You Only Live Once
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
as Judge Crothers
1945
TV
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mayor Pike
1960
Movie
The Joker is Wild
as Shaving Man (uncredited)
1957
Movie
Another Thin Man
as Detective (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Rancho Notorious
as Storyteller (uncredited)
1952
Movie
Act of Violence
as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Mortal Storm
as Passport Official on Train
1940
Movie
Witness to Murder
as Apartment Manager
1954
Movie
All Through the Night
as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Flamingo Road
as Tom Coyne (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
1936
Movie
I Love You Again
as Ranger Leader (uncredited)
1940
Movie
The Clock
as New Jersey Man at Penn Station
1945
Movie
Union Station
as Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)
1950
TV
Rawhide
as McTavish
1959
Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1939