Dick Elliott

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-04-29 (75 years old)

Deathday

1961-12-22

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dick Elliott

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 hemmi...

Acting

1941

Manpower

as Drunk Texan (uncredited)

1948

Rusty Leads the Way

as Board Member (uncredited)

1945

Fall Guy

as Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

1946

Hot Cargo

as Frankie

1940

Li'l Abner

as Marryin' Sam

1947

Doctor Jim

as Edgar

1942

1943

Nobody's Darling

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1952

Park Row

as Jeff Hudson

1949

Flamingo Road

as Tom Coyne (uncredited)

1945

Christmas in Connecticut

as Judge Crothers

1955

Double Jeopardy

as Happy Harry

1941

A Man Betrayed

as Ward Heeler (uncredited)

1942

All Through the Night

as Husband of Losing Bidder (uncredited)

1954

Witness to Murder

as Apartment Manager

1946

Dangerous Money

as P.T. Burke

1948

Slippy McGee

as Fred Appelby

1936

Neighborhood House

as Perkins - Charley's Boss

1943

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

as Mr. Potts - Justice of the Peace

1945

The Clock

as New Jersey Man at Penn Station

1935

Helldorado

as Waiter

1940

Up in the Air

as B. J. Hastings, Station Owner

1945

Saratoga Trunk

as Politician (uncredited)

1947

Driftwood

as Townsman

1941

Back Street

as Hotel desk clerk

1938

Tenth Avenue Kid

as Gun salesman

1950

1948

Homicide for Three

as Doorman at Atwood Towers

1942

Springtime in the Rockies

as Mr. Jeepers (uncredited)

1946

1945

Adventures of Kitty O'Day

as Bascom, Hotel Guest

1942

Criminal Investigator

as Ed Brandt (uncredited)

1955

The Twinkle In God's Eye

as Lumber salesman

1940

One Man's Law

as Prendergast

1951

Fort Defiance

as Kincaid

1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

as Starke's Aide

1937

1938

Hide and Shriek

as Haunted-house proprietor

1944

Show Business

as Binoculars Man

1933

Stage Mother

as Party Guest

1947

Heading for Heaven

as Roger Wingate

1947

Desperate

as Sheriff Hat Lewis (uncredited)

1947

Singapore

as Passenger (uncredited)

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Photographer

1934

We're Rich Again

as Fred Green

1936

The Big Game

as Lowell

1939

Undercover Agent

as Garrison - Henchman

1952

Three for Bedroom C

as Train Passenger

1939

Boy Trouble

as Dr. Benshlager

1933

Please

as Sonny's Father

1942

Man From Headquarters

as Editor Elwin A. Jonas

1938

Little Miss Broadway

as Man Carrying Violin Case

1938

Under Western Stars

as Sen. William P. Scully

1941

1957

Omar Khayyam

as Tavern Keeper

1947

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

as Mack Wilkins (uncredited)

1941

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Mr. Paddleford (uncredited)

1949

1943

Three Hearts for Julia

as Smith (uncredited)

1943

The Powers Girl

as Beauty Pageant Announcer (uncredited)

1934

Woman Unafraid

as Tom Brady

1936

1944

1937

1937

Vogues of 1938

as Johnny Withers - Ticket Broker

1938

1936

Wanted: Jane Turner

as Arizona Sheepman (uncredited)

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Druggist (uncredited)

1939

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

as Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)

1937

Quick Money

as Jeffrey Walker

1957

1934

The Merry Frinks

as Reporter

1938

Start Cheering

as Station Agent

1936

Her Master's Voice

as Police Captain

1943

1939

Let Us Live

as Rotarian Juror (uncredited)

1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Man Laughing at Demo

1939

Another Thin Man

as Detective (uncredited)

1946

That Texas Jamboree

as Mayor Smith

1939

1939

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Booking Agent

1940

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

as Airport Agent

1946

The Dark Horse

as Ben Martin

1945

Purity Squad

as Judge Gilmenn

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Man on Porch (uncredited)

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Chap (uncredited)

1938

International Settlement

as Ocean Liner Passenger

1947

A Likely Story

as Conductor (uncredited)

1957

The Joker is Wild

as Shaving Man (uncredited)

1946

Breakfast in Hollywood

as Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)

1942

Laugh Your Blues Away

as Mr. Conklin

1943

Wintertime

as Husband (uncredited)

1945

Star in the Night

as Traveler (uncredited)

1941

Sunset in Wyoming

as Lieutenant Governor Cornelius Peabody

1958

Man of the West

as Willie (uncredited)

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Bartender (archive footage)

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Politician (uncredited)

1936

High Tension

as Sundholm

1943

Swing Out the Blues

as Malcolm P. Carstairs

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Kansas City Gambler (Uncredited)

1936

The Princess Comes Across

as Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)

1944

When Strangers Marry

as Sam Prescott

1952

High Noon

as Kibbee (uncredited)

1948

Money Madness

as Malt Shop Customer (uncredited)

1940

1946

1938

Prison Farm

as The Glenby Judge

1940

The Mortal Storm

as Passport Official on Train

1940

I Love You Again

as Ranger Leader (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Auctioneer

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Ice Rink Security Man (uncredited)

1940

1940

Melody Ranch

as Sheriff Barstow

1940

1949

Trail of the Yukon

as Editor Sullivan

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)

1950

Rock Island Trail

as Martin, Railroad Conductor

1948

The Main Street Kid

as Sam Trotter

1936

Silly Billies

as Mayor Culpepper

1957

Looking for Danger

as Mike Clancy

1948

The Sainted Sisters

as Milt Freeman (uncredited)

1950

Across the Badlands

as Rufus Downey

1941

Road to Happiness

as Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)

1941

Three Girls About Town

as Magician Boarding Bus

1941

Four Mothers

as Ed (uncredited)

1939

All Women Have Secrets

as Justice of the Peace

1946

Rainbow Over Texas

as Yacht Captain Monroe

1948

Singin' Spurs

as Mr. Miggs

1955

Last of the Desperados

as Walter 'Wally' Stone

1950

The Silver Bandit

as Van Fleet Stooglehammer (as Richard Elliott)

1945

Adventure

as George

1937

China Passage

as Philip Burton

1949

Night Unto Night

as Auto Court Manager

1939

I Stole a Million

as Small-Town Doctor (uncredited)

1957

Bombers B-52

as Mr. Sampton (uncredited)

1939

Sudden Money

as Gambler

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as Detective in Café

1935

Break of Hearts

as Max - Florist (uncredited)

1946

High School Hero

as Mayor Whitehead

1952

Montana Belle

as Jeptha Rideout - Banker

1933

Central Airport

as Man Looking for Driver

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Storyteller (uncredited)

1938

1943

Silver Skates

as Promoter

1943

So's Your Uncle

as Police Sergeant

1943

Whispering Footsteps

as Chief Joe Charters

1938

The Jury's Secret

as Donald Graves

1950

Bunco Squad

as Thurman (uncredited)

1946

Abilene Town

as Townsman (uncredited)

1937

You Only Live Once

as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

1936

Educating Father

as Townley (uncredited)

1950

Hunt the Man Down

as Happy (uncredited)

1944

Goin' to Town

as Squire Skimp

1947

Ginger

as Mayor Hector Tillford

1945

You Drive Me Crazy

as Mr. Michaelson

1946

Partners in Time

as Squire Skimp

1933

Picture Snatcher

as Staff Editor (uncredited)

1950

Gun Crazy

as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)

1948

Albuquerque

as Harvey (uncredited)

1946

She Wrote the Book

as Party Guest

1936

Go West Young Man

as Reporter (uncredited)

1945

Gangs of the Waterfront

as Police Chief Davis

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as Meeker (uncredited)

1955

1950

Union Station

as Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)

1959

Go, Johnny, Go!

as Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

1956

Don't Knock The Rock

as Sheriff at End

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Casper Cullenbaugh (uncredited)

1945

Main Street After Dark

as MacLean (uncredited)

1947

The Scooper Dooper

as Walter Harper - Newspaper Editor

1958

1942

Meet the Stewarts

as Mr. Willoughby (uncredited)

1935

Sprucin' Up

as Mr. Jones

1947

Thunder Mountain

as Dick (uncredited)

1955

Feathertop

as Judge Gookin

1937

Parnell

as Middle Aged Man

1951

Flame Of Stamboul

as Mr. Shirley (uncredited)

1933

1958

Man from God's Country

as Mayor (uncredited)

1949

Feudin' Rhythm

as Charles Chester Upperworth

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

as Actor at Ford's Theatre

1944

Hi, Beautiful

as Passenger

1939

I'm from Missouri

as Mule Judge

1949

Act of Violence

as Convention Party Drunk (uncredited)

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